Sweep targets Pico Rivera gang - Whittier Daily News: "served a search warrant at one home then went to four other residences to check if members of Rivera 13 were complying with the conditions of their parole and probation.
Deputies said the gang's activities increased recently. One member, Rudy Ruiz of Whittier, was tied last year to the June 27 shooting outside Falcone's Pizza that left three men dead and seven people wounded.
Ruiz and Canta Ranas gang member John Perez of Pico Rivera have been charged with the killings. Detectives haven't revealed the motive for the fatal shootings, which happened during a fundraiser by a local motorcycle group. Detectives said the men killed and the motorcycle group don't have gang ties.
Since those murders, the gang has been involved in several killings, shootings and drug trafficking, according to sheriff's Sgt. Mark Bailey of Operation Safe Streets, the department's gang unit.
He attributed the gang's hike in criminal activity to clashes with other Pico Rivera gangs.
'It's just been rival gangs. That's all we've been able to establish at this point,' he said.
But he said the parolees and probationers they checked Wednesday weren't wanted suspects.
One team arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of violating his probation and for possession of drug paraphernalia after meth pipes were found in his house.
At a second location, another team arrested parolee Gregory Martinez, 34, on charges that include possession of a loaded firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm. They also recovered a .22-caliber revolver at the house and some meth, Bailey said.
A rifle was recovered at a third location along with ammunition."
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