Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders

Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders | iNFOnews.ca
Douglas County District Attorney Mark Jackson answers a reporter's question as Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks, right, looks on at a news conference Thursday, March, 14, 2019 in Reno, Nev. The two announced they will seek the death penalty for a Salvadoran immigrant accused of murdering four northern Nevadans during a week-long killing spree in January. A grand jury handed up a 10-count indictment late Wednesday charging Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman with four counts of murder with a deadly weapon as well as burglary and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

RENO, Nev. – A 20-year-old Salvadoran immigrant in the U.S. illegally has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed four people in Nevada in January.

Wilber Martinez-Guzman entered the pleas to four counts of open murder at his arraignment in Washoe County District Court on Tuesday. He also pleaded not guilty pleas to burglary and possession of stolen weapons charges.

His trial was scheduled for April 6, 2020.

Prosecutors announced last week they want Martinez-Guzman to be executed if he is convicted.

The case has drawn the attention of President Donald Trump, who says it shows the need for his proposed border wall.

Prosecutors say the president’s opinion played no role in their decision to seek the death penalty.

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