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Man held in killing of 6 men in Valley More arrests seen in what police call a home invasion gone bad 01/18/2003 By BRENDA RODRIGUEZ / The Dallas Morning News BROWNSVILLE - A 25-year-old Lower Rio Grande Valley man was being held Friday in lieu of $18 million bail for the shooting deaths of six men in what border officials here say was one of the worst massacres in recent years. Police say they expect more arrests. Marcial Bocanegra was charged with six counts of capital murder and is being held at the Hidalgo County jail. "Normally on capital...

Man arrested in Valley massacre 01/16/2003 Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas - A 25-year-old Brownsville man was arrested and charged with six counts of capital murder Thursday in the home invasion earlier this month in which six men were killed in a spray of gunfire. Police Chief Quirino Munoz said he would not release the name of the man because of the ongoing investigation. Munoz said the man would probably be arraigned on the charges early Friday. "As a result of our investigation, we've taken one individual into custody," he said. "Basically, we've been working round the clock since this...

City police offer reward in multiple murder 01/08/2003 Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas - Lacking leads in the slayings of six men who died in a spray of gunfire during a home invasion, police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to conviction. Edinburg Police Chief Quirino Munoz said he expected investigators to finish gathering clues Wednesday at the two ramshackle houses sharing a semirural lot of this Texas-Mexico border city. The mother of two victims was left bound but alive in the larger house, where one of her sons was killed. The other five victims were in the...

Victims ID'd in Valley home invasion killings 01/05/2003 Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas - Police in this border town searched the site of two ramshackle homes for details in a home invasion that left six young men dead and the mother of two of them bound in electrical cord. Aside from a rental car that had been ransacked at the scene and a missing pickup truck that belonged to one of the victims, investigators reported little in the way of leads in the 1 a.m. Sunday killing. On Monday, Police Chief Quirino Munoz identified the victims as Jerry Hidalgo, 24,...