Zetas drug gang ordered the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico because he had disciplined police officers secretly working with the cartel, authorities said Tuesday.Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Alejandro Garza y Garza said several of the seven police officers arrested in the killing of Santiago Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos admitted they worked for the Zetas as lookouts.Garza y Garza said Cavazos had reprimanded some traffic police officers for...
Damien Searle, 24, of Wilson Street, had engaged in “gangsterism”.“This is Underbelly stuff. Career criminals engage in this sort of behaviour."There is absolutely no place for it in the community,” he said.Searle pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court to 17 charges.He was sentenced to 31 months’ jail and has to serve 18 months before being eligible for parole.Searle was also disqualified from driving for 24 months and ordered to pay...
Three gunned down in Melbourne shootings - Yahoo! News: "Two men were gunned down in a popular Melbourne bar area on Friday, shortly after the killing of a known crime figure sparked fears of a new gang war in the city's notorious underworld.The two were killed about six hours after Macchour Chaouk, bearded patriarch of a Lebanese crime family which is feuding with a rival clan, was shot at his heavily secured home.Police did not know whether the...
Family, friends hold vigil for shooting victim John P. Garcia - KansasCity.com: "John P. Garcia visited the corner of Cesar Chavez and Mercier avenues — a neighborhood hangout — early Sunday to promote his new rap CD, relatives say.As he mingled with the two dozen or more people about 4 a.m., someone inside a passing car opened fire. Garcia was mortally wounded.Relatives think the shooter may have been from a gang in Kansas City, Kan. They don’t...
Family of gang leader Jeff Fort sues PBS and CeaseFire - chicagotribune.com: "family of notorious Chicago gang leader Jeff Fort has sued the Public Broadcasting Service and the local anti-violence group CeaseFire on Wednesday, alleging that a film crew taped a funeral for Fort's mother this year without permission.During the May 13 funeral, the crew took unauthorized footage of Fort's mother, Annie Gibson Bacon, as she lay in an open casket, according...
Gang members arrested in Indiana - 14 News, The Tri-State's News and Weather Leader-: "Suspected gang members are rounded up in southwestern Indiana and most now face deportation.Federal Immigration agents joined local police agencies to arrest 14 foreign-born suspects described as violent gang members.The 14 men were taken into custody over the last two days, and most are from the Jasper and Evansville areas. Federal agents say they're extremely...
'American Gangster' ex-wife Juliana Farrait-Rodriguez in plea discussions with feds - NYPOST.com: "ex-wife of notorious 'American Gangster' drug lord Frank Lucas is eyeing a possible plea deal for allegedly selling two kilos of cocaine to undercover drug agents.A lawyer for Juliana Farrait-Rodriguez this afternoon won a 60-day delay of her case to continue negotiations with prosecutors.The 63-year-old former beauty queen -- whose dyed dirty-blonde...
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