The five men who allegedly conspired to kill Jose Shoman have been found guilty.
They are 45 year old Honduran Miguel Mayorga, 25 year old Cesar Aldana, 20 year old Carlos Juarez, 19 year old Erwin Rosales and 19 year old Jose Crodova.
They were all found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. Mayorga was also found guilty of keeping a firearm without a license and two counts of keeping ammunition without a license.
They will be sentence don March 10th. The conspiracy was allegedly hatched on December 12, 2008 when two of Shoman's employees Eric Miranda and Hector Perez testified that they heard the five talking about a plot to kill and rob Shoman. They said Mayorga invited them to his house and told them he had osme money for them and they were to leave the back gate open.
On December 13, 2008, police made a pre-emptive stroke on Mayorga and found him with two loaded pistols. All five men gave statements form the dock denying they were involve din any conspiracy to kill and rob Shoman. Senior Crown Counsel Yohannseh Cave represented the prosecution.
