The man accused of a deadly stabbing on the Strip is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States without going through a border inspection point, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Brent Hallett, 47, had been stabbed suddenly in the back. It was broad daylight, about twenty minutes before noon on a busy, sun-drenched Las Vegas Boulevard.
Yoni Barrios, 32, was arrested Thursday and appeared briefly in court Friday afternoon wearing orange hand restraints. He faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of murder.
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