Reputed Latin Kings member charged in 2007 slaying of Marine who survived Iraq but was gunned down in Indiana
Isaias Cintron
Marine veteran Isaias Cintron  survived two tours of duty in Iraq only to be gunned down outside a Northwest Indiana bar after  he  returned home to Chicago a decade ago.
Federal prosecutors in Indiana later linked the slaying to the Almighty Latin Kings street gang  who allegedly mistook the 24-year-old Cintron for a gang rival and opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle as  he  pulled into the parking lot of the Portside Pub in Whiting on Jan. 18  2007.
On Thursday  11 years after  Cintron âs slaying  authorities for the first time identified the alleged killer as Juan Jimenez  a reputed regional treasurer for the Latin Kings who went by the nickname âBeast.â
A Tribune account of  Cintron âs shooting in 2007 said the 24-year-old was home after an honorable discharge from the Marines when he went out with three friends.
 Cintron  was struck in the back and died at a nearby hospital.  His  friend  Vincente Hernandez  25  was grazed by a bullet on his left arm  police said.
 Cintron âs sister  Jennifer  told the Tribune at the time that it was unbelievable to the family that  Cintron  survived combat in Fallujah but not an evening out in  his  own hometown.
"It's just like if anything was going to happen  it was going to be in Iraq â she said. âNot when  he 's at home  when you're supposed to be safe."
[TGT] survived two tours of duty in Iraq only to be gunned down outside a Northwest Indiana bar after   [TGT]   returned home to Chicago a decade ago.
Federal prosecutors in Indiana later linked the slaying to the Almighty Latin Kings street gang  who allegedly mistook the 24-year-old Cintron for a gang rival and opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle as   [TGT]   pulled into the parking lot of the Portside Pub in Whiting on Jan. 18  2007.
On Thursday  11 years after   [TGT]  âs slaying  authorities for the first time identified the alleged killer as Juan Jimenez  a reputed regional treasurer for the Latin Kings who went by the nickname âBeast.â
A Tribune account of   [TGT]  âs shooting in 2007 said the 24-year-old was home after an honorable discharge from the Marines when  [TGT]  went out with three friends.
 Cintron  was struck in the back and died at a nearby hospital.  His  friend  Vincente Hernandez  25  was grazed by a bullet on his left arm  police said.
 Cintron âs sister  Jennifer  told the Tribune at the time that it was unbelievable to the family that  Cintron  survived combat in Fallujah but not an evening out in  his  own hometown.
"It's just like if anything was going to happen  it was going to be in Iraq â she said. âNot when  he 's at home  when you're supposed to be safe."