An illegal immigrant has been arrested for attempting to solicit someone to murder two cooperating witnesses after her 14-year-old son stabbed a teen to death.
“In April, we learned that the mother of Manuel Marcos Cardona was planning a heinous act. Our detectives and undercover agents conducted a thorough investigation, during which the defendant, Josefina Cardona-Cardona, agreed to pay an undercover agent to carry out the crime,” said Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
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Now Josefina Cardona-Cardona faces two counts of Solicitation to Commit Murder and will be subject to deportation following the completion of her prosecution.
Manuel Marcos Cardona, her son, previously pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man.
The 15-year-old boy pled guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing a 19-year-old man during a birthday celebration in Lake Worth Beach in 2022.
Manuel Marcos Cardona, of Lake Worth Beach, was 14 years old when the stabbing occurred on June 18, 2022, but was charged as an adult on August 15, 2022.
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According to WPTV, a fight broke out between two adults at a 5-year-old child’s birthday party at home. The victim stepped in to break it up, and other people at the party surrounded him.
The victim was stabbed five times, and Manuel Marcos Cardona and his parents, including Josefina Cardona-Cardona, continued to beat the teen, according to the arrest report.
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