November 17, 2009 09:32 am

NEW: Dates set for accused Guatemalan immigrants





WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — Court dates have been set in Woodward County for two Guatemalan brothers accused in the May strangling death of another Guatemalan man.

Twenty-two-year-old Julio Juarez Ramos will be arraigned on Dec. 8, when a trial date will be set. Ramos’ brother, 29-year-old Isidro Juarez Ramos, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 17.

The two illegal immigrants are charged with first-degree murder in the May 16 strangling of Antonio Lopez Velasquez.

The brothers are being tried separately.

Police say the two men killed Velasquez over an outstanding debt and later confessed to Enid police after they were found driving Velasquez’s car.

Telephone messages left with both men’s attorneys on Tuesday were not immediately returned.

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