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Jose G. Landa
Staff Writer
The 365 Maverick County District Court, under Judge Amado Abascal, commenced the murder trial of defendant Juan E. Rodriguez Ruiz, 51, who is accused of the murder of his estranged wife, Maria Pecina Rodriguez, age 42, on Tuesday, February 21, 2017.
Records show that Pecina Rodriguez was allegedly shot in the head by Rodriguez Ruiz on December 24, 2015, at her residence in the 300 Block of Church Street in Eagle Pass, Texas in a family violence incident.
Rodriguez Ruiz was arrested and charged with homicide by the Eagle Pass Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas Rangers, and has been incarcerated since the day of his arrest.
Pecina Rodriguez left behind seven children.
The murder trial will be a jury trial.
