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UPDATE: 8:24 AM EST

Mughsots have been released of the two men arrested yesterday in connection with Malcolm Shabazz’s murder.

David Hernández Cruz and Manuel Alejandro Pérez de Jesús are both waiters at the Palace Club, a bar in downtown Mexico City where Shabazz ended up with fatal skull, jaw, and rib fractures. 

We’ll keep you updated on the latest.

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Two men have been arrested in the murder of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X.

According to NPR:

The men, who work at a bar Shabazz visited, face charges of homicide and robbery.

Shabazz had traveled to Mexico to meet with Miguel Suarez, an organizer of RUMEC, a labor and construction group in California. Suarez had been deported to Mexico in April.

A new account of the circumstances surrounding his death have also come to light.

The trouble erupted after the two men went to a bar called The Palace Club, described by The Associated Press as being “in an area of rough dive bars tourists are warned against going to.”

“We were dancing with the girls and drinking,” Suarez told the AP. Eventually, the pair were asked to pay a tab of more than $1,000, he said.

“We pretty much got hassled,” Suarez said. “A short dude came with a gun.”

After Shabazz and Suarez refused to pay, they were separated. The next time he saw Shabazz, Suarez says, he had been badly beaten. Shabazz later died in the hospital.

In addition to the two men arrested, authorities are seeking three other suspects.

This story is developing.

SOURCE: NPR