HipHopRaisedMeTheBlog.com reports that Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, the Bronx gang member responsible for delivering the fatal blow to 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman Feliz, has been resentenced to 25 years to life in prison. This decision follows the vacating of his initial first-degree murder conviction by an appeals court in 2023, which determined that the evidence presented did not meet the specific legal criteria for that charge.
Martinez-Estrella, 30, still faces convictions for second-degree murder, conspiracy, and gang assault. Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced the resentencing, emphasizing that this outcome continues to hold the thirteen other defendants involved in Junior’s tragic murder accountable for their actions.
On June 20, 2018, Martinez-Estrella and several members of the Trinitarios gang mistakenly identified Guzman Feliz as a member of a rival gang, the Sunsets. This tragic case drew widespread outrage across New York City, as Junior was brutally dragged from the Cruz and Chiky Grocery in the Bronx and attacked with knives and a machete…