Tejano star Lopez receives approval for parole
Grammy Award-winning Tejano superstar Jose “Joe” Lopez was approved for parole Friday.
He will be a free man after spending 10 years in prison for two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child.
Lopez was the co-founder of Grupo Mazz during the 1980s and became the group’s lead vocalist, producing several hits and albums. He and co-founder Jimmy Gonzalez went on to form separate bands, but each kept the name Mazz in some fashion.
Lopez was imprisoned at the W.F. Ramsey Unit in Rosharon, Texas.
A jury found the Tejano singer guilty of having sexual relations with a 13-year-old relative at his condo in 2004. He was sentenced to 32 years in prison.
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