Condemned killer of 3 in Texas loses at high court

Condemned killer of 3 in Texas loses at high court | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused an appeal from a San Antonio gang member who was condemned to death for a triple homicide more than decade ago.
The court's rejection, delivered without comment, would appear to clear the way for Bexar County prosecutors to seek an execution date for Miguel 'Fat Boy' Paredes.
Paredes, 28, is identified in court records as belonging to the Hermanos Pistoleros Latinos prison gang and is one of three men convicted of slayings that evidence showed were related to a September 2000 drug deal that went wrong.
The two others, John Anthony Saenz and Greg Alvarado, are serving life prison terms. Alvarado pleaded guilty. Saenz, identified as a former sergeant in the gang known as the HPL, went to trial and claimed self-defense. Jurors convicted him but decided against the death penalty.
The bodies of Nelly Bravo and Shawn Michael Cain, both 23, and Adrian Torres, 27, all from San Antonio, were found bound and wrapped in a carpet and set on fire along a remote stretch of road in Frio County, southwest of San Antonio. Evidence showed the three, all rival gang members, were fatally shot inside Saenz's house."