OAKLAND — Two Oakland men have been sentenced for their roles in killing a man to settle a score over a car break-in, according to court records.
But the outcomes are wildly different for 41-year-old Enrique Campos-Patino and 33-year-old Lester Villatorro. As part of a plea deal finalized last month, Campos-Patino was given 21 years in prison, and Villatorro was allowed to walk out of jail that same day, records show.
Witnesses identified Campos-Patino as the man who fired a rifle and killed Alberto “2Kan” Servin-Ortega on Oct. 10, 2023. Villatorro, the suspected driver, pleaded no contest to an accessory charge and was sentenced to time he already served while in jail facing a murder charge.
Campos-Patino pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for the 21-year prison sentence. Prosecutors also dismissed a murder count against him, records show.
According to testimony at the 2024 preliminary hearing, Campos-Patino blamed Servin-Ortega after his Ford F150 was broken into. The windows were smashed and his cellphone was taken, but Campos-Patino’s wife later recovered the phone from Servin-Ortega at a gas station, authorities said.
Still bitter about the smashed windows, Campos-Patino, Villatorro, a third man who operated an Oakland mechanic shop, and a teen girl who was hanging out with Villatorro drove around town looking for him. When they located Servin-Ortega on the 1300 block of 105th Avenue, Campos-Patino fired three to four shots at him, the mechanic later testified.
“Enrique shot at him and I covered my face with a bag,” he said on the witness stand. He later admitted he was testifying after being arrested for possessing an AK and a pistol in his shop and denied being a felon, even as he admitted to having pleaded no contest to multiple felonies.
The 18-year-old woman, who was underage at the time of the homicide, testified at the preliminary hearing that she had given a statement to police back in 2023. She claimed Villatoro told her to duck just before the shots were fired.
At the hearing, both men were held to answer on murder charges, but Campos-Patino’s attorney, Annie Beles, aid neither witness was very credible. The mechanic was “very inconsistent” and “trying to save his own skin,” Beles said.
The mechanic admitted to methamphetamine and marijuana use that day, and the teen testified she’d been drinking alcohol.
“She’s half asleep on TikTok, having her Buzzballs,” Beles said of the teen.
A police detective testified that Campos-Patino admitted to blaming Servin-Ortega for the car break-in and to handling a rifle days before the homicide. The mechanic testified Campos-Patino referenced the break-in moments before the shooting.
“Let’s see if 2Kan is going to pay for the window,” Campos-Patino allegedly said.