PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A teenager who claimed he could become a cartel assassin was sentenced to prison for a 2023 shooting that took the life of another teen at a Hillsboro birthday party.
Derek Cuellar-Torres was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 32.5 years, following his guilty plea to second-degree murder with a firearm and first-degree attempted murder with a firearm, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
The case dates to October 21, 2023, when the victims in this case, who were 16 and 17, attended a birthday party in Hillsboro.
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Officials said the brother of the teen celebrating her birthday felt the victims were being disrespectful and called his friends who were local gang members – including Cuellar-Torres – to confront them. The teens knew each other from Hillsboro High School, according to authorities…