HUNTSVILLE – After 11 years behind bars, Tejano singer Joe Lopez will be released from a Huntsville prison Thursday.
Lopez was sentenced in 2006 to 32 years in prison in Cameron County for raping his niece.
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On Jan. 26, the Texas Pardons and Parole Board granted parole for the 67-year-old Lopez after he completed a nine-month sex offender education program.
According to the Brownsville Herald, Lopez's release has several conditions: he will undergo supervised parole through Oct. 31, 2026; he must not have contact with his niece or enter Harris County, where she lives; and he will have to register as a sex offender.
