shut the fuck up you ignorat fuck. thanks to guns my neices dad is in prison, and 3 other familys have to grow up with out people.

Triple murder suspect Jason Perea was arraigned on Aug. 18 for allegedly having shot to death Alfredo Eagle Rael, Nathaniel Maestas, and Eric Tollardo during the “Mustang Murder” incident on the eve of this year’s Fiesta. Perea was charged by the District Attorney’s office with five counts: three counts of murder one, tampering with evidence, and shooting at a motor vehicle. Jason’s father, Phil Perea, was reportedly with Jason when the two were stopped and picked up by police in Española after the Mustang Murders in July of 2003. According to Sheriff Martinez, Phil Perea denies any prior or subsequent knowledge of Jason’s act. Evidently, Perea senior learned of the murder incident when the cops apprehended the fugitive in his company while in Española. So far, Phil Perea has not been charged in the case.


Jason Perea’s triple murders may have been averted had he been brought to justice for his prior history of violence, but his case fell through the cracks in the D.A.’s office. According to public records, Perea was arraigned in Judge Betty Gonzalez’ magistrate court in June of 2000 on four counts: aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, shooting a dwelling, conspiracy, and aggravated burglary—all occurred during a May 28, 2000 incident at La Lomita Trailer Park. In the criminal complaint, other members mentioned in the conspiracy charge included Chris Chacon and Bruce Perea. Sheriff Charlie Martinez says his deputies responded to the incident, where, as Charlie says, “they shot the heck out of the trailer” at the La Lomita Trailer Park. “The neighbors called 911,” says Charlie. “He [Perea] and his brothers were over there whacking people.” According to the complaint, Perea’s shots were fired at the “residence of Juan Ruiz and Dora Munoz, #11 trailer home.” The complaint also says Perea “hit David Quinonez with rocks wrapped in a towel, a deadly weapon” at the residence of Bernadette De Vargas.


Perea pleaded not guilty to the incident and was released on $35,000 as “cash in full amount of this bond,” according to court records. Perea was also ordered to enter an electronic monitoring (ankle bracelet) program as of a condition of release. But a letter in the court file, dated July 20, 2000 and signed by Bob Anaya of Human Resources Development Associates, Inc., a community corrections and electronic monitoring program, says: “Please be advised that Jason Perea has failed to enter this office for pre-trial supervision as ordered on June 16, 2000.”


The initial criminal complaint filed in magistrate court was dismissed by Deputy District Attorney John Day on July 28, “without prejudice on the grounds that this case will be presented to the Taos County Grand Jury on August 16-17, 2000,” which is standard operating procedure. At this point, Day resigned from the D.A.’s office and says he left Taos for another job in Santa Fe. District Attorney-elect Donald Gallegos was appointed chief deputy to take over and supervise daily operations of the D.A.’s office by the lame duck D.A. John Paternoster. Paternoster, now a professor, judge, and attorney, has said that on or about Aug. 1 or 2, 2000, “Donald was in charge,” although Paternoster still came into the office. On Oct. 30, 2000 a notice for final order of the criminal complaint was filed in court and at the District Attorney’s office by Perea’s public defender, Sheri Raphaelson of Española. On Nov. 6, 2000, the case was closed by Judge Gonzales, according to court records. D.A. Gallegos told The Taos News (Aug. 21-27, 2003) that “there is no indication in Perea’s file explaining why action was not taken.”


The sheriff says it is his understanding that the witnesses, Ruiz, Munoz, and Quinonez, were Mexican nationals, who disappeared from Taos. He says he doesn’t know why other leads weren’t pursued by the District Attorney’s office. The sheriff confiscated firearms consisting of a 380, AK47, and a 9-mm, but received a court order saying that he must return the weapons to Perea, et al. As soon as he heard about the Mustang Murders, the sheriff says he checked the records to see if Perea used the same weapons. But, the sheriff says, “they weren’t the same.”