TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Vasquez, Manuel

TDCJ Number:  999336

Date of Birth:  06/16/1968

Date Received:  11/30/1999

Age (when Received):  31

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  8

Date of Offense:  03/19/1998

Age (at the time of Offense):  29

County:  Bexar

Race:  Hispanic

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Black

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 8″

Weight (in Pounds):  195

Eye Color:  Brown

Native County:  Jerome

Native State:  Idaho

Prior Occupation:  welder, carpenter, laborer

Prior Prison Record:  TDCJ-ID #465603, 10-year sentence for 1 count of Aggravated Assault With Bodily Injury (involves the subject and 3 codefendants beating an adult white male and setting fire to his body, causing his death); 07/12/91 released on Mandatory Supervision; 06/15/93 returned Mandatory Supervision; 12/13/95 released Mandatory Supervision

Summary of Incident:  On 03/19/98, in San Antonio, Texas, Vasquez and co-defendants strangled to death and robbed a 51-year old Hispanic female as an ordered hit from the Mexican Mafia because she was not paying 10 percent to the Mafia. The victim's partner was severely beaten but survived.

Co-Defendants:  Lujan, Oligario Cruz, Johnny Joe

Race and Gender of Victim:  Hispanic female