3 plead not guilty in Calif. murder-for-hire plot

Published November 17, 2014

Three men accused of plotting to murder a Southern California couple in what a prosecutor called "another glaring example of cross-border violence" have pleaded not guilty in San Diego.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that 28-year-old Jorge Sillas, 29-year-old Victor Gonzalez, and 34-year-old Danny Cepallo (seh-PIE'-yo) were working on the orders of the Arellano Felix cartel, one of Mexico's oldest and once most powerful drug trafficking organizations.

Sillas' older brother, 33-year-old Juan Sillas, is one of Tijuana's most feared hitmen. He has not been charged but the complaint said he offered to pay an assassin $50,000 for the killings.

A San Diego Superior Court judge set bail at $1 million each, and scheduled a hearing for March 17.

If convicted, the men face up to life in prison.

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