Pasadena Latin Kings busted
PASADENA - Seven suspected gang members were arrested in the city in the last week for the stabbing and beating of three people at a city gas station.
The people were fueling up their car at a gas station near the intersection of Lake Avenue and Washington Blvd. around 2:30 a.m. on February 10 when the suspects surrounded them and attacked, said Lt. Alex Uribe of the Pasadena Police.
The men arrested are Julio Hernandez, 23, Gustavo Menzo, 18, Edgar Sentero, 19, Michael Martin Solis, 19, Robert Julio Arnaud, 19, Jose Antonio Garcia, 24, and Wilbur Dominguez, 19.
Uribe said that he believed the suspects are members of the Pasadena Latin Kings gang.
Six of the suspects were arrested on February 28, when Pasadena police detectives and SWAT team members served search warrants at three Pasadena locations and one in Duarte, police said.
The victims survived the attack, said Uribe. The suspects were charged with assault with a deadly weapon, he said
Comments
Latin Kings in So. Cal? Did they attack Latinos or African Americans? Its hard to determine how this gang might fit into the So Cal landscape. Any clues?
Posted by: us | March 7, 2008 1:48 PM
They having nothing to do with the east coast latin kings. They are just a sureno gang that happens to have the same name.
Posted by: Gage | March 7, 2008 1:57 PM
I don't care what the race of the victims is, Pasadena DA needs to come down on this like a ton of bricks. Those on parole can wait for their trial in jail.
Posted by: 5th estate | March 7, 2008 6:02 PM
AS usual a large group of cowards attacking fewer people. It's too bad some of the coward gang members did not confront the SWAT, A few dead low lifes gang members, would save us all tax dollars, lower the crime rate and no repeat offenders.
Posted by: Too Bad | March 7, 2008 6:19 PM
Yes theres latin kings in pasadena, one of there biggest rivals is the Villa Boys Pasadena, they are much bigger and have more power than the latin kings... and Gage is right, they dont have anything to do with the east coast latin kings...
Posted by: sgv | March 8, 2008 1:58 PM
Excellent police work.
Posted by: Miss Havisham | March 10, 2008 11:08 AM