article_snippet: Vasquez, 46, had no appeals in the courts Tuesday and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a clemency petition filed on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles behalf in a 7-0 vote.
article_snippet: One of The attackers, Johnny Joe Cruz, took a plea deal that carried a seven-year sentence and testified against Manuel Vasquez.
article_snippet: The third man charged, Oligario Lujan, is serving a 35-year prison term.
article_snippet: Manuel Vasquez had a lengthy record and had been in and out of prison at least twice.
article_snippet: Records also show Manuel Vasquez father is serving a life sentence for a 1976 murder, and a brother and cousins are or have been in prison.