Third Man Charged In Murder Of Drug Dealer In Clearing
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A third suspect has been charged with murder for taking part in a plot to set up and rob a suburban drug dealer in a residential area in the Southwest Side Clearing neighborhood near Midway Airport last September.
Anthony Guedes, 22, of the 4700 block of South Hoyne Avenue was extradited from Kissimmee, Fla., this week after being identified as the third suspect in the Sept. 5, 2014, murder in the 6200 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
Giovanni Galindo, 24, of the 10300 block of South Karlov Avenue in Oak Lawn was found dead inside a home about a half-mile from Midway with a gunshot wound to the head, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said at the time.
Pedro Corral, 16, was previously charged as an adult with being the shooter in the case, and is being held without bond. He was arrested Nov. 6 while performing community service at a Burbank church, the Sun-Times previously reported.
Luis Alfaro, 18, is also charged with murder for allegedly setting up the fake drug deal, prosecutors said. He is being held on $1 million.
At a bond hearing for Corral in November, prosecutors said Alfaro was contacted by an acquaintance, who told him he planned to rob a drug dealer. Alfaro was asked to set up a drug deal and promised marijuana in return.
He set up the fake drug deal, and when the other two suspects met with Galindo, they urged him to show them the drugs, then Corral pulled out a gun and shot him, prosecutors said.
The robbers fled with the drugs and later gave Alfaro some of the cannabis as payment for setting up the deal, prosecutors said.
Alfaro, of the 4100 block of West 57th Place, told police he set up the deal knowing about the robbery plan and was charged with murder despite not being at the scene, authorities said.Guedes is scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday, according to police. The other suspects have not yet been charged, authorities said.
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