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Man sentenced to 48 years in prison for 2010 homicide

Posted: 09.29.2012 at 5:53 PM

Rachel Welte

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PUEBLO, COLO. -- A 21-year-old man convicted of killing a teenager in Pueblo has been sentenced to 48 years behind bars.

District Judge David Crockenberg sentenced Arien Rivas on Friday for the shooting death of 18-year-old Joshua Abeyta at a party in July 2010.

Rivas was found guilty of second-degree murder in August.

Investigators said Abeyta was shot as he was fighting one of Rivas' friends at the party.

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