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- The past 2 members of a trio blameworthy of carjacking and kidnapping an FBI worker successful Rapid City, South Dakota, person been sentenced.
- Deyvin Morales, 29, was handed down a 47-year situation condemnation Friday. Karla Lopez-Gutierrez, besides 29, was sentenced to complete 26 years astatine nan aforesaid hearing.
- The 3rd subordinate successful nan crime, 25-year-old Juan Alvarez-Sorto, was sentenced to 37 years earlier this month.
The past 2 members of a trio who carjacked and kidnapped an FBI employee successful South Dakota successful 2022 person been sentenced to lengthy situation sentences.
Deyvin Morales, 29, was sentenced Friday to 47 years successful prison, nan Rapid City Journal reported. At nan aforesaid hearing, 29-year-old Karla Lopez-Gutierrez, was sentenced to much than 26 years successful prison.
The 3rd personification progressive successful nan crime, Juan Alvarez-Sorto, 25, was sentenced earlier this period to 37 years.
MAN GETS 37 YEARS FOR CARJACKING, KIDNAPPING FBI EMPLOYEE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Alvarez-Sorto and Morales had pleaded not blameworthy to kidnapping, carjacking and different crimes, but were convicted successful January. Alvarez-Sorto besides was convicted of unlawfully entering nan U.S. aft being deported to his location country, El Salvador. Lopez-Gutierrez pleaded blameworthy successful August to aiding and abetting kidnapping and a weapons charge.
At nan proceeding connected Friday, nan unfortunate said nan assailants "showed maine nary mercy" earlier he was capable to escape.
"You had everything of excavation already," he said. "Why did you person to kidnap me?"
The remaining 2 participants successful an FBI employee's South Dakota carjacking and kidnapping person been sentenced to lengthy situation terms.
Prosecutors said nan 3 attackers near Greeley, Colorado, connected May 5, 2022, and were connected a "drug trafficking trip" to South Dakota successful a Ford Expedition. Nearly retired of state astatine nan Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Morales told nan others they needed to "take over" a caller vehicle, Lopez-Gutierrez testified successful January.
A short clip later, nan FBI worker speeding successful his Dodge Durango saw nan Expedition and pulled over, believing it was a tribal officer. Prosecutors said nan suspects took nan Durango astatine gunpoint and forced nan unfortunate to spell along. The unfortunate said Alvarez-Sorto threatened his family and held a weapon to nan backmost of his caput arsenic he was facedown successful nan Badlands.
When nan group stopped to bargain state and zip ties successful nan municipality of Hermosa, South Dakota, nan unfortunate decided to effort and escape. He said astatine nan proceeding that he crawled complete Morales and "clawed" his measurement retired of nan car. Morales grabbed his overgarment and nan unfortunate fell, but managed to get to his feet. He "ran for illustration a chickenhearted pinch my caput trim off" to get away, he said.
Morales and Alvarez-Sorto were arrested successful Greeley a week later. Lopez-Gutierrez was arrested successful August 2022 successful Loveland, Colorado.
Morales' attorney, Jonathan McCoy asked nan judge for a condemnation of 20-25 years. He said Morales was granted asylum successful 2017 because a pack successful Guatemala wanted to termination him.
"Deportation sentences him to decease successful Guatemala," McCoy said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy Jehangiri said Morales squandered "the bully will of our country" successful committing nan crime.
"It’s perfectly shameful," Jehangiri said. "Asylum was to flight pack activity, and now you’re progressive successful pack activity."
The lawyer for Lopez-Gutierrez, besides sought a lenient sentence, citing successful portion nan truth that she is simply a mother of 3 and has taken work for her role.
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"I americium very sorry," Lopez-Gutierrez said done tears astatine nan hearing. "I apologize to him and his family for nan symptom I’ve caused."
