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An 18-year-old from California who traveled from San Diego to Mexico was killed while trying to defend his best friend from a gang after they left a house party.
Jonathan Valenzuela, 18, was stabbed to death on July 4 after he and his friend, Kevin Hernández, were attacked and beaten in the middle a street near a military in Tecate, Baja California.
Cellphone video, filmed at the scene, shows a young man slamming Valenzuela to the ground and repeatedly punching him.
Another man, identified as Junior Ortiz by local media, stepped forward moments later and stabbed Valenzuela at least four times.
Jonathan Valenzuela's July 3 trip to Tecate, Mexico, ended in tragedy when he was beaten and stabbed dead after leaving a party. His California parents have provided the identities of the six male suspects who allegedly attacked their 13-year-old son, including the individual who stabbed him at least four times, but no arrests have been made
Still image from a cellphone video shows one of the six alleged suspects beating a defenseless Jonathan Valenzuela
'The moment my son defended
