Fourth Mexican Mafia member convicted

The fourth defendant in an organized crime case involving the Mexican Mafia in Kerrville has pleaded guilty.

Robert Chacon Menchaca, 44, of Center Point was sentenced to three 15-year terms in the Texas Department of Corrections on Friday by 198th Judicial District Judge E. Karl Prohl. Menchaca pleaded guilty to one charge of involvement in an organized criminal street gang, the Mexican Mafia, and two robbery charges.

Menchaca admitted he was part of a group of men who took a 1995 Pontiac Firebird from alleged Kerrville drug dealer Frankie Alvarado, and a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle from alleged drug dealer Hector Cantu during two incidents in June 2005. Alvarado and Cantu both testified to the Mexican Mafia members’ actions during the trial of Menchaca’s co-defendant Jesus “Jesse” Jimenez at the beginning of April.

Menchaca also pleaded guilty Friday to violating the terms of his deferred adjudication probation on a previous 216th Judicial District case. Prohl sentenced Menchaca to a separate five-year term for that offense. All four sentences will run concurrently.

Earlier this week, Robert Menchaca’s brother, Sammy Chacon Menchaca, received two 20-year sentences after pleading guilty to the same organized crime and one robbery offense. Robert Perez received an 18-year sentence for organized crime. Jimenez, the only one of the four to go through a jury trial, was sentenced to 50 years.