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BY ALEX MITCHELL
Justice for Junior has fi -
nally begun. Five of the 14
accused gang members that
are charged with murdering
15-year-old Lesandro ‘Junior’
Guzman-Feliz outside of a bodega
on East 183rd Street and
Bathgate Avenue on Wednesday,
June 20, are now facing
trial.
Jury selection began for
Antonio Rodriguez Hernandez
Santiago, Jonaiki Martinez
Estrella, Jose Muniz,
Manuel Rivera and Elvin
Garcia at the Bronx Hall of
Justice on Monday, April 15.
The nine remaining suspects
are due in court on
Thursday, May 2 where they
too face murder charges.
Court proceedings in the
case began on Thursday, October
25. Junior’s parents
went face to face with their
son’s alleged ruthless killers
in the beginning of the grueling
process.
“I just need justice for my
son,” Junior’s Mother Leandra
Feliz told supporters.
“They left me dead and my
heart broken,” she emotionally
said in Spanish.
Helping make the NYPD’s
Junior’s parents outside the Bronx Hall of Justice in October. File Photo
apprehension of the 14 gang
members so quick was an
overwhelming fl ood of amateur
footage and tips they
received within hours of Junior’s
murder.
This case served as the inspiration
for the Bronx DA’s
offi ce to create its new camera
sharing program, which
just like having a fl ood of
amateur footage in Junior’s
instance, has created an intranet
of security cameras
in retail corridors to aid in
either proving or disproving
a crime.
In the 11 months since the
attack, the Bronx has given
back to Leandra and her family
in many ways.
Bathgate Avenue has now
been renamed Lesandro ‘Junior’
Guzman Feliz Way,
while Borough president Ruben
Diaz Jr. helped create
the upstate sleep-away camp
named ‘Camp Junior’ for
Bronx youngsters. In addition
many Bronxites opened
their hearts and wallets with
contributions and donations.
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