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SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — A San Antonio man will spend 70 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend’s coworker in 2025 over a suspected affair, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
Ronnie Jay Salas, 24, was convicted Oct. 23 in the fatal shooting of Andre Montera, 24, on the Southwest Side.
Prosecutors said Salas ambushed Montera on April 23, 2025, while he was sitting in a car outside his apartment in the 100 block of Ames Avenue. Salas confronted Montera and shot him in the stomach.
Montera was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Salas fled before police arrived.
U.S. Marshals arrested Salas in Kansas on May 15, 2025, after authorities issued a Crime Stoppers alert seeking information about his whereabouts. His extradition to Bexar County took about three months.
Montera’s mother, Toni Brantley, previously criticized the lengthy extradition process, saying she feared the suspect could be released while awaiting transfer to Texas.
Salas’ jury trial began last week and concluded Oct. 23 with a guilty verdict and a 70-year prison sentence.
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