In likely one of the more bizarre
scenes in the Texas death chamber, Robert Gene Garza fell asleep and started
snoring last week right before he was put to death. Garza said goodbye to his family and friends
who were gathered, thanked them for coming and told them he loved them. He told them, “This is a release. Y’all finally get to move on with your lives.” He took several deep breaths as the lethal
dose of drugs went through him and them began snoring. He was clearly at peace with his death. (Full Story)
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| Robert Rene Garza |
The relatives of those he was
convicted of being an accessory of murder to, weren’t in as much peace.
Garza was never convicted of
actually pulling the trigger to kill anyone.
He was convicted under Texas “law of the parties” which gives the same culpability
to those involved in a murder as those who actually pulled the trigger. Garza was a member of the South Texas, Rio
Grande Valley Tri-City Bombers since he was a teenager and was condemned for
being part of the ambush murder of four women who worked at a bar and had
witnessed another gang crime. It was
actually a case of mistaken identity, and the women who were ambushed on their
way into their trailer had nothing to do with the prior gang crime.
Evidence at the trial showed that
Garza was a gang leader and orchestrated the murders, told his companions how
to commit the murders, and was there.
Garza claimed that he got in the gang as 12 year-old and couldn’t get
out. He claimed he was still in the gang
at the time under duress; that he’d be killed if he tried to get out. He told the Associated Press that “I guess
since we are gang members, they got me involved through the gang.”
His eye tattoos told a different
story. Garza, pictured, had a clearly visible tear tattoo, gang markings for
those who have committed gang murders. (Prison Talk)
Garza was also charged, but never tried for participating in the
Edinburg Massacre in January 2003; the killing of six people at a home in the
city.
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