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2 men sentenced for Kansas hate crime attack

by Associated Press

   WICHITA, KANSAS --

   Two Kansas men have been punished for their roles in a hate crime
   attack on three Somali men.

   A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Omar Cantero Martinez to 26
   months. Armando Sotelo was given a time served sentence for the 20
   months he has already been in jail.

   A photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita,
   Kan., shows Armando Sotelo, who was given a time-served sentence of 20
   months for a hate crime attack, Feb. 22, 2017.

   Prosecutors say the two yelled racial and anti-Somali slurs at the men,
   who were sitting on a bench outside an African grocery store in Dodge
   City. They then attacked them.

   Martinez used a broken glass bottle to stab one man and slash another
   man. A third injured man escaped to get help.

   The men were tried last year on hate crimes charges, but the trial
   ended in a hung jury. They later pleaded guilty -- Sotelo to one hate
   crime count and Martinez to one perjury count.