Brownsville, TX (KRGV) — A man charged with murder in a deadly stabbing is set for a plea hearing next month, according to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office.

Mauricio Salazar faces a murder charge in the death of Gerardo Gonzalez. Gonzalez, 23, was fatally stabbed outside a Brownsville funeral home in February 2025

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Gonzalez's mother, Ana Patricia Gonzalez, said someone called her family the day before a scheduled court hearing and told them Salazar had agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a 35-year sentence.

Gonzalez said the family does not support that sentence.

“We're against that, but they are the ones who decide how to proceed,” Gonzalez said. “We just want justice. It is frustrating. We're emotionally exhausted because I don't know what they want us to do or what to expect.”

Gonzalez said her grandson still asks where his dad is.

“He remembers him. He always asks, ‘Where's my dad? I want to see him. I miss him. I love him.’ Every time he goes to the house, he stares at his picture,” Gonzalez said.

If Salazar pleads guilty and a judge accepts it during the Dec. 1, 2026 hearing, the case could end without a trial.

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