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Tejano singer Joe Lopez released from prison
Tejano superstar Joe Lopez has been released from a state prison.
A spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville said Lopez was released from prison at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
The spokesman said Lopez was picked up from the prison in a private vehicle.
The Tejano singer was granted parole last year after serving 11 years in state prison.
Lopez was convicted in October 2006 on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child. A Cameron County jury found him guilty on charges of sexually assaulting a female relative in April 2004 at his Rancho Viejo condo.
Read more: http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_6e54115e-2875-11e8-96a4-835863f72786.html
