Hit man in San Antonio murder-for-hire slaying put to death
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A paid hit man was executed Tuesday night in Texas for gunning down a San Antonio woman in a life insurance scheme nearly a quarter-century ago.
Rolando Ruiz was given a lethal injection for fatally shooting Theresa Rodriguez, 29, outside her home in 1992 as she was getting out of a car with her husband and brother-in-law, who both orchestrated her murder. Ruiz was paid $2,000 to carry out the killing.
Ruiz, strapped to the Texas death chamber gurney, looked directly at two sisters of his victim and their husbands and apologized profusely.
“Words cannot begin to express how sorry I am and the hurt I have caused you and your family,” he told them as they looked through a window a few feet from him. “May this bring you peace and forgiveness.”