Nearly seven years after Ernestina "Tina" DeJesus Tizoc was killed as the unintended target of a gangland drive-by shooting, a trial began Monday against the men accused of firing the gun and driving the vehicle that day in Modesto's airport neighborhood.
Authorities say the suspected shooter, 23-year-old Edgar Barajas of Modesto, and driver, 22-year-old Jesus Rodriguez of Patterson, were looking to retaliate against rival Norteño gang members who had broken the windows in their sport utility vehicle the night before. Officials say the defendants are Sureño gang members.
"You're going to hear (from witnesses and evidence) it was blue-on-red payback," Deputy District Attorney Tom Brennan told the jury in his opening statement. "Disrespect is a big word" in the gang world and is usually responded with violence.
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