Juan Carlos Vasquez-Orozco, 22, was also found guilty of assaulting three other lawmakers. He could face up to life in prison when he is sentenced in May. Prosecutors say Vasquez-Orozco killed his deputy El Dorado County sheriff, Brian Ismael, in October 2019. Ishmael, 37, had answered a 911 call from a landowner in rural Somerset about people possibly stealing plants in a marijuana garden, prosecutors said. Ross did not initially say that Vasquez-Orozco and another man, both Mexicans, were tending the garden on his land and was concerned that they would get the plants without the men hiring them to pay Christopher Ross $ 3,000. they owed him, prosecutors said. . Ross also did not say to authorities that Vasquez-Orozco and Ramiro Bravo Morales had a gun, according to the El Dorado County Attorney’s Office. When three lawmakers from El Dorado County and one from neighboring San Joaquin County arrived at the farm, Vasquez-Orozco opened fire and left the farm, then returned and ambushed the lawmakers, prosecutors said. Ishmael, a four-year-old veteran and father of three, was beaten four times and died on the spot. San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Tasabia was injured. Ross pleaded guilty to manslaughter and faces up to 11 years and eight months in prison, prosecutor Vern Pearson said. Ramiro Bravo Morales was convicted as an accessory after the incident.
