Guerrero-Mejia and his brother were both injured with broken beer bottles when they entered the bar and Gomez and seven others attacked. The fight followed a dispute earlier in the evening at another club.
Muennich said Guerrero-Mejia, a Marine who fought in Iraq, tried to defend himself with a chair, but Gomez severed his “trigger finger” with a 3-foot long machete.
The defendant maintained he was backing away from Guerrero-Meijia and “found” a machete on the floor then used it. Muennich said it is the prosecution’s belief Gomez brought the weapon to the bar for the fight.
Gomez remains housed in the Butler County Jail. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 17 by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Andrew Nastoff. Gomez faces two to eight years in prison and possible deportation, Muennich said.
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