A total of nine members and associates of one of the city's oldest and most violent street gangs, including the gang's leader, were arrested early Thursday as part of a multi-jurisdictional operation led by the Long Beach Police Department.
Reyes Rios, 32, the alleged leader of the East Side Longos gang, was arrested at his home and faces charges in two attempted murders. He is being held on $500,000 bail.
Ruhani Bustamante, 28, of Long Beach, was arrested in connection with 11 shootings, two of which resulted in murders. Bustamante was arrested at a local business and is being held without bail.
Also arrested on the following charges were:
Delores Ruiz, 29, of Lakewood, destruction of evidence.
Maria Kanlilar, 28, of Long Beach, accessory to murder.
Juan Herrera, 32, of Long Beach, attempted murder and accessory to murder.
Jose Luis Cortez, 37, of Long Beach, accessory to murder.
Martha Arevalo, 39, of Long Beach, attempted murder.
Jesus Ramirez, 24, of Long Beach, witness intimidation.
Lisa Sedillo, 34, of Long Beach, witness intimidation and a 1992 murder.
Reyes Rios, 32, the alleged leader of the East Side Longos gang, was arrested at his home and faces charges in two attempted murders. He is being held on $500,000 bail.
Ruhani Bustamante, 28, of Long Beach, was arrested in connection with 11 shootings, two of which resulted in murders. Bustamante was arrested at a local business and is being held without bail.
Also arrested on the following charges were:
Delores Ruiz, 29, of Lakewood, destruction of evidence.
Maria Kanlilar, 28, of Long Beach, accessory to murder.
Juan Herrera, 32, of Long Beach, attempted murder and accessory to murder.
Jose Luis Cortez, 37, of Long Beach, accessory to murder.
Martha Arevalo, 39, of Long Beach, attempted murder.
Jesus Ramirez, 24, of Long Beach, witness intimidation.
Lisa Sedillo, 34, of Long Beach, witness intimidation and a 1992 murder.
All the gang violence is rooted in poverty. Until we address income disparity we'll see more and more of this activity.
Congratulations to the Long Beach PD for getting these thugs off the streets. Let's hope that they will "RAT" out more of their so called friends and they can be put behind bars like the SCUM they are
FUCK THE POLICE THEY CANT DO THERE JOBS AND FIND NOTHING ON NONE OF THEM AND GOING BY THERE PAST RECORDS THERE ALL GOING TO BE LET GO AND THE POLICE GOING TO BE FUCKED CAUSE THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO DO THERE JOB THEY DIDNT FIND NOTHING IN THEM HOUSES JUST A WASTE OF TAX PAYERS MONEY
meggafish, that's just a sorry excuse . There are many millions of poor people who would never join a gang, it's a character defect and lack of human decency . Gangs are for pendejos. I hope the cops take these 9 and drown them in a toilet like the turds they are. Hispanics are 13 % of the population but almost 50% of gang members,almost makes me ashamed to be hispanic sometimes .
ya ya ya. none of you know what this is about. they are not SCUMS they are regular people like YOU and I. its the choices they make that are different from us. mind your own business. and all will be ok. people just need to learn to worry about their selves and their own family.
My goodness! When I saw the headline, 9, I'd hoped they picked up the Long Beach City Councilmembers!
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LBDP; need to stop going back on past records, and stop intimidating these people. That's harrasment! What happen to Satue of Limitation!
This is just a waste of there time, and tax payers money.
All the gang violence is rooted in poverty. Until we address income disparity we'll see more and more of this activity.
LB City Mayor and New Cheif of LBDP : Listen ur sending the wrong message to the ESL... I agree no gang n the LBC.... The thing is ESL r (latinos)..We haven"t heard any gang bust for other gangs in the city of Long Beach..This sounds and looks raciest ,discriminating on your end. Hopefully you do something quick before things really get ugly...freedom of speech RIGHT; well expressing my feeling...especailly cause i am a resident of LBC and grew up n the streets of Long Beach... and I'm sure theres more people out there that feel the same.
Boycott Joe Mack!