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Arrest made in brutal Corona murder nearly four years later

Arrest made in brutal Corona murder nearly four years later
By Bill Parry

The NYPD has cracked a cold case file of a brutal murder in Corona nearly four years ago.

On Friday, Harry Pacheco, 40, who was serving time in federal custody upstate for bank robbery, was arrested and charged with the killing of 89-year-old Damaso Llano, according to the NYPD.

Pacheco had implicated himself during testimony in an unrelated trial, a police spokesman said. Pacheco took part in a home invasion at Llano’s home at 95-19 43rd Ave. on March 26, 2012, police said.

Llano, a Cuban immigrant who co-owned El Mundo Supermarket at 42-16 Junction Blvd., was discovered with trauma to his face with his hands fastened behind him with zip ties. Pacheco, who lived 68th Drive in Flushing, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, according to the NYPD.

The NYPD also announced that two men were arrested for the fatal Thanksgiving Day stabbing of a 23-year-old man in Elmhurst, according to the NYPD. Police Thursday arrested Sunset Park, Brooklyn resident Fernando Balcarce in the stabbing death of Jan Carlos Salcedo in front of 43-28 Judge Street. Officers from the 110th Precinct discovered he had been stabbed in the torso and taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center where he succumbed to his injuries.

On Friday morning, police said they arrested Jackson Heights resident Jesse Granados, 23, in connection with the same crime. Balcarce and Granados were both charged with murder, robbery, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD.

Reach reporter Bill Parry by e-mail at bparry@cnglocal.com or by phone at (718) 260–4538.