Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced on Wednesday that five members of the 'Los Sures' set of the Trinitarios gang plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
The five members included Ronald Urena, 29-year-old Luis Cabrera Santos, 30-year-old Gabriel Ramirez Concepcion, 26-year-old Danilo Payamps Pacheco and 26-year-old Jose Tavarez.
Clark said the defendants' actions culminated in the brutal and deadly attack on "Junior" Guzman on June 20, 2018.
In the fatal attack, Guzman-Feliz was mistakenly targeted as a rival gang member by a group of 14 men all believed to be members of the Trinitarios gang.
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He was dragged out of a bodega in the Bronx and stabbed to death, sparking nationwide outrage.
His mother launched an international social media movement under the hashtag #JusticeForJunior that sought justice for the teen.
Leandra Feliz became the face of grief for Junior, and she has been advocating for a bill to have panic buttons installed in all bodegas.
Clark said the five gang members will be sentenced to prison terms ranging from 12-15 years for their roles in this "horrendous" tragedy.
"They along with seven other defendants have been held accountable in the killing of the 15-year-old boy which horrified the Bronx and beyond," Clark said. "Since Junior was taken from his family, we have been relentless to attain justice for him."
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Santos will be sentenced on January 10, 2023 and the other four defendants are scheduled for sentencing on January 13, 2023.
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