THE RIO GRANDE SNIPER KILLINGS: Caught in the Sights of a Drug Conspiracy

On the night of July 13, 1980, a hitman fired a high-powered rifle into the crowd at Pepe's On the River, an outdoor bar in Mission, Texas. He missed his target, a witness on the Loop 360 drug case, but killed two innocent young bystanders. The hitman was given a life sentence for attempted murder of a grand jury witness. Well illus.