Man tied to gruesome murder to be sentenced

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mario Talavera, the man who admitted to a gruesome murder on Albuquerque’s West side, is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday morning.
Talavera and two others kidnapped 53-year-old Danny Baca in January 2008 over a drug deal. Detectives discovered Baca’s body and said he was shot nearly 30 times, then his body was set on fire. Authorities believe Talavera and the others were ordered by a Mexican drug cartel to make an example of Baca after he stol