![]() Walter, 19, drove his brother to and from the attack, authorities said. Last month, Izaguirre-Henriquez's brother, Walter, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to murder and was sentenced to five years in prison. Izaguirre-Henriquez pulled out a knife and stabbed Guillermo in the chest. According to witnesses, Guillermo said he didn't want any trouble, said Assistant State's Attorney Wesley Adams. April 2, Izaguirre-Henriquez jumped out of a gold Honda, approached Guillermo and flashed a gang sign, investigators said. Police and prosecutors said Guillermo, known as "Pato," or duck, because he walked like a duck, was trying to avoid a confrontation in the moments before he was killed.Ībout 2:40 p.m. Investigators think Guillermo was part of a rival group, they said. Izaguirre-Henriquez is a member of the MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, street gang, which is composed primarily of Central American immigrants, said police and prosecutors. They met in the United States, and Guillermo, the only child they have together, was born in Virginia. They are both from El Salvador, and each has a child in that country. Gulliermo's mother is a hotel maid, and his father supervises delivery trucks for a bakery. They also declined to be interviewed later. ![]() Guillermo's parents, who sat in the front row of the courtroom, declined an opportunity to speak in court. "They have to understand, they didn't know he was in a gang, but he was, and that's life, and life has to go on." "There's one way of life at home, and another way of life in the street," Izaguirre-Henriquez, who speaks primarily Spanish, said through an interpreter. to speak before the sentence was imposed, Izaguirre-Henriquez, dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, stood and told Guillermo's parents that their son was not the innocent boy they thought he was. Given the chance by Circuit Court Judge Larnzell Martin Jr. Izaguirre-Henriquez was sentenced under the terms of a plea agreement, and prosecutors said federal authorities could also seek to deport him. Guillermo Enrique Medina was killed April 2 as he walked home from Parkdale High School in Riverdale. The gang offense is the first time Prince George's prosecutors have obtained a conviction under an anti-gang law enacted by state legislators last year, a spokesman for State's Attorney Glenn F. Rony Izaguirre-Henriquez, 18, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and participating in a gang crime that lead to death. ![]() Teen Is Given 30 Years In Gang-Related KillingĪn alleged member of a violent street gang pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally stabbing a 15-year-old student outside a Prince George's County high school last spring.
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