Archive for September 2023
Indictment with hate crime allegations says Hells Angels attacked three Black men in San Diego.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seventeen people pleaded not guilty Monday to various charges involving an attack on three Black men by members of the Hells Angels biker gang in San Diego this year, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said. The victims, ages 19, 20 and 21, were suddenly chased and attacked in San…
Read MoreGreenbelt man sentenced to life in prison for gang-related racketeering, murder
A Greenbelt, Maryland, man has been sentenced to life in prison Monday after being convicted of racketeering and taking part in the 2019 fatal stabbing of a Virginia teenager. According to court documents, 30-year-old Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a member of the MS-13 gang’s Maryland-based Los Ghettos Criminales Salvatruchas clique, took part in the murder of…
Read MoreMember of MS-13 gang sentenced to 65 years for attack that left one teen dead, another injured
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Prince George’s County State Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced that 23-year-old Mario Clarios-Arias has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for attacking two teenage boys. Mario Clarios-Arias was convicted on Aug. 25 of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault. Clarios-Arias was involved…
Read MoreFBI Announces Results from Nationwide Takedown of Violent Crime.
Today, the FBI announces the results of a nationwide effort to combat violent crime during the summer of 2023. Law enforcement efforts were conducted between May 29 to September 4, 2023, and involved numerous FBI field offices and state and local partners. The FBI, alongside its state and local law enforcement partners, executed over 4,000…
Read MoreTrinitarios Gang Member Charged in Connection With Two Shootings in Brooklyn and Queens on the Same Day.
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Abel Mora, a member of the Trinitarios, a violent street gang, with being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition related to two separate shootings Mora allegedly committed in Queens and Brooklyn on August 13, 2023. Mora was arrested this morning and is scheduled…
Read MoreOutlaw motorcycle gang members arrested on racketeering and firearms charges.
HOUSTON, Texas — Twelve members of the Homietos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang are now in custody facing racketeering and firearms charges, following a violent assault on another motorcycle club in Houston, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The arrested individuals include 37-year-old Joseph Gomez, aka Tequila, of Sugarland, who was taken into custody on Friday,…
Read MoreMS-13 Gang Member Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison For A Racketeering Conspiracy, Including A Murder In Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a/k/a “Impaciente,” age 30, of Greenbelt, Maryland, to life in federal prison for racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering conspiracies, for committing murder in aid of racketeering, and for conspiracy to destroy and conceal evidence connected to his participation in La Mara…
Read MoreGeneration Jihad Ep. 100 — Squad Pops Off on Mali
Where in the world might the next state collapse into failure? Hosts Bill and Caleb ultimately narrowed it down to two options: Somalia or Mali. Shabaab in Somalia has aptly been dubbed “The Taliban of Africa,” given how well-organized, well-armed and effective it is there as a jihadist group. But Mali is actually the weaker…
Read MoreNEWS‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
When a student opened fire at her Detroit high school in November 2021, killing four students and injuring seven others, Rebekah Schuler let go of the idea of ever feeling truly safe in school again. “We’re being forced to normalize learning amid a constant fear of guns ringing inside or outside of our classrooms,” said…
Read MoreThird Bahraini soldier dies after Houthi drone attack close to Saudi border
DUBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) – A third Bahraini serviceman died on Wednesday following a Houthi drone attack on Monday against forces of the Saudi-led coalition in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, Bahrain’s state news agency said. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has battled the Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has killed…
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