One of two women charged in the 2023 death of a disabled woman in their care pleaded guilty this week to three felonies and agreed to testify against her co-defendant.

The plea agreement calls for Patricia Hurtado, 44, to serve five years in prison in the abuse death of 38-year-old Mary Melero, who was found severely injured in a van destined for Mexico. Melero later died in an El Paso hospital.

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