BRUNSWICK, Ga. (WSAV) — Two local men were sentenced to serve several decades in prison for killing a whistleblower who revealed an illegal hiring scheme, according to the Southern District of Georgia.
Pablo Rangel-Rubio, 53, of Rincon was sentenced to 584 months. He previously pleaded guilty to charges including aiding and abetting the retaliation against a witness, said David H. Estes, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
It also sentenced Higinio Perez-Bravo, 52, of Savannah to 240 months. He previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Estes said. Rangel-Rubio and Perez-Bravo must also each pay more than $1.3 million to the victim’s family.
“These sentences represent a measure of justice for Eliud Montoya, a brave man murdered by criminals protecting their lucrative and exploitative labor-trafficking enterprise,” Estes said. “Our law enforcement partners did outstanding work to identify and hold accountable those responsible for this brutal murder.”
Juan Rangel-Rubio, 45, of Rincon also faces a minimum life sentence on charges of conspiracy to retaliate against a witness and conspiracy to kill a witness, Estes said. He is awaiting sentencing.
The three men are all allegedly connected to Montoya’s death in August 2017, when he was found shot dead near his Garden City home. Montoya revealed the multi-million-dollar scheme of hiring and mistreating those living in the U.S. without legal permission.
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