Sentenced: Nicaraguan court convicts dual US citizen of strangling an American, 22, to death in NY

[Sugar Cookie]

A Nicaraguan court has convicted a dual U.S.-Nicaraguan citizen of killing a nursing student in New York state after an unusual trial that saw many witnesses testifying by long-distance video conference.

Orlando Tercero, 23, was was found guilty on Friday of the March 2018 killing 22-year-old nursing student Haley Anderson, who was found strangled in his bed in Binghamton, New York.

He was convicted of the Nicaraguan crime of Femicide, which covers the domestic or sexually motivated murder of women.

Tercero fled to Nicaragua the day after the killing, and the trial was held in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua because the Central American nation's laws forbid extradition of its citizens.

Witnesses at the trial said that Tercero had some kind of romantic relationship with the victim, but became enraged when she rebuffed his demands for a more serious relationship and began dating other men.

Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell confirmed Tercero's conviction at a press conference in upstate New York.

One of the witnesses, a police investigator, testified via the video link that Tercero left a note at his residence saying he was sorry.

'We saw something that we haven't seen before, but we saw two governments working together, law enforcement agencies working together,' Cornwell told the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin after the verdict was announced.

'Although not what we wanted, we wanted to have the trial here, but we saw justice take place in a courtroom on an international stage,' he continued.

Sentencing is expected to take place within days, and Tercero faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in a Nicaraguan prison.

The country's prisons are notoriously violent and lawless, with frequent deadly inmate uprisings.

Haley's parents have said that they hope Tercero receives the maximum sentence.

Nicaragua court convicts ex-student in New York killing

Orlando Tercero, 23, was was found guilty on Friday of the March 2018 killing 22-year-old nursing student Haley Anderson, who was found strangled in his bed in Binghamton, New York.

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[Sejanus]

Give him the full 30.
He won't make it past 5 before being murdered.

She had a lovely face and smile.
He got pissed he was no longer a viable FWB.
Fragile ego.
She was right.
She did deserve better.

 

[Stebot]

Good - he probably got 3X the sentence he would have got in NY

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Nov. 15, 2019

The man accused of killing a Binghamton University nursing student Haley Anderson last year was given the maximum sentence.

Orlando Tercero received a term of 30 years in prison, the top penalty for the crime of femicide, which is a sex-based crime that's defined as the intentional killing of a woman because she's a woman.

"You can't really put a number on somebody's life, but I think that judtice has been served to the best that it could have been and if anything can come from Haley's death, it is the awareness," said Karen Anderson, Haley's Mother.

A Nicaraguan judge earlier this month found Tercero guilty of killing Anderson in her Binghamton apartment in March 2018. After the killing, Tercero fled to Nicaragua.

Police say Tercero strangled Anderson, who was just two months away from graduating at the time of the killing.

In an exceedingly rare legal proceeding, the trial took place at a court in Managua, Nicaragua, with a Nicaraguan prosecutor and a Nicaraguan judge applying Nicaraguan law.

"We put our trust into the people over there. We put our trust into people we've never met and did everything that we can do from Binghamton, New York to make sure all the evidence was presented and provided," said Steve Cornwell, Broome County District Attorney.

Orlando Tercero Gets Maximum Sentence in Murder of Binghamton Nursing Student

He will serve 30 years in prison.

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