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Jorge Mercado’s Killer Pleads Guilty, Receives 99-Year Sentence

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Juan José Martínez Matos (pictured) plead guilty today to the brutal dismembering and murder of Puerto Rican teen activist Jorge Steven López Mercado, avoiding a trial, and was immediately sentenced by Judge Miriam Camila Jusino to 99 years in prison.

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