2 ARRESTED IN GANG CRACKDOWN.Byline: - Lisa Van Proyen In their attack on gangs in the Northeast Valley, detectives arrested two homicide suspects Friday, including a 19-year-old man suspected of fatally beating a gangster a day earlier. A second gang member suspected of fatally shooting a 15-year-old gang member on Sunday also was arrested later Friday, after police tracked him down in Mexico, authorities said. Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born April 25, 1980 in Las Lumbreras, Murcia) is a Spanish cyclist. At age 27, he is thought to be one of the most talented cyclists of his generation. of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. was arrested early Friday morning in the Northeast Valley on suspicion of killing 22-year-old Juan Vasquez Juan Vasquez (or Vásquez) may refer to:
n. Variant of gauger. Street on Thursday morning, police said. The motive appears to be both gang rivalry and a fight over a woman, said Detective Frank Bishop of the Foothill Division. ``The suspect was not happy with the fact that the victim was interested in his girlfriend.'' Vasquez's death marked the sixth gang-related attack in the Pacoima area in two weeks. He was killed less than 24 hours after a community vigil to protest the recent rise in gang violence. On Friday morning, Foothill detectives traveled to Calexico to arrest a suspect in another gang shooting that left 15-year-old Andres Reyes dead Sunday in the 12500 block of Filmore Street, near Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Park in Pacoima. Gregory White, 24, of Pacoima fled to Mexico after the shooting but later surrendered to police in Calexico, where he was turned over to police, said Los Angeles police Detective Jose Martinez of the Foothill Division. As part of their attack on gang violence, police have also set up a drop- in center at Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Park, which has a history of gang problems. Authorities are also seeking a gang injunction against one or more Pacoima-area gangs. The injunction would ban gang members from loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. in certain areas and associating with each other. On Friday night, about 20 officers from the elite Metropolitan Unit downtown assisted Foothill officers in monitoring the gangs. Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. has shifted the officers there for a few weeks in light of the recent gang violence. Officers are searching for another suspect believed to be with Valverde during Vasquez's fatal beating. Police ask that anyone with information on the attack contact Foothill detectives at (818) 834-3115 or (818) 756-8861 after hours. |
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