Man sentenced to 30 years for two killings

RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- An alleged Pomona gang member was sentenced this morning in West Valley Superior Court to nearly 30 years in prison for shooting and killing two young men in an internal gang feud.

Victor Marez, 27, pleaded guilty in May to two counts of manslaughter for the shooting deaths in 2005 of Henry Valle and Narisco Perez, both 18.

Marez and the two victims were members of the same low-level Pomona street gang, and the killings were set in motion when Valle burglarized a home that the gang later learned belonged to a Mexican Mafia shot-caller, according to authorities.

In response to the burglary, the high-level gang member reportedly threatened to "green-light" attacks on members of Marez's gang unless the gang dealt with the burglary internally, according to authorities.

Rather than face retribution, Marez shot and killed Valle on Jan. 30, 2005 as he sat in a car with Perez in the 4200 block of Los Serranos Boulevard in Chino Hills, according to authorities.

Authorities believe Perez had nothing to do with the burglary, but was killed because he had the unfortunate luck of being with Valle when the hit was carried out.

With the time Marez has already spent in prison deducted from his sentence, he could be released in about 22 years, said Deputy District Attorney Mike Dowd.