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Two more gang members arrested, bringing the number of individuals in custody to 10, in fatal stabbing of Bronx teen 
One of the new suspects, 29-year-old Diego Suero of the Bronx, is expected to be charged with murder and gang assault in connection with the death of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, 
Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was hacked with a machete and stabbed with a knife June 20
The 15-year-old was dragged out of a bodega in a case of mistaken identity

Police in New York arrested two more members of the Trinitarios gang, including one alleged high-ranking member, in connection with the brutal caught-on-video execution of an innocent Bronx teen who wanted to become a cop, police sources said.
The two gangsters, bring the total arrested in the case to 10. Eight other men were arrested last week.
One of the new suspect, 29-year-old Diego Suero of the Bronx,  ws arrested Tuesday afternoon. He is expected to be charged with murder and gang assault in connection with the death of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, affectionately known as Junior. Suero is also believed to be a member of the Trinitarios gang,
Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was hacked with a machete and stabbed with a knife June 20 after he was dragged out of a bodega in a case of mistaken identity.
The two men just arrested may have been directly involved with the 15-year-old’s killing, sources said.
The teen victim was a member of the NYPD Explorers program for aspiring police officers.
Videos caught various stages of the attack, including the teen trying to hide at a bodega, then being dragged out of the store and fighting for his life.
The bodega owner later said he tried to call 911 but that no help was arriving.

Six Bronx bodega killers 2Suspects: Top [L-R] Jose Taverez, Joniki Martinez and Manuel Rivera. Below[L-R]: Santiago Rodriguez, Jose Muniz and Danel Fernandez
Elvin Garcia [left], and Kevin Alvarez, [right] 1.JPGElvin Garcia, [left], was the eighth person arrested over the Guzman-Feliz murder.  He is charged with first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weaponKevin Alvarez, [right], was the first of the eight to be arrested. He was indicted for second-degree murder

Seven of the other eight suspects already in custody appeared in court on June 25..
Their identities and charges were listed as: Kevin Alvarez, 19: Second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault.
Jose Muniz, 21, of Paterson: First- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon.
Jose Taverez, 21, of the Bronx: Second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon
Manuel Rivera, 18, of the Bronx: Second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon, and criminal possession of a weapon.
Daniel Fernandez, 21, of the Bronx: Second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon.
Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, 24, of Freeport: First- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon.
Antonio Santiago-Hernandez, 24, of the Bronx: First- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon.
Elvin Garcia, 23, is charged with first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.

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Identified killer: Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, ‘I was miles away at the time’

Authorities identified Martinez-Estrella, who has a prior arrest for robbing and beating a 14-year-old with a golf club in 2016, as the one who sliced the victim’s neck.
However in spite of the video evidence, 24-year-old Martinez-Estrella, who cops say delivered the fatal blow to the neck of the 15-year-old victim, said his defense is right there on his skin: The attacker caught on video has a neck tattoo, while he does not. And, he adds, he was in Pennsylvania at the time of the murder.
“Look at my neck,” he protested at the Manhattan Detention Center. “I have nothing.”
When he was arrested in Paterson, N.J., several days after the killing, he was about to get a tattoo, and “didn’t even know what Junior looked like until I saw his face on television,” Martinez-Estrella claimed
Martinez-Estrella said he works in construction “almost every day,” suffers from epilepsy and when Junior was killed on June 20, he was miles away in New Jersey.

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