https://freerepublic.com/tag/ronmarte/ en-us Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:11:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4395963/posts Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered condolences Thursday for an accused murderer who died in Department of Corrections custody — mentioning nothing of the victim he allegedly killed. Luis Alberto Lopez Castillo was facing murder, manslaughter, robbery and weapons charges in connection with the 2025 slaying of 26-year-old autistic man Ron Marte. Castillo was accused of robbing Marte of his cellphone during an early morning ambush in the Bronx’s Starlight Park, where Castillo’s alleged accomplice, Axel Martinez, reportedly shot Marte in the chest as he walked home from an Amazon warehouse shift. “I extend my condolences to his family,” Mamdani wrote about... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4395963/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:11:46 GMT