One other member of the Trinitarios gang has been convicted within the killing of 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, who was brutally stabbed to dying exterior of a Bronx bodega in 2018.
Danel Fernandez, 25, pleaded responsible to first diploma manslaughter in Bronx Supreme Court docket on Tuesday for his function within the caught-on-camera slaying, the Bronx District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced.
He's the final of 13 defendants who have been concerned within the teen’s dying. Fernandez might be sentenced to as much as 18 years in jail and 5 years of supervised launch, officers mentioned.
“Though the defendant didn't stab the sufferer, his actions led to the horrifying dying of the harmless teen,” District Lawyer Clark mentioned in a press release.
“This brings an finish to the case, however won't ever deliver closure for Junior’s grieving household,” he mentioned.
Fernandez, a member of the “Los Sures” set of the Trinitarios, was directed by leaders Diego Suero and Frederick Then — who have been convicted of second-degree homicide in July — to “commit violence” towards members of the rival “Sundown” Trinitarios, based on officers.
He was among the many group of gang members who chased Guzman-Feliz right into a bodega on Bathgate Avenue and 183rd Road on June 20, 2018 after they mistook him as a member of the gang. The teenager had no gang affiliation.
They attacked him inside the shop earlier than dragging him out to the road, the place 5 gang members repeatedly stabbed and hacked him to dying with knives and machetes. Ugly footage of the mindless homicide went viral.
The 5 males who hacked Guzman-Feliz to dying have been convicted of first-degree homicide by a jury in 2019 and are serving sentences starting from life with out parole to 23 years to life.
5 different gang members pleaded responsible for his or her roles within the homicide earlier this month.
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