May 13, 2013 – A man high on PCP walks half naked in the street, blocking traffic and a police vehicle before being taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The footage was captured while driving so the imagery is shaky at moments. Date: May 10, 2013 Location: Western & Exposition, South [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer November 7, 2011 | 11:49 a.m. LOS ANGELES – In what federal authorities are calling Operation “Supernova,” three defendants were arrested last week on federal drug distribution and firearms trafficking charges following an undercover operation in Camarillo, where a Colonia Chiques street gang member, Luis Manuel Tapia, was in [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer October 25, 2011 | 5:15 p.m. Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced today the seizure of more than 50 kilos of cocaine last week worth $5 million. The undercover operation targeted the Guadalajara Cartel of Mexico, an organized crime syndicate that has been accused of smuggling methamphetamine and cocaine [...]
John M. Annese December 08, 2010 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two reputed gang members from New Brighton face a variety of felony drug charges after a detective with the NYPD’s Staten Island Gang Squad spotted them passing a marijuana cigar to each other, then searched them and found several bags of crack, authorities allege. Karon [...]
The Associated Press Dec. 7, 2010 GARLAND, Texas — Texas law enforcement officials have seized an estimated $1 million in cash they say was going to be used to buy drugs in Arizona. Department of Public Safety Capt. Jeoff Williams said Tuesday at a news conference in Garland that authorizes arrested five gang members in [...]
VOA News 02 December 2010 Mexican federal police say they have captured a regional leader of the Zetas drug gang, who allegedly trafficked drugs from the Dominican Republic and Panama to the United States. Security official Luis Cardenas said Thursday that Eduardo Ramirez Valencia was detained Wednesday along with an accomplice in Hidalgo state. Cardenas [...]
Fox News Latino November 30, 2010 The supposed leader of a notorious drug gang in México has been captured, authorities said Tuesday. José Alfredo Landa, 37, who officials say ran a sect of the La Familia, was arrested on Monday along with three other suspects, federal police said. Ramón Pequeño, the anti-narcotics chief, said police [...]
ELISABETH MALKIN November 28, 2010 MEXICO CITY — A notorious drug gang leader has been captured and has confessed to ordering most killings in the battle-scarred border city of Ciudad Juárez since August 2009, including the drive-by shootings of a United States consular employee and her husband, Mexico’s federal police said Sunday. Federal police arrested [...]
Tony Perry (FOX 5 San Diego) October 25, 2010 TIJUANA, Mexico —Thirteen men were killed in a raid at a drug rehabilitation center in Tijuana, Mexican officials said Monday. Masked gunmen forced residents onto the floor at El Camino a la Recuperacion center and then sprayed them with bullets, officials said. The center is located [...]
Matt Katz (Philadelphia Inquirer) Fri, Oct. 22, 2010 The “muscle” for a violent and powerful drug gang that plagued Camden for more than two decades was sentenced Thursday to two life prison terms plus 25 years for murder, attempting to kill a witness, and drug conspiracy. Juan Rivera-Velez – known as “Two-Face” because of severe [...]
James Figueroa (sgvtribune.com) 10/21/2010 A multi-agency task force targeted drug suppliers for Puente 13 and other street gangs as part of a massive Thursday morning sweep in Los Angeles and Riverside counties. Authorities arrested 41 suspects in the pre-dawn raids involving more than 800 officers and are still seeking 21 others on federal indictments for [...]
BY ERIC WOOMER (Visalia Times-Delta) October 14, 2010 More than a month after a gang-and-drug sweep yielded nearly 50 arrests throughout California, fewer than half of the suspects remain in custody. Residents of the targeted areas say that while the streets seem quieter, they’re again seeing the faces of those arrested during the Aug. 31 [...]
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