City of El Paso to pay $8 million to Daniel Villegas in civil rights lawsuit

KFOX 14 El Paso TX & Las Cruces NM

Jul 7, 2026

El Paso will pay Daniel Villegas $8M to settle his federal civil suit over his 1993 double-murder case. Convicted in 1995, his conviction was overturned in 2013, and he was acquitt…