By Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times June 2, 2013, 8:20 p.m. The officer, who normally patrols the streets of Watsonville, Calif., takes action when she hears a desperate immigrant’s story of kidnapping and death threats. WATSONVILLE, Calif. — She introduced herself as Sarani Hernandez and said in Spanish that she needed help. She took a [...]
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Streetgangs.com Staff July 28, 2012 | 12:38 a.m. PST On Wednesday a U.S. Coast Guard crew seized 8,500 pounds of marijuana off the coast of San Pedro, south of Los Angeles. The San Francisco-based Coast Guard Cutter Aspen was the boat that made the huge bust. According to Capt. James Jenkins, commander of the Coast [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 6, 2012 | 3:38 a.m. PST LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, the murder trial of Pedro Espinoza continued, marking the third day of testimony. Juan Torres was the last witness and under the direct examination of Deputy District Attorney Allyson Ostrowski when trial recessed on Tuesday. Torres resumed [...]
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 [...]
Man wanted in connection to four homicides in San Bernardino arrested by Mexican police Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer June 26, 2011 | 5:13 a.m. On Wednesday, Froylan Chiprez, 36, a fugitive wanted for his role in a quadruple homicide in San Bernardino was arrested in Tijuana by Mexican law enforcement officials who were working [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff January 28, 2011 US agents discovered a 3-yard-tall catapult that was used to vault packets of marijuana into the United States, over the border. Drug smugglers decided that this medieval technology would be more effective than using trucks, cars, buses or boats. The catapult was discovered in Naco, Mexico by National Guard personnel [...]
JUAN CARLOS LLORCA (Associated Press) | December 19, 2010 COBAN, Guatemala — The Guatemalan military declared a state of siege Sunday in a northern province that authorities say has been overtaken by Mexican drug traffickers. The government initiated the monthlong measure in the Alta Verapaz province to reclaim cities that have been taken over by [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer December 16, 2010 | 8:58 p.m. Illegal immigration was a hot button topic from 2005 to 2008, but the attention towards this topic will always go through cycles, reaching a peak, and then becoming less important as other social issues come to the fore front. For over a year, [...]
OSWALD ALONSO (Associated Press) December 7, 2010 JIUTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — U.S. Embassy officials met with Mexico’s alleged child assassin to check on his welfare and provide him with information on a lawyer in the case that he is an American, a spokesman said Tuesday. Mexican officials and his family say the boy, 14, who [...]
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 [...]
Associated Press November 28, 2010 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s federal police have captured a presumed leader of a cross-border drug gang suspected in dozens of killings, including the slaying of a U.S. consulate worker, authorities announced Sunday. Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, 32, was arrested Saturday in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, which is considered [...]
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