EPPD: Suspects murdered teenager during drug deal
Detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit arrested two men in connection to the killing of 17-year-old Juan Manuel Cervantes.
Police officers responded to a shooting shortly after 9pm Wednesday, October 18, 2017. Officers found Cervantes with gunshot wounds on the 8400 block of Hughes Circle in El Paso’s Lower Valley.
Cervantes was transported to Del Sol Medical Center, where he died as a result of the wounds, police said.
Police charged 18-year-old Daniel Raul Torres and 20-year-old Victor Alexander Valerio with Capital Murder.
An investigation revealed Torres and Valerio allegedly worked together to set up an illicit drug purchase of Xanax with Cervantes.
Torres and Vallejo shot Cervantes during the drug deal. Police said an investigation revealed both men planned to rob Cervantes during the drug deal. Both men remain jailed without bond.
