Two Undocumented Aliens Spared Death Penalty in Luxor Bombing Case
Last week, a jury found Porfirio Duarte-Herrera and Omar Rueda-Denvers guilty of murder and attempted murder in Las Vegas for a 2007 case where they allegedly conspired to kill Luxor employee Willebaldo Dorantes Antonio. Today, the two undocumented aliens were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In the case, Duarte-Herrera allegedly left a tiny bomb in a coffee cup on top of Antonio’s car while Antonio was working at the casino’s Nathan’s Hot Dog stand. The bomb detonated when the twenty-four-year-old went to his car after his shift ended. He perished in front of his girlfriend, who used to date Rueda-Denvers.
Attempted murder in Las Vegas can potentially carry the death penalty. But if mitigating factors are found to outweigh the aggravating factors, the death penalty cannot be imposed.
