Man charged with West Side murder

CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF A 62-YEAR-OLD WOMAN VALERIE CASTRO IS STANDING BY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN WITH DETAILS 19-YEAR-OLD JULIAN CANDELARIA IS BETER KNOWN TO HIS ASSOCIATES AS JUICE POLICE SAY JUICE STORMED INTO A WESTSIDE HOME MONDAY NIGHT POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR ONE OF HIS FRIENDS BUT WHEN HE LEFT IT WAS THE FRIEND S 62-YEAR- OLD MOTHER WHO WAS DEAD CANDELARIA COVERED HIS FACE WITH HIS SHIRT LAST NIGHT AS DETECTIVES HAULED HIM OFF TO JAIL FOR MURDER THEY SAY CANDELARIA BROKE INTO THIS HOME ON 56TH STREET NEAR COORS AND FORTUNA ON MONDAY NIGHT AND STARTED SHOOTING WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AN HYSTERICAL JOSEPH CARDENAS WAS STANDING OVER THE BODY OF HIS MOTHER — REBECCA ORTIZ AFTER A COUPLE OF INTERVIEWS CARDENAS FINALLY TOLD POLICE THE SHOOTER APPEARED TO BE JUICE CANDELARIA SOMEONE HE D KNOWN FOR FIVE YEARS 1 25 19 what we do know is that they were associates there was background and encounters with law enforcement in the past involving narcotics and gang activity -10 1 21 31 hey julian did you kill anybody are you innocent -3 CANDELARIA HAD NOTHING TO SAY LAST NIGHT COURT RECORDS SHOW HE WAS ARRESTED LAST JUNE FOR RESISTING ARREST WE WEREN T ABLE TO DETERMINE IF HE HAS A RECORD IN JUVENILE COURT REPORTING LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN VALERIE CASTRO EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 TODAY A BRAZEN ROBBER TARGETS A NEW MEXICO APPEALS