A second suspect pleaded not guilty last week to multiple murder and illegal gun charges in what the county sheriff called a “cartel-like” slaying of multiple family members Jan. 16 in the small central California area of Goshen.
Angel “Nanu” Uriarte, of Goshen, and Noah Beard, 25, of Visalia were arrested Feb. 3. Beard pleaded not guilty five days later.
Uriarte was wounded during his arrest after engaging in gunfire with a federal agent and was hospitalized. He pleaded not guilty Feb. 21 on six counts of murder and firearms possession.
Known gang member Noah David Beard. (Tulare County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Both suspects were charged with six counts of murder and numerous other special circumstance allegations that included illegal firearms possession and committing the murders to further the activities of a criminal street gang, according to the county’s district attorney….