“I would like to recognize the work of the members of the FBI throughout this investigation. “Over the past three years, the FBI San Francisco Division has worked to link this murder squad with the Nuestra Familia and Norteno street gangs,” said Special Agent in Charge Bennett. Attorney, Northern District, the Salinas Police Department, the FBI, and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office ensured that these criminals are afforded the most expeditious justice and will help protect the community from their wrath of terror.” “Working together in a collaborative effort with the U.S. The inability for these men to live out their lives is extremely disturbing to a law abiding community, all of whom have a fundamental right to be safe in their homes,” said Special Agent in Charge King. “The family and friends of the men murdered by this heinous criminal enterprise have suffered profound loss. We need professional law enforcement to protect the community where we live and work and raise our families.” In announcing today’s charges, we reaffirm the importance of professional law enforcement. This violence holds our community hostage. “The indictment alleges a pattern of horrific violence,” said U.S. According to the indictment, seven of the eight homicide victims had no known gang affiliation. According to the Second Superseding Indictment filed October 15, 2020, and unsealed today, the defendants were members of a violent hit crew also referred to as the “murder squad.” The indictment describes how the murder squad orchestrated seven shootings, killing eight people and injuring several others. The defendants are Siaki Tavale, 24, Andrew Alvarado, 29, John Magat, 33, Anthony Valdez, 23, Mark Anthony Garcia, 29, and Anelu Tavale, 24. Attorney Anderson and Special Agent in Charge King, as well as Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni and Salinas Police Department (SPD) Chief Adele Fresé. The charges were announced in a press conference attended by U.S. Anderson, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury has indicted six Salinas-based street gang members, charging them with racketeering conspiracy, use of a firearm causing murder, and related crimes, announced United States Attorney David L.
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