According to the Texas Attorney General<\/a>, \u201cRuiz was released from the Bexar County Jail where he was being held on a robbery charge. About six days later, on a Thursday, Ruiz was approached by Mark Rodriguez, who asked him if he wanted to make some money by robbing and killing Mark\u2019s sister-in-law, Theresa Rodriguez. Ruiz spoke with the victim\u2019s husband, Michael Rodriguez, at which time Michael instructed Ruiz that on the following Friday, July 10, 1992, Michael, Mark, and Theresa would go to the Macaroni Grill restaurant where he wanted Ruiz to rob and kill Theresa immediately after they arrived at the restaurant. Michael told Ruiz he would pay him one thousand dollars up front and another thousand when the job was complete, and Ruiz agreed.\u201d<\/p>\nAccording to the Texas AG, during the penalty phase of his trial, evidence was presented of past violent tendencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cSamuel Perez testified that he knew Ruiz to be violent and to carry guns. Kristian Villareal testified that she had also known Ruiz to carry guns, and that he frequently got into fights. She stated that, in her opinion, Ruiz did not have a conscience, and she was concerned Ruiz would shoot the police when they came to arrest him. Rudolfo Espinoza then testified that he and Ruiz were in a neighborhood gang called the \u2018Bad Boys,\u2019 and that Ruiz preferred to resolve disputes through the use of violence rather than verbally,\u201d the AG report says.<\/p>\n
CBS News reported that Ruiz tried to fool the victim by approaching her husband for directions.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Theresa Rodriguez was getting out of the car, Ruiz put a .357 Magnum revolver to her head and fired,\u201d CBS reported, adding that the victim\u2019s husband stood to collect at least $250,000 in life insurance from his wife\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
The Texas AG described what unfolded this way: \u201cMark (the victim\u2019s husband) told Ruiz that they were presently at the movie theater; Ruiz was to go there and follow them home. Ruiz followed them home from the theater where he parked his car, approached Mark, and pretended to ask for directions. Michael exited the car, opened the trunk and gave Mark a gym bag. Ruiz asked Mark, \u2018Do I do it?\u2019 to which Mark replied, \u2018Yes.\u2019 Michael got back in the car and parked it in his garage. Ruiz then walked up to the passenger side of the car and, as Theresa opened the car door, pointed the gun to her head and shot her once. Without taking her purse, Ruiz ran back to his car and drove away.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then went to play basketball, showing no remorse, according to the San Antonio Express News.<\/p>\n
Theresa Rodriguez\u2019s husband Michael was executed on 14 August 2008<\/a> in a separate case. After being sentenced to life in prison for the murder-for-hire plot, he broke out of jail and was implicated in the murder of a police officer.<\/p>\nThe execution of Rolando Ruiz was the third in Texas in 2017.<\/p>\n
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Texas hit man Rolando Ruiz, on death row for a life insurance murder plot, has been executed after being denied a reprieve by the U.S. Supreme Court. The state executed Ruiz at 11:06 p.m on
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