AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN GETS 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ORDERING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HER EX-BOYFRIEND. THE D-A’S OFFICE SAYS SAMANTHA GARCIA LIED TO THE MAN WHO ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE MURDER, DANNY TRUJILLO, TELLING HIM THAT ELOI LEYBA HAD SEXUALLY ABUSED HER CHILD.
TRUJILLO, WAS SENTENCED LAST YEAR TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON. LEYBA WAS SHOT AND LEFT ALONG SANDIA CREST ROAD IN OCTOBER OF 2014.
