Jose Lachira Carranza, a 28-year-old illegal immigrant from Peru
Lachira Carranza’s lawyer, Felix Lopez Montalvo, said the defendant does not have a Social Security number and is in the United States illegally.
“My client has no documentation,” Lopez Montalvo.
Jose Lachira Carranza entered his plea in Spanish in Essex County Superior Court.
Court records show that Lachira Carranza already faced charges stemming from a bar fight last fall and was indicted as Jose Lachira on a charge of raping a young girl
Family members and friends had given Mr. Carranza, an illegal immigrant from Peru, the nickname Shaka Zulu, after the African warrior
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Four friends — Iofemi Hightower, 20; Dashon Harvey, 20; Natasha Aeriel, 19; and Natasha’s brother Terrance Aeriel, 18 — had been listening to music and joking around behind Mount Vernon School on Saturday night. Authorities said that around 11:30, they sensed menace from others in the schoolyard and text-messaged one another that it was time to go home.
Instead, soon Natasha Aeriel was shot near the ear. Amid apparent struggle, the others were lined up at gunpoint against a low wall, shot in the head and killed.
Photos of the students:
Thanks for posting the pics of these beautiful children. May the Lord comfort them and their families.
“Lachira Carranza’s lawyer, Felix Lopez Montalvo, said the defendant does not have a Social Security number and is in the United States illegally.
“My client has no documentation,” Lopez Montalvo.”
He sure knows hot to leave his footprint, Mr. Lawyer!!