Víctor Saldaño
Argentine convicted murderer on death row in the U.S.
Víctor Hugo Saldaño (born October 22, 1972), aka Victor Rodriguez, is an Argentine man sentenced to death by the state of Texas. He is the sole Argentine sentenced to death in the United States.
Saldaño, from Córdoba, arrived to the United States in 1995, where he was an illegal immigrant and worked as a day laborer. He lived in New York City and later Dallas, where he was the roommate of a Mexican named Jorge Chávez.
On November 25, 1995, he and his co-defendant, Chávez, kidnapped Paul Ray King at a grocery store in Plano, Texas by using a gun to force him into a vehicle. At Lavon Lake, Saldaño killed King with five gunshots.
Trial, sentencing, and imprisonment
He was tried in 1996 and found guilty. Psychologist Walter Quijano stated that Hispanics were more likely to commit crime and that the prison system had too many Hispanics during the portion of the trial in which his sentencing was determined. Saldaño received a death sentence while Chavez was sentenced to life imprisonment.
While on death row, Víctor Saldaño was originally held at the Ellis Unit.
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