San Manuel Pair Receive Light Sentences For Their Roles In 2006 Murder-For-Hire Scheme

The Press-Enterprise reports two wealthy San Manuel tribal members were sentenced Thursday to home electronic monitoring and five years probation in a plea agreement for their roles in a 2006 murder-for-hire plot. Stacy Cheyenne Nunez-Barajas, 26, was sentenced to one year of electronic monitoring and her brother, Erik Barajas, 36, received six months for their roles in a highly publicized case linking them to the Mexican Mafia and its role in the methamphetamine trade in the Inland Empire.

An earlier story suggested a connection between political contributions of $22,500 by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to District Attorney Mike Ramos' campaign may have influenced the seemingly light sentences in light of their crimes. MORE>>