SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man convicted for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to the murders of two people, including a pregnant woman, was sentenced in San Diego federal court today to 20 years in prison.
Ricardo Orizaba-Zendejas, 23, was charged along with co-defendant Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta in connection with the deaths of Cesar Armando Murillo, 44, and Maira Sofia Hernandez, 33, a married couple who were gunned down and buried near a ranch in Yakima, Washington.
Prosecutors say Madrigal-Birrueta, who pleaded guilty to federal charges, fatally shot Murillo, and later arranged Hernandez’s killing, causing the death of her child in utero. Hernandez was six months pregnant at the time…