 On December 23, 1978, Lee Chagra was shot and killed in his law office in El Paso.Lee had been involved with Jimmy in his drug smuggling and the killers took $450,000 that was owed to Joe Bonanno for a drug deal.A few months later, Lou Esper, a small-time drug dealer and acquaintance of Chagra, and two soldiers from Fort Bliss were charged with his murder.