Benito Juarez fatally stabbed in Little Village

A Cicero man was stabbed to death during an argument in the Little Village neighborhood early Sunday.

Benito Juarez, 40, was walking in the 4100 block of West 26th Street when several males approached him about about 4:40 a.m., authorities said.

An argument ensued and Juarez was stabbed in the the throat area, authorities said. A police source said detectives are investigating if the attack was gang related.

Juarez, of the 2100 block of South 50th Avenue in Cicero, died at Mount Sinai Hospital at 5:24 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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