Friday, July 1, Leonardo Torres was sentenced to seven years in prison after hitting an oncoming car and killing three of the four people in it.  

Torres was in the US Army at the time of the incident, awarded during his tour, and had been honorably discharged. He was on his way back to Fort Bliss after taking family leave, when texting while driving caused him to strike the car with Alex Alvarez, Liliana Valdez de Alvarez, Olga Valdez, and 3-year-old Alex Alvarez, Jr, who were returning from a trip to Del Rio.