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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...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Police Investigations, Murder, Justice System, El Salvador
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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,... -
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...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Justice System, Prosecution, El Salvador
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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.... -
U.S labels MS-13 street gang ‘criminal organization’
FrameworkThe Obama administration has labeled a violent Central American street gang as an international criminal organization subject to U.S. government sanctions, the first time this designation has been given to such a group.... -
From the archives: Gangs find fresh turf in Salvador
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe teen-agers crowding at the edge of the central plaza flash hand signs, share a marijuana joint and swap stories of the previous night's exploits. Dressed in baggy pants, their arms and chests covered with tattoos, their hair slicked back, they speak a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Culture, War Crimes, Substance Abuse
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