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\"\"Officials stated this week that a Utah man was sentenced to 20 years for his bias-motivated attack on three men at a family-owned business.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On Feb. 19, 2020, after a five-day trial, a jury in Salt Lake City convicted Alan Covington for attacking three men with a metal pole because he believed the men were Mexican.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span> Luis Lopez in the hospital following the 2018 attack by Covington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to evidence presented at trial, on November 27, 2018, Covington entered a family-owned tire shop, Lopez Tires, armed with a metal pole and hatchet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon entering the shop, the defendant demanded to know if the men were Mexican. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to testimony at trial, the defendant shouted that he wanted to \u201cKill Mexicans\u201d and then began swinging the metal pole at the business owner, his brother, and teenage son. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Alan Covington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His public defender, Emily Stirba, said Covington suffers from delusions and was after the Mexican mafia, which he believes killed his daughter, according to ABC News 4 in Salt Lake City.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Covington doesn\u2019t have a problem with Mexicans,\u201d she told the court. \u201cHe was after the cartel. And no one likes the Mexican cartel. The United States doesn\u2019t like the Mexican cartel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Covington hit the teenage son with the metal pole, taking him to the ground and causing serious physical injury to his face. <\/span><\/p>\n

Covington continued his attack striking the father multiple times in the back. <\/span><\/p>\n

He eventually turned his attack on the business owner\u2019s brother, who escaped without injury and reported the matter to police. <\/span><\/p>\n

Covington was apprehended by police near the tire shop with a metal pole and a hatchet in his possession.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThis defendant brutally assaulted a family and attempted to kill a young man because he believed they were Mexican,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Ju<\/span>stice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cSuch bias-motivated violen<\/span>ce is fundamentally at odds with our most deeply held values.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a horrific act of hate-motivated violence and there is no place for it in our state or country,\u201d said U.S Attorney Trina A. Higgins for the District of Utah. \u201cThese victims are part of our community, and no one should ever have to fear for their safety because of their race or nationality. With Covington now behind bars, we hope the victims and their families can find peace and heal from this unspeakable act of hate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope the sentencing provides some measure of justice for the victims, whose lives will never be the same because of Mr. Covington\u2019s heinous actions,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Shohini Sinha of the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office. \u201cOur country is rich in diversity and violence motivated by hate \u2013 like all violence \u2013 has no place here. The FBI will vigorously defend the civil rights of all in the communities we serve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI Salt Lake City Field Office investigated the case with the cooperation of the Salt Lake City Police Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Drew Yeates for the District of Utah and Deputy Chief Rose Gibson of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Criminal Section prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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