Mark Anthony Bernal, 38, a Hispanic man identified as a Captain in the Texas Mexican Mafia, was killed on January 13, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. Federal charging documents state his death was one of three murders carried out by Ruben Reyes, known as Menace, a TMM member described as a Lieutenant of Lieutenants.

Prosecutors say Reyes killed Bernal over alleged mishandling of about $60,000 and poor decision-making within the organization, then transported and buried Bernal’s body in Pearsall, Texas. The FBI, San Antonio Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division, Bexar County Sheriff’s Department and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice all took part in the investigation. In November 2014 authorities were led to a burial site in Pearsall where Bernal and two other victims were recovered; Reyes later admitted shooting Bernal and to transporting and burying his body.