Killing
Aug 18 2008, AP

Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee.

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In this Tuesday July 15, 2008 file photo, shown is Lloyd Street near the scene of a fatal beating of an illegal immigrant, in Shenandoah, Pa.. Luis Ramirez, 25, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, died Monday, July 14, 2008 from injuries he received in...