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HOUSTON—Jose Garcia Jr., 31, of Mercedes, Texas, has been sentenced to the statutory maximum punishment of 20 years' imprisonment for the attempted murder of a deputy U.S. marshal (DUSM), United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Garcia, a federal prisoner in custody, used a razor to slash at the throat of DUSM at the federal courthouse in McAllen, Texas, on May 22, 2009. In June 2009, Garcia was indicted for attempted murder of a federal agent in the Houston division.
Garcia pleaded guilty to the attack on a DUSM in December 2009. At a hearing late this afternoon, United States District Judge Ewing Werlein sentenced Garcia to 20 years in federal prison to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. The 20-year sentence is to be served consecutive to his 50-year state prison sentence.
