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Army Soldier Gets 12 Years For Double Slaying
Rodolfo Torres-Gandarilla Agrees To Testify Against Fellow Soldier
POSTED: 1:46 pm MDT April 3, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Fort Carson soldier has been sentenced to 12 years for being an accessory to a double murder and attempted murder in Colorado Springs. Iraq war veteran Rodolfo Torres-Gandarilla had pleaded guilty to the charges. He will testify in the trial of the accused gunman, Jomar Falu-Vives, with whom he served in Baghdad. Falu-Vives is accused of firing an AK-47 from a truck to kill Cesar Ramirez Ibanez and Amairany Cervantes in Colorado Springs on June 6. The two were hanging garage sale signs at an intersection when they were shot.
Torres-Gandarilla was in Falu-Vives' truck at the time of the shootings. Falu-Vives also is accused of wounding another Fort Carson soldier, Capt. Zachary Szody, on May 26.Falu-Vives and Torres-Gandarilla served in Baghdad together with the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Infantry Regiment during the 2007 offensive to reclaim the city from insurgents. Both men were decorated with the Army Commendation medal.
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Previous Stories:
- September 16, 2008: Charges Filed In Soldier Double Slaying Case
- August 28, 2008: 2 Fort Carson Soldiers Arrested In Double Homicide
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