What You Need to Know

• Federal jury in South Georgia convicts Rincon man in connection with 2017 murder of whistleblower.
• Defendant Juan Rangel-Rubio found guilty in conspiracy to kill Eliud Montoya.
• Montoya exposed multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently employ undocumented workers, per prosecutors.

A South Georgia attorney has secured a conviction Following a federal trial of a Rincon man for his role in the murder of a whistleblower.

But defense counsel for the Mexican citizen, who prosecutors say had been living in Georgia illegally, are now challenging the composition of the convicting federal jury as grounds for a new trial.

‘Netted More Than $3.5M’

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