Associated Press Posted: 08/25/2010 LOS ANGELES — Dozens of people have been arrested in a raid after federal authorities unveiled a racketeering indictment against a Los Angeles street gang. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says the operation Wednesday targeted the Pueblo Bishops Bloods, who are accused in a slew of drug dealings, murders and attacks on [...]
KION.com May 11, 2010 Watsonville, Calif. A news conference was held at 1:30pm Monday to talk about “Operation Ground Hog”, arrests and seizures. In a news release the city says that for the past two weeks, the Watsonville Police Department and the FBI have concluded a yearlong gang enforcement to directly target gang activity in [...]
Play now part of recent nationwide campaign to see Mr. Sanchez get a fair trial in federal court April 27, 2010-New York, NY – As the opening night of the new play about gang involved youth, “De Novo,” is celebrated in New York tomorrow, community activists are using this and other opportunities to call for [...]
The Associated Press March 19, 2010 EL PASO – More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in an effort to find new leads into the killings of three people who had ties to the U.S. Consulate in [...]
By OLIVIA TORRES (AP) 03.15.10 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — U.S. and Mexican federal officials said Monday they were probing why a suspected drug gang ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered [...]
Associated Press 02/25/10 More than 1,100 FBI agents and police officers spread out through South Los Angeles, banging on doors before dawn Thursday in a crackdown against a gang implicated in drug dealing and violent crime, authorities said. “They have a vise grip on the neighborhood, and we are going to release that grip this [...]
The Associated Press 2/25/10 A reputed gang member sought in connection with killing four people, including his girlfriend, was added to the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list, authorities said Tuesday. Jose Luis Saenz, 34, of Los Angeles, joined Osama bin Laden and Boston crime lord James “Whitey” Bulger, among others, on the infamous list. [...]
ROSEMARY SOBOL (Sun Times) February 10, 2010 CHICAGO- A fugitive who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt by the FBI since July of 2005 was brought back from Mexico and arrested at O’Hare Airport Tuesday afternoon. Valentino Sanchez, 33, whose last known address was 8105 White Ave. in west suburban Lyons, was placed into [...]
An agency spokeswoman says the Mexican government requested the aid. School board member Bobby Salcedo was one of six men gunned down in Gomez Palacio in the state of Durango last week. By Hector Becerra (LA Times) January 8, 2010 The FBI will join Mexican investigators in their search for the killers of El Monte [...]
from FBI National Press Office December 21, 2009 In its Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report released today, the FBI indicated that the volume of violent crime in the nation decreased 4.4 percent and the volume of property crime declined 6.1 percent. More than 11,700 law enforcement agencies contributed to this report, which is based on [...]
By Devlin Barrett The Associated Press – 12/21/2009 09:44:19 PM PST WASHINGTON – High unemployment. More folks on food stamps. Fewer owning their homes. Yet for all the signs of recession, something is missing: More crime. Experts are scratching their heads over why crime has ebbed so far during this recession, making it different from [...]
FOX 5 San Diego Staff December 9, 2009 FBI agents and police officers have arrested a motivational speaker who is suspected of murdering a Las Vegas woman, ransacking her home and fleeing to California. Las Vegas police said Tuesday that they tracked Michael Lane, a British citizen who also goes by the name “Chae Saville,” [...]
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