California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Mother Says Salcido Should Not Die

The mother of convicted murderer Ramon Salcido does not believe her son should die for his crimes, she said after arriving in the United States with two other sons. Valentina Salcido Bojorquez, and Salcido’s brothers, Leopoldo Salcido, 24, and Arnoldo Salcido, 27, arrived Friday night in San Francisco after a flight from Mazatlan, Mexico. The family members will testify at the penalty phase of Salcido’s trial. They said they also hope to visit and give moral support to the convicted mass murderer before he returns to court Wednesday. In the Redwood City courtroom, they are expected to be questioned about Salcido’s life growing up in Mexico. “A lot of people (there) still don’t believe it happened,” Arnoldo Salcido said. Leopoldo Salcido said there is a lot of support for Ramon from friends in Los Mochis, the convicted man’s former hometown. Last Tuesday, Salcido was found guilty in San Mateo County Superior Court of six counts of first-degree murder and one of second-degree murder for the April, 1989, rampage in Sonoma County. The victims included Salcido’s wife and two of the couple’s daughters. Salcido could be sentenced to die in the gas chamber.