What to Know
- 5 extra gang members have pleaded responsible in the brutal machete stabbing demise of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz inside a Bronx bodega in 2018
- Bronx District Lawyer Darcel Clark stated every of the boys belong to the “Los Sures” set of the Trinitarios gang, the identical group that police stated carried out the ruthless assault on the 15-year-old Guzman 4 years in the past
- The responsible pleas come only a couple months after two reputed leaders of the Trinitarios gang have been sentenced to 25 years to life in jail for the homicide of Guzman-Feliz in a case of mistaken identification that shook a neighborhood, and the town, to its core
5 extra gang members pleaded responsible in the brutal machete stabbing demise of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz inside a Bronx bodega in 2018.
Bronx District Lawyer Darcel Clark stated every of the boys belong to the “Los Sures” set of the Trinitarios gang, the identical group that police stated carried out the ruthless assault on the 15-year-old Guzman 4 years in the past.
All 5 males copped to first-degree manslaughter, and resist 15 years in jail.
The responsible pleas come only a couple months after two reputed leaders of the Trinitarios gang have been sentenced to 25 years to life in jail for the homicide of Guzman-Feliz in a case of mistaken identification that shook a neighborhood, and the town, to its core.
Diego Suero, 33, and Frederick Then, 24, have been each convicted of second diploma homicide in July for the kill order that ended with Junior’s demise, which was caught on safety cameras.
Guzman’s mom, Leandra Feliz, proclaimed on the time “we got justice for Junior” mere moments after watching the 2 males who orchestrated her son’s homicide study their fates.
“We got justice for Junior. We got justice for Junior. Thank God they get what they deserve,” Leandra stated.
“We received justice for Junior…Junior’s by no means going to return again from the grave, they usually’re by no means [going to] come again to the streets ,” Leandra went on to say of the convicted killers.
Suero, prosecutors say, was the chief of the “Los Sures” set of the Trinitarios and gave the order on the evening of June 20, 2018 to exit and kill members of “Sunset” — a rival set.
Then, who was second in command, prosecutors say, was on the scene ensuring the order was carried out. Fifteen-year-old Junior, who was not a gang member however who the group thought was one, was chased, dragged out of a bodega, stabbed with knives and a machete, and left dying on a road nook.
Video of the brutal killing went viral. It shook the Bronx — and past.
Decide Martin Marcus instructed Suero and Then throughout sentencing that although they didn’t stab Junior he died as a result of of their order to kill. Marcus went on to inform Then that since he was on the scene, he might’ve taken steps to forestall the killing, however didn’t.
Seven males are already serving time for homicide convictions associated to Junior’s killing.