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  • Grappling with Gangs [South Texas Pistoleros]

    06/25/2006 7:42:45 AM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 38 replies · 4,109+ views
    The Monitor ^ | June 25,2006 | Andres R. Martinez
    MISSION — Family and gang were one and the same for Leobardo Villarreal. So in March it was no coincidence that federal authorities finally arrested Villarreal, a 22-year-old second-generation member of the gang Hermano Pistoleros, through a tip they got after arresting his father and fellow gang member Juan Eladio Villarreal-Saenza, officials said. The Pistoleros, whom the FBI says Mexican drug cartels are hiring to run drugs and do contract killings, operate in Mexico and the United States. They are highly mobile, organized criminals who also happen to be illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. While the federal...
  • Jurors see assault weapons in Edinburg massacre trial [Texas]

    08/20/2005 8:25:39 AM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 55 replies · 3,773+ views
    The Monitor ^ | August 19,2005 | Brittney Booth
    EDINBURG — Jurors on Thursday viewed several high-powered assault weapons connected to the January 2003 murders of six men in north Edinburg. Rodolfo "Kreeper" Medrano, 26, stands trial on capital murder charges he bought and kept those weapons for lower-ranking Tri-City Bomber gang members who used them in the six-person homicide. Police found the victims shot several times within and outside two small homes at 2915 E. Monte Cristo Road. Forensic scientist Alex Madrigal, who works at the McAllen crime lab, testified he accompanied investigators from several law enforcement agencies to different locations in the Rio Grande Valley including Weslaco,...