Mexican cartel hit-man to face capital trial in Florida

An admitted Mexican cartel hit-man convicted of murders in California and Alabama is also facing a possible death sentence in Florida for two additional killings.

Authorities say 53-year-old José Manuel Martínez is being charged with first-degree murder in the slayings of 20-year-old Javier Huerta and 28-year-old Gustavo Olivares Rivas in Florida.

The victims were found in a pickup truck bound and shot multiple times on a road in Ocala National Forest.

Martínez has already been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to nine murders in California over three decades. Last year, Martínez pleaded guilty in Alabama to killing a man for making derogatory remarks about his daughter.