A Brownsville woman who was convicted on all charges in connection with the shooting death of her husband’s ex-wife was sentenced to life without parole.

Cynthia Margarita Olvera was sentenced Thursday.

On Wednesday, Olvera was found guilty on charges of capital murder while remuneration, conspiracy to commit capital murder, engaging in organized criminal activity and burglary of habitation with intent to commit other felony.

Jurors deliberated for about two hours before sentencing her to life without parole on the more serious charge of capital murder. 

Olvera had been on trial since Thursday, Nov. 6, in connection with the death of Adela Gonzalez Martinez.

Adela’s body was found in her apartment on Nov. 2, 2020 with a gunshot wound to the head.

The indictment against Olvera accuses her of conspiring with her husband — Jose "Pepe" Arnoldo Rodriguez — to hire two men to kill Adela.

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Rodriguez was identified as Adela’s ex-husband. 

Prosecutors previously identified Olvera as the “mastermind” behind the murder for hire scheme that resulted in Adela’s death.

"This defendant was the one directing the husband, the husband directed the two hitmen, and that's why the evidence showed that she was the mastermind," Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz said.

According to the police report, a relative of Rodriguez told authorities that Rodriguez had approached him and offered him $10,000 to kill Adela because “his wife had taken child support from him."

The police report said investigators learned Rodriguez had paid Adela $10,000, and he still owed her about $10,000.

Saenz said jealousy also played a role in the crime

"Some sort of envy to the extent that you go to get a currandera to talk about her and put a spell over her," Saenz said.

The hired men, Jonathan Xavier Roman Martinez and Charly Carrillo Torres, took plea deals in connection with the investigation.

Rodriguez was sentenced on Nov. 3 to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to a murder charge in connection with Adela’s death.

On Monday, Torres testified that he was offered $5,000 to help kill Adela.