Florida man is sentenced to 40 years for burning his girlfriend to death but complaints to a judge, 'She pushed me to do something like that' Career criminal Jesus Alvarez, 49, pleaded guilty to murder in the March 2011 burning death of his girlfriend, 41-year-old Margarita Blanco During sentencing, Alvarez told a judge he 'didn't mean to' burn Blanco and accused the victim of pushing him to do it Alverez said he had been on drugs and caught Blanco cheating on him
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:18 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 21:04 GMT, 19 March 2019
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A Florida man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for burning his girlfriend to death after complaining to the judge that the victim drove him to set her on fire, and that he didn't mean to do it.
Jesus Alvarez, 49, learned his fate on Monday after pleading guilty to murder as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Authorities say Alvarez beat Margarita Blanco, 41, at a Miami-Dade County mobile home in March 2011 before dousing her with gasoline and burning her in front of the woman's mother.
Career criminal: Jesus Alvarez, 49, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the March
