The local media in El Paso are reporting that a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the vicious gang beating of a man outside a gay nightclub in Downtown El Paso last weekend.
The assault, police said, was gang-related and did not meet the criteria of a "hate crime," which upset the victim's family and gay-rights activists who said Lionel Martinez was targeted only because he was near the Old Plantation nightclub frequented by gays and lesbians.
Police arrested the teen gang member Thursday afternoon on suspicion of aggravated assault. More arrests are expected. The teen's name was not released because he is a juvenile.
Martinez, 22, remained hospitalized in critical condition Thursday and has yet to regain consciousness after early Saturday attack.
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