BREAKING: Judge rejects defendant's bid for a new trial in San Diego/Tijuana kidnapping and murder case
Five defendants total have been convicted in the 2020 case, which started over about 3 pounds of stolen meth
A U.S. District Court judge will not grant a new trial for Brian Alexis Patron Lopez, who was found guilty back in March for his role in the 2020 kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old San Diego resident Miguel Anthony Rendón.
It all started when Rendón stole about 3 pounds of meth that he was supposed to smuggle across the Tijuana/San Diego bo…