Police make arrest in 'barbaric' Uniondale killing
Jorge Alexander Huezo Villatoro has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tadeo Alvarado-Chavez, 40, of Roosevelt.
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A fight at a Uniondale bar ultimately led to killing of a man outside of the bar around 4 a.m. Monday, authorities said.
Nassau Police Detective Lt. Daniel Steller said the defendant, 35-year-old Jorge Alexander Huezo Villatoro, and the victim, Tadeo Alvarado-Chavez, got into an argument at Frontera bar on Nassau Road around 2 a.m. The defendant allegedly punched Chavez.
The details of what may have led to the fight are unknown.
Police said Chavez left but returned about two hours later with a machete.
After Chavez was disarmed, Detective Lt. Steller said he walked away, but Villatoro went after him with a second machete.
Police say Villatoro pursued Chavez to the rear of the strip mall and "slowly and methodically approached him."
That's where Detective Lt. Steller said Villatoro "committed a barbaric assault with the machete."
The victim was struck approximately 40 times, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Villatoro was arraigned Friday on a charge of second-degree murder. He pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.
