– A federal jury sitting in McAllen has convicted a 52-yearold woman for conspiracy to commit murder for hire, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.The jury deliberated for less than two hours before convicting Viola Elizabeth Garcia, Oxnard, California, following a four -day trial.During trial, the jury heard that in 2018, Mexican Mafia gang members arranged for the murder of an individual residing in Mission. An inmate who was serving a sentence for an attempted murder in 1999 contracted a Colonia Chiques gang member on parole in Oxnard, California, to execute the murder in exchange for $20,000.The gang member recruited ...