Amado 鈥淢ayo鈥� Pardo, the 64-year old proprietor of Jovita鈥檚 swept up in a sprawling heroin bust last summer, has died, according to online reports.
Pardo鈥檚 attorney n that Pardo died yesterday due to cancer and other health problems. He was due to stand trial in February.
made by a joint task force including Austin Police, the FBI and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice鈥檚 Office of the Inspector General last summer.
The bust, 鈥淥peration Muerte Negra,鈥� alleged that 鈥渓arge amounts of heroin were kept, sold, and distributed from several locations in and around Central Texas,鈥� including Jovita鈥檚, via a Texas Syndicate prison gang network helmed by Pardo.
Prior to the bust, Pardo was held named 鈥溾�� by the Austin Chronicle, which wrote Pardo 鈥渄evotes as much of his time to his family and community as he does to being an activist/restaurateur.鈥�
