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Correction: Honduras-Death Squads story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that...Tags: U.S. Senate, Armed Forces, Law Enforcement, Firearms, Murder
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Fugitive on 'most wanted' list returns to U.S. for prosecution
A fugitive on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list is back in the U.S. facing first-degree murder charges after Salvadoran journalists intrigued by his notoriety tracked him down. His hide-out? The family home, about 200 yards from a police station, the...
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Sheriff probes snafu that sent reputed gang members to wrong court
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County Sheriff's are investigating a snafu that sent a dozen reputed MS-13 gang members charged by a grand jury with extorting food truck operators to the wrong courthouse and a downtown jail facility before their after-hours arraignment... -
Notorious gang extorted food truck operators, prosecutors allege
L.A. NOWAt least 20 reputed members of one of Los Angeles’ most notorious gangs have been indicted in connection with a violent extortion racket that targeted food truck operators in the Hollywood area over at least five years, according to state...... -
Reputed MS-13 gang members arrested in food-truck extortion racket
L.A. NOWA grand jury indictment was scheduled to be unsealed Monday for about two dozen reputed members of the notorious MS-13 gang in connection with a violent extortion racket that targeted food-truck operators. The victims of the alleged organized shakedown... -
Judge to consider dismissing charges against anti-gang activist
L.A. NOWThis post has been corrected, as noted below. A judge will consider dismissing federal racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder charges Wednesday against one of the nation’s most well-known anti-gang activists. The U.S. attorney’s office... -
Federal case against anti-gang activist dismissed; 'errors' cited
L.A. NOWA U.S. District Court judge has dismissed federal racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder charges against one of the nation’s most well-known anti-gang activists at the request of federal prosecutors, who acknowledged his indictment contained... -
L.A. Now Live: Charges dropped against anti-gang activist
L.A. NOWTimes staff writer Richard Winton will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to talk about the dismissal by a federal judge of charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder against well-known anti-gang activist Alex Sanchez. The dismissal came...... -
Feds seek to dismiss charges against anti-gang leader Alex Sanchez
L.A. NOWThe U.S. Attorney's Office has filed a motion to dismiss racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder charges against a nationally recognized anti-gang leader named in a 2009 federal indictment targeting several gang members involved in multiple slayings,... -
Valley Police Beat: Man, 80, dies in roll-over crash
WEST IMPERIAL COUNTY — An 80-year-old man from Arizona died from a head injury after a roll-over accident near the west county line Wednesday, a California Highway Patrol press release said. The man, whose name wasn’t released, was driving...Tags: Sony Corp., Police Arrests, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Crime, Law and Justice
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For Alex Sanchez, justice delayed or justice denied?
Nearly three years after the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles first filed charges against Alex Sanchez, a well-known gang intervention worker, for racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder, those same federal prosecutors are now seeking to...
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Fed crackdown shows MS-13 gang is real threat, experts said
L.A. NOWThe decision last week by federal authorities to classify the Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 gang as a “transnational criminal organization" has some experts hoping the move will put the gang on the run....
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