Police Arrest 2 in Las Vegas Luxor Bombing Case

May 11, 2007 08:35 PM MST


Police have arrested 32-year-old Omar Rueda-Denvers, who is from Panama.


Police also arrested 27-year-old Porfirro Durate-Herrera, a Nicaraguan.


Surveillance photo of the suspect's car with time stamp.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the bombing at the Luxor that killed 24-year-old Wuilibaldo Dorantes Antonio.

Police have arrested 32-year-old Omar Rueda-Denvers, who is from Panama. They also arrested 27-year-old Porfirro Durate-Herrera, a Nicaraugan. Police say both men are in the country illegally.

Metro held a late Friday morning news conference to discuss the arrests of the men. Police say the motive for the crime was a love triangle and domestic violence. They say that the victim was dating one of the suspect's former girlfriends. That girlfriend, who had previously dated Omar Rueda-Denvers, was the female employee he was with who witnessed the explosion.

Police say Rueda-Denvers had been kicked off the Luxor property several times in recent months for harassing the woman. Police say she had a child with Rueda-Denvers and would not let him see the child. He was most recently kicked off of the Luxor property two months ago.

Once Metro released pictures from the surveillance video on Thursday of the suspect car, the case took off. Metro says it belongs to Denvers ex-girlfriend, and he stole it that night.

Once that connection was made, Metro stopped Denvers at Pebble and Bermuda in his Mazada truck. Searching the truck led police to Herrera.

"This was a very cold calculated planned attack, and we are happy today to be able to have these two people under arrest and in custody," said Lt. Lew Roberts of Metro Homicide.

Denvers was arrested during the traffic stop, but Metro police searched the apartment where he lived on Rawhide. Police also searched Herrera's home near Eastern and Washington. Lt. Roberts says both places they collected evidence tying the two to the bombing. Police even found bomb making materials.

Wuilibaldo Dorantes Antonio was killed following an explosion in the upper level of the Luxor parking garage around 4 a.m. Monday morning. Police say that Dorantes Antonio noticed a cup on the roof of his car and when he went to remove it, it exploded.

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Brother Sheds Light on Luxor Bombing Victim's Life

May 11, 2007 11:29 AM MST

The family of Wuilibaldo Dorantes Antonio is trying to figure out why their loved one was targeted. Antonio is the man killed by a small bomb at the Luxor parking garage on Monday.

Thursday, Eyewitness News talked to Antonio's older brother, Miguel. Both came to valley looking for work. Up until about two weeks ago, they even worked together at Nathan's World Famous Hot Dogs inside the Luxor.

You don't even need to see their faces to understand the grief the family of Wuilibaldo Dorantes Antonio is going through. His brother Miguel says Wuilibaldo was his best friend.

Miguel said, "We were brothers, we were friends. We lived togeher. I would cook for him, he would cook for me."

Wuilibaldo was working two jobs, Miguel explained, to bring his one-year-old son from Mexico to the United States.

"He left a son he never got to meet. He came here and his son was still in Mexico. But this is why he was working so hard, to get all of his family here," Miguel said.

Both brothers worked together at the last place Wuilibaldo was seen alive inside the Luxor.

Miguel continued, "We didn't come here looking for death. We came here looking for a future. This is all we wanted. We came here for a better way of life, somewhere to earn money and make a living not to die.

Miguel says he knew of no enemies his brother might have had. "I never knew of anything he did wrong. He had two jobs and really didn't have time to meet anyone or make anyone mad. He would to go work and home. Some days he worked 16 to 17 hours."

For Miguel, the loss of his brother makes it's tough to go home. "This is very painful. We used to eat together, now when I eat I feel alone. Why would someone do this to him, to anyone?"

Miguel also answered to reports that say his brother lived a double life having a girlfriend in Las Vegas and in Mexico. He says his brother only had one wife, she's the mother of their child, and she lived in Las Vegas.

The family was hoping to see Wuilibaldo's body Thursday, but the funeral home is still preparing him for the services. They tell Eyewitness News they should be able to see him sometime Friday.

Miguel says his parents are still in Puebla, Mexico waiting for the remains of their son.

Memorial services for Wuilibaldo Dorantes Antonio are tentatively set for Monday, May 14th at Nevada Funeral Service on Fremont Street.

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