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Jose Mendez Varela

Case from Fresno, CA dated Apr 16, 2021

Victim Details

Jose Mendez Varela

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Fresno

CA

2021-04-16

19

Jose

Mendez Varela

07/06/2026

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On April 16, 2021, 19-year-old Jose Mendez Varela was tragically shot to death while working in a vineyard near S. Butte and W. Chandler Avenues in Fresno County, California. The incident occurred early in the morning, and two other men who were also working in the vineyard suffered multiple gunshot wounds but survived. The victims were engaged in pruning grapevines when an argument broke out between them and two brothers, Victor and Vincent Cerna, who were also working at the site. The argument ...
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  • KMPH: 3 people shot, 1 dead in Fresno County
  • ABC30 Fresno: 1 farmworker killed, 2 critically injured in Fresno County shooting
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