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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Three (Latino) teens admit beating two homeless men to death with bricks in sickening attack after attacking DOZENS of other transients The three teens admitted to bashing the homeless men's faces in with cinder blocks and metal fence poles, police said Hardened police on the job for decades were disturbed by the grisly crimes One of the teens also told police they had beaten about 50 other transients in the past year Three teenagers admitted beating two homeless men to death with bricks, cinder blocks and other hard objects so badly that the crime scene disturbed even veteran cops, authorities said. Alex Rios, 18, Nathaniel Carrillo, 16 and Gilbert Tafoya, 15, are being held in Bernalillo County detention facilities after allegedly killing the helpless victims Saturday in an open field, police said. 'I personally, after reading that complaint, was sick to my stomach because of the nature of the violence and the age of the offenders,' police spokesperson Simon Drobik said. The accused: Alex Rios, 18, and Nathaniel Carrillo, 16, have both been charged with murder in the twin killings The names of the two men savagely beaten to death have not been released. But a third man, Jerome Eskeets, escaped the brutal beatdown and lived to tell his story. Eskeets told police the teens covered their faces with t-shirts and beat him and the two other victims with bricks, a metal fence pole and sticks. All three victims suffered injuries to their entire bodies, including their faces - which were left unrecognizable, police said. Admitted killer: Police say Gilbert Tafoya admitted to the killings, and also to beating about 50 other transients in the city over the past year Admitted killer: Police say Gilbert Tafoya admitted to the killings, and also to beating about 50 other transients in the city over the past year Officers responded Saturday around 8 a.m. to a 911 call reporting two bodies in a field. They found one victim lying on a mattress and another lying on the ground. Eskeets was hospitalized for his injuries. Eskeets told police that he recognized one of the 'kids' hitting and kicking him as someone who lived in a nearby house. Police soon found the three suspects at the home, according to the complaint, and quickly noticed blood in the waistband of Tafoya's shorts. Both Tafoya and Carrillo are brothers, the homeowner told police. Rios was identified as a friend who had slept over the previous night. Investigators soon interviewed all three boys and learned the awful truth of what happened. Rios told investigators he acted as a lookout while the other boys callously attacked the homeless, beating them to a bloody pulp. The younger suspects, however, told police that Rios also took part in the attacks. Both boys said they wanted to look for someone to beat up and possibly rob. Tafoya said they approached the suspect with their faces covered by t-shirts. They then raised the cinder blocks up over their heads and smashed the homeless men in the face at least 10 times each with the blocks, authorities said. Carrillo and Tafoya admitted they took one victim's driver's license and debit card. The license was found in the teens' home, police said. Tafoya also admitted to police they have previously attacked about 50 other homeless people around the city in the past year, KOB reported. Where it happened: The empty Albuquerque lot where the three teens beat the homeless men to death 'There are often homeless people around here; they come and sleep in the shade,' Matthew Sierra, told the Albuquerque Journal. 'It hurt business for a little while. But there hasn’t been anything like this in the three years we’ve been here.' 'Who failed these kids? How did they get to this point?' Drobik asked KRQE. 'I mean, I was sick to my stomach. Homicide had a hard time dealing with this. They were there for 18 hours just putting it together. It’s just unbelievable.' Investigators said they are now going to look into open cases involving attacks on transients to see if they are relate. 'We want to bring justice to everybody who was attacked by these individuals,' Drobik continued. 'They may have been boasting that they’ve attacked 50 people but, that’s what they told us and, specifically transients.' Authorities have yet to officially confirmed the identities of the two victims. Their transient background and the severity of their injuries have made identifying them somewhat difficult, Drobik said. The department is asking anyone in the homeless community with information to get in touch with them. Drobik said any transients uncomfortable approaching police can also contact them through any social service agency. On the scene: Police comb the lot for evidence Sunday after two homeless men were beaten to death only hours earlier 'Just please come forward,' Drobik said. Rios has been charged with two counts each of murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree felony and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He also faces three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and one count each of tampering with evidence and robbery. Carrillo and Tafoya have also been charged with murder - as adults. Poster Comment: Violence will escalate as we get more Latinos. This Amnesty Rush will become a flood. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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