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Sep. 01, 2009
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2 avoid death penalty, get life in prison for Luxor bombing

By FRANCIS McCABE
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Omar Rueda-Denvers, left, and Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, shown here in court on Friday, avoided the death penalty, getting life in prison for murder in the May 2007 fatal bombing atop a Luxor parking garage.
Photo by John Gurzinski.

The two men found guilty of murder for the May 2007 fatal bombing atop the Luxor parking garage will spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole.

On Friday the jury found Omar Rueda-Denvers, 33, and Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, 29, guilty of building and planting the pipe bomb that killed Willebaldo Dorantes Antonio.

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    • Authorities say Dorantes Antonio was targeted because he was in a relationship with Caren Chali, Rueda-Denvers' ex-girlfriend and daughter's mother. Chali was with Dorantes Antonio when the bomb went off and survived.

    Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for both men.

    Prosecutor Nell Keenan said, "We accept the verdict and this community should accept the penalty these jurors have given down. This is justice."

    Attorneys for both defendants said they plan on appealing the verdict on the basis that their clients were not given separate trials.

    The defense attorneys, repeatedly before and during the trial, attempted to sever the cases. Those attempts were rejected by District Judge Michael Villani.

    Rueda-Denvers and Duarte-Herrera also were found guilty of one count each of attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and transportation or receipt of an explosive for unlawful purpose, and two counts of possession of an explosive or incendiary device.

    A formal sentencing of all the charges will be in November.

    Contact reporter Francis McCabe at fmccabe@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.

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    Lou wrote on September 04, 2009 07:28 PM: Too Bad! Just one more chance of these crimminals getting out sooner or later and doing more. They should have been put down like we would put down a rabid dog!


    John J. Pecchio wrote on September 02, 2009 04:56 AM: Please go to my website www.johnpecchio.com and read my comment and press release on prison, crime and justice.

    The criminal mind never sleeps and our prison have beome so contaminated with flaws, inbedded with unthinking and corrupted officials and political bureaurats. The Death penalty is a must to control our society and stop giving more rights to prisoners and less rights to the victims.

    John J. Pecchio
    www.johnpecchio.com


    Free Nevada wrote on September 02, 2009 12:10 AM: Ironically, the Death penalty process is more expensive to Americans than Life in prison. I'm against the Death penalty for humans but I would like to see a process where some animals (such as the one that someone labeled "Jeffrey Dahmer") can be legally designated as "sub-human" and thus eligible to be put down or de-barked or sterilized just like any other non-human primate.


    Dan wrote on September 01, 2009 10:37 PM: kllwtbks ...thank you!......Jibber...No built up hostility here, and if you don't agree in death penalty here, YOU PAY ALL THEIR FREAKIN EXPENSES while they rot in jail next 50 years.


    Dan wrote on September 01, 2009 10:34 PM: kllwtbks ...thank you!

    Jibber...No built up hostility here, and if you don't in death penalty here, YOU PAY ALL THEIR FREAKIN EXPENSES while they rot in jail next 50 years.


    Ted wrote on September 01, 2009 08:55 PM: Is there crime that illegal aliens won’t do? Send these two to Mexican jail. Vote NO on Harry Reid.


    adam wrote on September 01, 2009 08:55 PM: Jury failed us!! Thanks a lot... Put them to sleep. They are here illegally and now we will continue to pay. Ship them out of here in pine boxes!!


    citi wrote on September 01, 2009 08:23 PM: Well put Doug...


    Doug Peterson siad it all wrote on September 01, 2009 08:22 PM: What he said says it all.


    Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on September 01, 2009 07:16 PM: Mike, don't you think you'd be more comfortable living in China? That country seems more in line with your thinking. There, death chambers are on buses driven throughout the country.


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