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Mario Alberto Rodriquez, 33, pleaded guilty in Potter County, Texas, to murder in the 2022 shooting death of his girlfriend Marisela Mendoza

Police said Rodriquez shot Mendoza during an argument in the parking lot of a Texas Roadhouse restaurant before fleeing with two young girls, prompting an AMBER Alert

Court records reviewed by PEOPLE show he also faced — and later had dismissed — child-neglect and domestic-abuse charges filed in Oklahoma in 2021

An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for shooting his girlfriend to death during an argument outside a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Amarillo, Texas.

Court records reviewed by PEOPLE show Mario Alberto Rodriquez, 33, pleaded guilty on Oct. 6 in Potter County to one count of murder in the 2022 killing of 23

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