Juan Canario Robles was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for a fatal shooting outside a Minneapolis bar

MINNEAPOLIS — A 22-year-old Eden Prairie man was sentenced Thursday to more than a decade in prison fatally shooting a man last year outside a popular bar and restaurant in Minneapolis.

Juan Josue Canario Robles accepted a plea deal in August That dropped one of the two second-degree murder charges he faced in connection with the fatal shooting of 44-year-old Franclin “Nacho” Orellana on Dec. 16, 2023, outside Conga Latin Bistro at Central and East Hennepin Avenue.

The criminal complaint says Robles confronted Orellana’s boyfriend on the dance floor for dancing with his girlfriend. The friend told Robles that he “didn’t want any problems,” but Robles punched him in the face.

Bar security later told investigators that they had instructed Robles “not to do this,” so he followed the friend outside. The men began fighting and wrestling again before Robles got into his girlfriend’s car.

As they drove away, witnesses said Orellana ran after them, upset about the attack on his friend. He hit one of the car’s windows before Robles shot him several times.

Police arrested Robles five days later at his Eden Prairie home, where they recovered two handguns, but not the one used in the shooting.

The complaint says Robles later confessed that while they were in the car before the shooting, his girlfriend pulled her gun from the glove compartment and began aiming it at the victim. Robles said he took it from her and fired the fatal shots at Orellana before they sped away. He then said his girlfriend threw the gun off a bridge.

Robles was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison with credit for 295 days for time served.

NOTE: The original broadcast date of the video accompanying this article is December 16, 2023.