MIAMI — More than a decade after the body of his wife’s lover was found tortured and disfigured and after seven years on the lam in Europe, former Presidente Supermarket magnate Manuel Marin was found guilty of planning and the brutal crime.
But the jury did not find Marin guilty of second-degree murder, instead convicting him of the lesser charge of manslaughter. But, after a two-week trial, jurors also found him guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping. The charges will likely send the wealthy 69-year-old to prison for the rest of his life.
The verdict came several years after three men accused of being recruited by Marin were imprisoned for crimes associated with the death of Camilo Salazar, an interior blinds installer who had an on-again, off-again affair with Marin’s wife Jenny Marin for almost 11 years.
