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The trial of Marco Martza has begun, with prosecutors painting a chilling picture of a 2015 robbery-turned-shooting at a Northeast Albuquerque park, where 19-year-old Jon Paul Carabajal was fatally shot. Alleging Martza orchestrated the deadly meeting via his ex-girlfriend Daisy Ortiz’s phone, prosecutors say the plan was a drug deal that spiraled into chaos. Ortiz, now facing up to four and a half years for tampering with evidence and drug possession, is central to the case — though her testimony is being aggressively challenged by defense attorneys who argue she struck a deal to avoid murder charges and has changed her story. DNA evidence and surveillance footage are key pieces in the prosecution’s case, while the defense questions Ortiz’s credibility and the timeline of the investigation, which went cold for years before reigniting in 2017.

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