Family Mourns Teen's Machete Slaying in Florida

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jose Amaya Guardado's mother said she brought her son to the United States nine years ago to escape the violence of their native El Salvador. Now his family is mourning his death in what police describe as a brutal machete attack.

Lucia Guardado said Friday she never imagined something like this this could happen in the United States.

Miami-Dade police have charged four of Amaya Guardado's classmates with second-degree murder.

An arrest report says the suspects reportedly lured the 17-year-old to a wooded area near Homestead Job Corps, a live-in school and vocational training program for at-risk students run by the U.S. Department of Labor.

That's where Amaya Guardado was hacked to death with a machete, authorities say, his body found days after he went missing June 28.

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Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com

(Story by: Marisol Medina, The Associated Press, with information from The Miami Herald: www.herald.com)