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Carlos Lucero, 40, and Pete Ysasi, 51, can be seen in courtroom video punching Alexander Ortiz, 21, who was arrested last year after allegedly shooting and killing Alianna Farfan in her ...
Ortiz and the officer beside him fell to the ground, and then police say a second man named Pete Ysasi joined the brawl.
Now, he and co-defendant Pete Ysasi are both charged with attacking the murder defendant as well as hurting a law enforcement officer who intervened.
During the melee, another man — identified as Pete Ysasi — also ran from the gallery and joined the attack, seemingly throwing a kick as the suspect was just off-screen.
A hearing for a person accused of murder turned into a brawl on Jan. 31. According to court documents, Carlos Lucero and Pete Ysasi were detained after the brawl started in Courtroom 402 in ...
Courtroom video shows the moments a New Mexico murder suspect was attacked during a hearing by his alleged victim’s uncle and stepfather on Friday.
The second man was identified as Pete Ysasi, whose connection to the case was not immediately clear.
According to court documents, Carlos Lucero and Pete Ysasi were detained after the brawl started in Courtroom 402 in Bernalillo County District Court.
The violence erupted when Carlos Lucero and Pete Ysasi leaped over a courtroom barrier at Bernalillo County District Court and charged at murder suspect Alexander Segura Ortiz.
Several other people — including the defendant’s father, Joeray Ortiz, and Farfan’s stepfather, Pete Ysasi — also joined the fight, which broke out around 9:30 a.m. on Friday.