A Los Fresnos man killed two women when he blew through a stop sign in 2023. A jury found him guilty this year. His sentence: six months in jail and 10 years probation.

The victims were 97-year-old Mauricia Cruz-Rodriguez and 62-year-old Blanca Mauricia Zamarano. They were both riding in a gray 2004 Toyota Corolla on FM 510 in Los Fresnos. They never made it home.

On September 26, 2023, Rogelio Campos Leal was driving a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 at high speed. He hit a stop sign and did not slow down. He crashed into the Corolla. Both women died at the scene.

Campos Leal was charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide. That charge means a person caused someone's death by being so careless that any normal person would have seen the danger.

The case went to trial. On March 25, 2026, a jury found him guilty on both counts.

Campos Leal chose to let the judge decide his punishment. Cameron County District Judge Juan A. Magallanes found that Campos Leal used a deadly weapon during the crash. That finding limits his rights going forward.

The judge gave him 10 years of probation and 180 days in jail.

Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz put out a statement.

"The Judge, after making a finding that a deadly weapon was used during the commission of the offense proceeded to sentence the defendant to 10 years' probation and further ordered that the defendant serve 180 days in jail," Saenz said.

Six months. For two lives.

In Texas, this charge is a state jail felony. The law sets a range of 180 days to two years in jail. Campos Leal got the lowest number allowed.

The deadly weapon finding means Campos Leal cannot wipe this from his record. If he breaks his probation rules, he can go back to jail.

Two women are gone. A 97-year-old. A 62-year-old. Both killed because a man ran a stop sign on FM 510.

FM 510 cuts through rural Cameron County. People drive it every day. They trust that other drivers will stop. That September afternoon, two women paid for that trust with their lives.

Campos Leal will serve his jail time and check in with probation for the next 10 years.

Contact the Cameron County District Attorney's Office or Crime Stoppers with any information on this case.