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Police arrest another suspect in Trinidad bomb attack
TRINIDAD, Colo. (KRDO) After a 20-year-old man was left maimed and severely wounded by a homemade explosive in February, police have arrested another person in connection with the bomb.
According to an update from Trinidad Police, officers arrested Leah Armijo last Thursday on outstanding warrants for first-degree assault, conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree, possession or use of an explosive or incendiary device, and conspiracy to commit possession or use of an explosive or incendiary device.
According to court documents, Leah Armijo was identified as a suspect in an explosion that happened on Feb. 8.
Accused Trinidad bomber had history of booby traps, cruelty to animals
TRINIDAD, Colo. (KRDO) Investigators say Jonathon Armijo was able to buy all the materials he needed at Walmart for two bombs that injured one man and maimed another this past week.
The man who was maimed, 20-year-old Diego Hurtado, found a small wooden box with a note on top of it when walking near the Trinidad Apartments on North Avenue.
When he opened it, an explosion shot metal shrapnel directly into his eyeball, along with puncturing his chest and face. It also cost Hurtado multiple fingers on his left hand, according to police records.
Trinidad police arrested Jonathon Armijo on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after an explosive device maimed a man at a Trinidad apartment complex Monday, according to an arrest affidavit obtained