Saul Zapata, a 41-year-old Hispanic man from El Paso, Texas, was killed on October 19, 1996 in a mass shooting at the Tejano-style El Kumbala nightclub. Armed men reportedly burst into the club, ordered patrons to lie on the floor and then opened fire with large caliber semi-automatic pistols. Five people died in the attack, including Saul Zapata, his brother Oscar Zapata, club owner Luis Ibarra and musician Jose Garcia; two other patrons named in reports were Oscar Gutierrez and another Saul Zapata.

The assault was first thought to be drug related but investigators later concluded it was a robbery. El Paso police arrested two men, Pedro Perez Contreras and Antonio Moriel Borjas, both in their late twenties, on capital murder charges and held them on $1.5 million bond each while seeking three additional suspects believed to be involved. The violent nature of the attack devastated families and the community.

Does anyone have information about patrons or employees who were at El Kumbala that night?