Two teenagers who were acting as hired guns for the Sinaloa Cartel when they committed a pair of shootings in Chula Vista that left two men wounded and one of their accomplices dead both received long prison sentences on Friday.
Andrew “Shooter” Nunez, 16, and Johncarlo “Dumper” Quintero, 17, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with the March 2024 attacks that occurred outside a Chili’s restaurant and a Chula Vista apartment. On Friday, the pair were each sentenced by U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson to 25 years for their roles in the crime spree on March 26-27, 2024.
The boys, who were both 15 years old at the time, pleaded guilty to the attempted murders of two men on behalf of a Mexican Mafia-affiliated gang based out of Los Angeles County, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which said on Friday that the teens expected to be paid about $50,000 each for committing the murder…