Trial waiting to move forward for Brawley murder suspect

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) - A Brawley murder suspect was back in an El Centro courtroom Thursday. 

23-year-old Genaro Lemus appeared before a judge for a second pre-trial conference.

Lemus is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 43-year-old Steven Angulo back in February.

During Thursday's proceedings, the judge ruled to maintain Lemus’ bail at $1 million.

Lemus is due back in court on June 5 for a prelim setting hearing and bail review hearing.

His attorney says they are currently waiting to receive and process an extensive amount of evidence in the case.

“It’s difficult to move forward while we’re awaiting discovery and arrests of other individuals. We just can’t move that quickly unfortunately," said Veronica Hernandez, attorney at law.

Meanwhile, authorities are still working to extradite a second suspect, Nathan Matthew Garnica. 

He remains behind bars in Prescott, Arizona, awaiting his return to Imperial County.