Street gang dispute blamed for Rancho Cucamonga killing - DailyBulletin.com: "The fatal shooting last month near the intersection of Grove Avenue and Ninth Street stemmed from a dispute between rival street gangs in Upland and Rancho Cucamonga, according to a police report.
Jesus Calderon, 50, was shot and killed about 1 a.m. on Jan. 11 near Calaveras Avenue and Salina Street in Rancho Cucamonga, an area considered home turf by a gang called 'Dog...
Mexican soldiers arrested six men Wednesday who they say carried out last week’s ambush murder of U.S. Special Agent Jaime Zapata.
The suspects told authorities they believed Zapata and his partner Victor Avila — who was wounded in the attack – to be members of a rival gang because of the vehicle they were driving. Those arrested belong to a cell of the Zetas, the violent criminal gang headquartered in the cities bordering south Texas.
Officials...
Triple murderer could get day parole in 4 years: "At age 15, he shot and murdered three strangers and seriously wounded three others as they celebrated at a Winnipeg birthday party.
But Tuesday, it was revealed that there's a possibility the now-18-year-old street gang member could be eligible for day parole and back on the streets in a limited fashion just four years to the day his crimes were committed.
The man can't be identified because he...
Police say a flare-up of a long-running conflict among the Conservative Vice Lords, Gangster Disciples and Black P Stones street gangs is to blame. The battleground centers at Wilson and Broadway near Truman College and a Red Line station.
The gangs 'seem to branch out about a block or two from that epicenter,' said Lt. Robert Stasch, who supervises tactical unit officers in the Town Hall District, which includes Uptown. 'Those conflicts are over...

AFP: US Latin Kings gang leader gets 60 years prison: "A leader of the Latin Kings gang in the US state of Maryland was sentenced to 60 years in prison for racketeering in connection with his activities with the violent street clan, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Erick Roman,...
Oakland Man Convicted In 2003 Tenderloin Killing « CBS San Francisco: "A jury deliberated for less than three days before finding Joevon Bowen guilty of the murder of 26-year-old Armando Arce early on the morning of Feb. 19, 2003, according to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
Arce was shot 12 times near the intersection of Willow Alley and Polk Street after two other men were murdered hours earlier in Oakland as part of an apparent gang...
2nd arrest made in shootings outside Novato store: "second suspect has been arrested in the shootings of two men outside a Novato supermarket that investigators believe was gang-related.
Armando Gil, 26, of Novato was arrested Sunday in Rohnert Park on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and participating in a criminal street gang, police said. Gil is also being held on unrelated warrants accusing him of rape, making criminal...

Grenades thrown, cars burned in Mexican city: "Suspected drug traffickers threw grenades, fired shots and burned cars in Mexico's second largest city of Guadalajara following the detention of two gang members, officials said Wednesday.
At least four cars were burned and a bus...
Police stabbing probe outside Cessnock subway station: "A station on Glasgow's subway route was closed for several hours after a man was discovered nearby with stab wounds.
Police said the 21-year-old was found injured within a close of a block of flats in Harley Street, in the city's Cessnock area, at about 0020 GMT.
He is currently in a critical condition in the Southern General Hospital.
Cessnock subway station reopened shortly after...
DJuárez Citizens Command is threatening to strike back against lawlessness that has gripped Mexico for a long time, they say that they are going to strike back by killing one criminal a day until order and piece is restored. Similar groups are popping up all across Mexico.
Over the years, with the help of corrupt Mexican officials and corrupt or myopic American officials, and with American politicians nurturing a lack of foresight and discernment...
Brazen criminals attacking, spying on off-duty Winnipeg police: "Criminal gangs have “severely assaulted” off-duty Winnipeg police officers, conducted surveillance on them outside of work and have even shown up at their family events in brazen attempts at intimidation.
A six-week-old Ontario labour-relations decision offers a rare look at the security threats facing Winnipeg police officers as well as civilian employees.
Those incidents have ranged...
Xcalibre is GMP's specialist unit tackling gun and gang-related crime.
The walls of its office are covered in mugshots of suspects, grouped together under the names of their gangs - the Rusholme Cripz, the Fallowfield Mad Dogs and the Moss Side Bloods, among others.
'We've had a number of incidents where we have had tit-for-tat fights,' says Det Sgt Robert Cousen.
'One gang will go into opposing territory. That then sets up tensions because the...
Mexico's Drug War: "Pinal sheriff: Armed conflict with drug cartels coming soon.": "'Armed conflict in Arizona between sheriff's deputies and heavily equipped drug cartel squads is inevitable, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said Tuesday during a speech in Ahwatukee Foothills. 'We're expecting a conflict,' Babeu told the Ahwatukee Republican Women's organization... 'I absolutely believe you're going to see that happen in the next 30 to 60 days....
Five Gunmen Die in Shootout with Army Soldiers in Monterrey: "A turf war between the Gulf cartel and former allies Los Zetas in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, whose capital is Monterrey, left more than 670 people, including a record 75 police officers, dead last year.
Monterrey, home to more than 50,000 corporations, including some of the largest multinational businesses in Mexico, fears for its future if the violence is not stopped.
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