An illegal immigrant from Nicaragua was sentenced Thursday to life in Nevada prison without parole for killing a hot dog stand vendor with a bomb hidden in a coffee cup.
The attack occurred in 2007 outside a Las Vegas Strip casino.
Porfirio Duarte-Herrera's fate had been determined in September, when the Las Vegas jury that convicted him and co-defendant Omar Rueda-Denvers of first-degree murder and other charges chose to spare them the death penalty.
Duarte-Herrera, 29, offered no statement Thursday before Clark County District Court Judge Michael Villani made the jury decision official.
The judge imposed an additional 19 to 50 years for Duarte-Herrera's convictions for attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and transportation of an explosive device. The judge ran sentences totaling four to 10 years on two felony explosives charges concurrently.
The sentence for Duarte-Herrera, the bombmaker, was longer than for Rueda-Denvers.
Villani on Jan. 7 sentenced Rueda-Denvers, 34, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, to life in prison plus 16 to 40 years for attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon. Rueda-Denvers also uses the name Alexander Perez.
His lawyers have filed notice with the Nevada Supreme Court that they will appeal.
