WE GET OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF ESIAS MADRID’S STORY IN THE JUNE 2015 DRIVE-BY SHOOTING DEATH OF 17 YEAR OLD MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JAYDON CHAVEZ SILVER. MADRID’S TRIAL STARTED MONDAY WITH JURY SELECTION, AND ON TUESDAY, THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS TESTIMONY FROM ONE KEY WITNESS WAS FULL OF SO MANY INCONSISTENCIES THAT THE JURY MIGHT THINK IT WAS ALL MADE UP.
PROSECUTORS SAY MADRID AND TWO OTHERS HAD PLANNED THE SHOOTING AGAINST A MAN WHO RESIDED IN THE HOUSE WHERE CHAVEZ-SILVER WAS KILLED. MADRID’S LAWYER … DANIEL SALAZAR … CONCENTRATED TUESDAY ON APD’S INVESTIGATION OF THE SHOOTING, WHICH WAS FULL OF PROBLEMS.
