Grupo Mazz Co-founder Joe Lopez Granted Parole In Texas

Convicted child molester, Tejano singer Joe Lopez is expected to be free on parole in May after completing a four month sex offender education program.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 14, 2017

Austin, Texas- On January 6, a Texas parole board on a 7-0 decision approved the parole for Jose Manuel Lopez, 66, aka, Joe Lopez, the co-founder for the Tejano band Grupo Mazz. Lopez will be transferred from a Texas prison to a facility where he will undergo a four-month Sex Offender Education Program (SOEP), according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Lopez is expected to be released on May 5, 2017 once he completes the SOEP.

Lopez was convicted in 2006 for two felony counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count for indecent contact with a child age 13 and was sentenced to 32 years in prison. Lopez has served 10 years.