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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal trial for murdering a health insurance company executive

El acusado tratará de invalidar el otro juicio estatal alegando doble enjuiciamiento. El acuerdo con la Fiscalía se produce semanas antes del proceso impulsado por el Departamento de Justicia

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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal trial for murdering a health insurance company executive

Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old man accused of murdering a health insurance company executive in the back two years ago, has pleaded guilty in the federal trial brought by the US Department of Justice. “I shot Mr. Thompson and he died,” Mangione said in court. “I understood that my actions would cause him to fear for his life or to suffer bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal,” he added during the hearing.

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