TOURISTS visiting Los Angeles now have a choice between snooping around stars' homes in the Hollywood Hills and gawking at gang members' homes in South Central.

LA Gang Tours was due to take its first group of eager onlookers overnight around sites like the LA County Jail, Skid Row, home to 90,000 homeless people, and the birthplace of the Black Panther Party. The company's website says it aims to

"provide customers with a true first-hand encounter of the history and origin of high profile gang areas and top crime scene locations."

Passengers paying $65 a head Saturday signed waivers acknowledging they could be crime victims and put their fate in the hands of tattooed ex-gang members who say they have negotiated a cease-fire among rivals in the most violent gangland in America.If that sounds daunting, consider the challenge facing organizers of LA Gang Tours: trying to build a thriving venture that provides a glimpse into gang life while also trying to convince people that gang-plagued communities are not as hopeless as movies depict."

Three members of a violent street gang have been sentenced to prison for drug and gun offenses as part of a federal crackdown on gang violence. Federal prosecutors identified the men as members of the East Union Street Hustlers, which is affiliated with a larger gang called the ,Black Gangster Disciples according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.Sentenced Friday were:
Thomas Callandret, 23, of Seattle, to three years in prison for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute. Callandret also is a "person of interest" in a fatal Nov. 23, 2008, shooting of a rival gang member at Vito's nightclub.
Dimitrius Tinsley, 21, of Seattle, received a six-year sentence for conspiracy to distribute a drug called BZP, which is similar to Ecstacy. Officers seized numerous firearms from his home during a July 2009 search. Tinsley, according to federal agents, was also present at the Vito's homicide and also was at the scene of another fatal gang-related shooting in January 2008 at the Baltic Room in Seattle.
Avery Scharer, 23, was given an 18-month prison sentence for conspiring to distribute BZP. When police searched his car, they found a .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun in his child's diaper bag, along with marijuana, a scale and packaging materials, according to court documents. In sentencing memos in each case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Vince Lombardi filed court documents stating that the East Union Street Hustlers and their parent gang have been responsible for much of the Southeast Seattle gang violence.

Raymond Anderson yesterday denied he was behind the death of Kevin "The Gerbil" Carroll and, in a jail interview, Anderson, 47, pointed the finger at the Lyons underworld clan.He said Carroll - an enforcer for the rival Daniel family - was gunned down in revenge for a bungled hit on a Lyons gang member.And he rejected claims that Carroll, 29, was killed outside an Asda superstore for informing on him and James McDonald over the 2006 slaying of underworld figure Michael Lyons.
At Shotts jail in Lanarkshire - where he is serving 35 years for Michael Lyons's murder - Anderson said he only learned the Gerbil was dead when he phoned his daughter half an hour after news of the shooting emerged on Tuesday.He said: "I had nothing to do with Kevin's murder. I was shocked when I heard."The killing was a revenge attack for a botched hit on one of the members of the Lyons family recently.
"I knew Kevin but although he wasn't a personal friend of mine my heart still goes out to his family and what's left behind all through a drugs war."It is the loss of another young life and it's all over drugs."Anderson and henchman McDonald, 35, were found guilty of killing Lyons in December 2006 in an underworld contract killing.
He spoke out as police revealed they had found the burned-out car used by the three hitmen who shot Carroll five times outside the Asda in Robroyston, Glasgow.The Gerbil was dating Kelly Bo Daniel, 27, daughter of millionaire crime boss Jamie - who has been involved in a long-running turf war with the Lyons - and working as an enforcer for the clan.Carroll was also a ringleader in a series of savage underworld kidnappings - seizing and torturing his gang's rivals for cash, drugs and guns. He and his cronies were nicknamed the "alien abduction" gang because their traumatised victims told police they could not remember anything about their ordeal.He had survived two previous assassination attempts but sources say the failed bid to murder a member of the Lyons family prompted them to send the three hitmen to finish him off.Carroll was alone in an Audi car outside the superstore when he was gunned down.Police are probing a theory that the two men who drove him to the car park where he was assassinated deliberately set him up.

Julio Amezcua Cabrera, 26, is accused of gang-motivated attempted murder for the 7:30 p.m. shooting just outside Watsonville city limits near Holohan Road. His bail is $750,000.No one was shot that evening, but a stray bullet whizzed through the window of a passing car, deputies said. The intended target was a 28-year-old Watsonville man with a history of gang affiliation, prosecutor Charlie Baum said.Cabrera's brother, 34-year-old Evaristo Amezcua Cabrera, faces charges of assault and battery, witness intimidation and gang involvement stemming from the same incident, Baum said. His bail is set at $35,000.In Heather Morse's Watsonville courtroom Friday, public defenders Ted Meneice and James McMillan appeared for the defendants. The case is due back in court Tuesday.Baum said he expects a bail motion and possible pleas then. He added he would oppose any bail reduction due to public safety concerns.Patrick said more witnesses would help solidify their understanding of what happened that evening."We would love to talk to those witnesses," he said. "This is a shooting in public; it's a priority."Watsonville police arrested the Cabreras near Hall and Pini roads, records show. They listed their occupation as construction workers.Another man arrested shortly after officers were summoned to the scene has not been charged and his role is still being investigated, authorities said.

New Jersey member of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the Bloods street gang has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a drug distribution ring.Oscar Randall of Lower Township was sentenced Thursday in state Superior Court in Trenton. He pleaded guilty in September to first-degree racketeering.
Also sentenced Thursday was Stanley Foote of Newark. He pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to distribute narcotics, admitting he sold drugs in Newark.
He got a 10-year prison term.

Convicted Rene Salazar, 20, on all three counts of an indictment charging various offenses related to a drive by shooting in June 2009, in which he shot at four law enforcement officers, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. This afternoon, the jury found Salazar guilty of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Salazar is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Lindsay on April 5, 2010; he faces a maximum statutory sentence of life in prison.
The government presented evidence at trial that on June 24, 2009, Salazar, a member of the East Side Homeboys street gang, shot at four law enforcement officers — two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and two officers from the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) Gang Unit — who were taking part in “Operation Community Shield,” a federal roundup of gang members in East Dallas. According to evidence presented at trial, that evening, at approximately 9:45 p.m., these officers had arrested a known gang member in the 400 block of Grandview Avenue. The two DPD officers were in a marked squad car, wearing blue police uniforms with a badge on the front, a “Dallas Police Department” insignia on the shoulder, and “GANG UNIT” or “DALLAS POLICE” prominently displayed in large white letters on the front and back of the uniform tops. The two ICE agents were driving an unmarked government vehicle and were wearing body armor with the words “POLICE ICE” prominently displayed on the front and rear. After the arrested gang member was transported from the scene, the two ICE agents and DPD officers remained at the scene to continue the investigation. One DPD officer was inside the squad car and one ICE agent was next to the car speaking with that officer. The other DPD officer was located on the curb speaking with a citizen about an unrelated incident, while the second ICE agent was near his vehicle providing cover. A man, later determined to be Rene Salazar, drove down Grandview Avenue, past the officers, in a gold four-door sedan with one other passenger. Salazar stopped at the Grandview and Santa Fe Avenue intersection, pointed a pistol out of the window and fired three shots at the officers, before slowly turning onto Santa Fe Avenue and firing approximately two additional shots at the officers. All four of the officers took cover in order to avoid being hit by gunfire. The two ICE agents and one of the DPD officers, drew their weapon, aiming at Salazar, but were unable to safely return fire because of the densely populated neighborhood. This intersection is just down the street from Woodrow Wilson High School. The DPD officers jumped into the squad car and sped away in pursuit of Salazar and soon thereafter, located the gold four-door sedan, driving with its lights turned off, down Alton Avenue. The officers chased Salazar to a residence in the 300 block of South Henderson Avenue, where Salazar jumped out of the car and ran into a residence. After waiting for additional support, officers went inside and removed the other occupants of the house, for their own safety. Officers located Salazar in the shower and arrested him. After obtaining consent to search the house from Salazar’s father, officers located the gun in the freezer.

Sean Rayfield, Robert Hood, Daniel Rocha and Joseph Lavoie, all 18, as well as Christopher Lavoie, 20, were taken into custody Jan.6 after being identified by one of the victims and witnesses of the assualt. San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force members identified the subjects as known Eastside Banning Sapos gang members. A sixth person, Sonia Cuevas, was also detained by police.On Wednesday, Jan. 6 at about 11:30 p.m. Banning police officers responded to Repplier Park at the intersection 4th and George streets, in reference to a report that several Hispanic male subjects were assaulting two victims.The reporting party said the suspects were seen fleeing the area in a white Jeep Cherokee, the release states. Team members of the San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force, later located the vehicle matching the description at the intersection of Sunset Avenue and Wilson Street.
Six subjects later identified as Sonia Cuevas, Sean Rayfield, Robert Hood, Christopher Lavoie, Daniel Rocha and Joseph Lavoie occupied the vehicle. All six subjects were detained.According to the release, during the investigation into the incident, San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force team members learned that one of the victims allegedly assaulted at the park suffered several bumps and abrasions to his face and back of his head. The victim was bleeding from his ear and complained of pain to his left eye with blurred vision.In addition, the victim and other witnesses identified the five male subjects as the aggressors, the release states. At the conclusion of the initial investigation, all five men were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and were booked into Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility.On Friday, Jan. 8, members of the San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force served several search warrants at the suspects’ residences in the cities of Banning and Cathedral City.As the result of the search warrants, numerous items were seized in support of the gang affiliation charges, the release states.

Police are continuing to investigate the murder of Kevin Carroll, who was gunned down in the car park of the Asda store in the Robroyston area of Glasgow. The 29-year-old died at the scene after being shot five times while sitting in his black AudiThree masked men fled the scene in a black or dark coloured car at around 1:25pm on Wednesday. Nicknamed "Gerbil", Mr Carroll was associated with the city's Daniels crime family, and had survived two previous attempts on his life. His girlfriend, Kelly Bo, is the daughter of gang boss Jamie Daniel.With his death, there are fears that an already violent drugs war between rival families could escalate.
At Holyrood yesterday, Paul Martin, MSP for Glasgow Springburn, challenged the First Minister to act after the shooting in his constituency.Speaking during First Minister's Questions, the Labour MSP said the man was shot dead outside "one of Scotland's busiest supermarkets" in broad daylight, and called on Mr Salmond to "show leadership by standing up to these unacceptable gangland activities".
Mr Martin requested a meeting with justice secretary Kenny MacAskill "to discuss how we take the most effective action".In response, Mr Salmond indicated that Mr MacAskill would be "delighted" to attend a meeting, adding that the government's "long overdue" Serious Organised Crime Taskforce initiative is part of the battle against crime.
Mr Martin later added: "There's a real concern for public safety, and I've called on the police to ensure there's maximum resources to find the perpetrators.
"But also, there needs to be action taken to disrupt these gangland networks."
There were heightened police patrols in the Robroyston area yesterday, with officers continuing a detailed search of the supermarket car park at Saughs Road.
Mr Carroll's car was removed from the scene on Wednesday evening for further examination, but around 60 vehicles remained impounded while the investigation continued. Det Supt Michael Orr of Strathclyde Police renewed his appeal for anyone with information to contact the force.The Asda store reopened yesterday afternoon. A spokeswoman for the chain said it will continue to work closely with police. Mr Carroll survived a double shooting in Bishopbriggs in north Glasgow in November 2006, when shots were fired at him and a friend from a car. A month on, his rival, Robert Picket, escaped with his life after being shot at a garage in the Lambhill area. In the same attack, Michael Lyons, another underworld figure, died

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The secret to being a rocket scientist has been revealed—cocaine! NASA is currently investigating the origins of a bag containing cocaine residue that was discovered in the hanger of the space shuttle Discovery in Cape Canaveral. "There are no obvious indications of anyone acting oddly or under the influence," a NASA spokesman said. Really, astronauts always stay awake for 50 hours at a time.

Prosecutors said Wednesday that two San Bernardino gang officers were just doing their job when they stopped to talk to two men standing outside a liquor store in a gang injunction area two years ago.
One of the men in front of Westside Food and Liquor put his hands in the air. But Terrell Markham, just 16 years old and wearing a big puffy jacket, started to back-peddle and took off running. Officer Adam Affrunti chased and eventually shot Markham when the teenager reached for a gun in his rear pocket, say San Bernardino police. The wounds to Markham's head from the November 2007 shooting have left him permanently blind. Markham is on trial in San Bernardino Superior Court, where he faces charges for brandishing a gun at police, having a stolen gun and street terrorism. Prosecutor Ron Webster told jurors in his opening remarks that the officers were doing their job, protecting the community and heading into danger, when most others would run away. "It's right in the heart of the Projects criminal street gang territory," Webster said. As an associate of the gang, Markham, known as "T-Money" had hats and bore tattoos indicative of his allegiance, he said.
Defense attorney Dale Galipo says Markham is not a gang member, was not wearing gang clothing the day of the shooting, and is not listed in the injunction. The lawyer also says his client did not have a gun. Galipo says two or three witness had clear
views of the shooting and counter the police's version of events.
What jurors will learn, Galipo said, is "that Mr. Markham's hands at the time he was shot by Mr. Affrunti were visible. He had no gun in them."
Affrunti is expected to testify today as testimony continues in Markham's trial.
What caught officer's attention in the first place was Markham's jacket. The 6-foot-2 Markham was wearing a big, fur-lined jacket in 80-degree weather.
The jacket stood out like a red flag to police in the warm weather. The large garments are often used to hide weapons, contraband and drugs, according to police.
"Let's put it this way," said Sgt. James Beach, who testified Monday. "I felt like I would be neglecting my duty if I didn't stop that guy in the big coat."
During the chase, Markham ran while holding his waistband and a heavy object, and prosecutors say he wasn't obeying Affrunti's commands. Stopped in a nearby courtyard, Markham ducked behind a bush. Webster told jurors that Markham did not respond to Affrunti's commands to "Stop!" and "Show your hands!" "The defendant is just not doing what he's telling him to do," Webster explained. After a few kicks from the officer to destabilize Markham, he won't lay flat.
When Markham reached for a gun in his rear pocket, Affrunti fired and wounded Markham, according to the prosecutor.

After a lengthy legal fight, an anti-gang activist accused of still participating in gang life by ordering a hit on a rival was granted $2 million bail on Wednesday, despite objections by federal prosecutors that he could flee to his native El Salvador.After a closed hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Manuel Real granted bail - to be paid half in sureties and half in real estate - to Alex Sanchez, founder of the anti-gang organization Homies Unidos."It shows what we've been saying: Alex is not a threat to the community and Alex is not a flight risk," said Sanchez's younger brother Oscar Sanchez. Oscar Sanchez said relatives and supporters, who include former state Sen. Tom Hayden, have already pledged $2.5 million in sureties and properties, and his brother could be freed in about a week after paperwork is processed."We trust in him," Oscar Sanchez said. "He's an asset to the community, not the danger they say he is."U.S. attorney's office spokesman Thom Mrozek said he could not comment because the hearing was not public and transcripts were ordered sealed.A former member of the brutal Mara Salvatrucha "MS-13" gang, Sanchez later disavowed gang life and became one of Los Angeles' best known gang interventionists who work to steer youth away from violence.Law enforcement officials, however, said the 37-year-old father of three was leading a double life as an active leader of an MS-13 faction in central Los Angeles.He was arrested last summer on a federal racketeering indictment based on wiretaps in which he allegedly ordered the murder of a troublemaker, Walter "Camaron" Lacinos, who was found dead in a Salvadoran beach town.Sanchez's arrest stunned his supporters, who have rallied to his defense, saying Sanchez's gang slang in phone calls was misinterpreted and that he is being railroaded.Real had ordered Sanchez held without bail, but the judge was ordered by an appellate court to rehear Sanchez's petition.At Real's request, prosecutors on Wednesday called three law enforcement officers who are experts in gang crime to testify about Sanchez's alleged continued involvement with MS-13.The government's witness list filed with the court Tuesday identified Los Angeles Police Capt. Justin Eisenberg; FBI Special Agent Robert W. Clark and Los Angeles City Attorney gang division head Bruce K. Riordan as the experts.At a hearing last week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Carpenter said Sanchez posed a flight risk because he has ties to the MS-13 in El Salvador who would help him, even though Sanchez was granted political asylum based on threats against his life in the Central American country.
As proof, she cited the wiretapped phone calls that Sanchez made to associates in El Salvador."He is not actually in danger in El Salvador," Carpenter said.
She added that although Sanchez has removed visible gang tattoos, he still has an "MS-13" tattoo on his chest.Sanchez's attorney Kerry Bensinger argued that the wiretaps recorded Sanchez trying to mediate a gang dispute by suggesting that Lacinos be isolated from the rest of the gang. Sanchez was not talking to a hitman, as prosecutors allege, but to another inactive gang member, the lawyer said.Bensinger noted that Sanchez's last felony conviction was in 1994, and more than 100 people submitted letters to Real attesting to Sanchez's character. Bensinger did not return phone calls for comment Wednesday.

Bulgarian Police re-arrested alleged Sofia mafia boss Stefan Bonev aka Sako late Wednesday night, local media has reported.According to prosecutors Sako is part of the Krasimir Marionov aka the Big Marguin’s criminal group.Marinov has been charged with plotting and ordering the murder of controversial journalist, Bobi Tsankov, who was gunned down on January 5 in broad daylight on a busy Sofia boulevard. Tsankov was known for his ties with the mafia and for publications revealing the dark secrets of the underworld.Sako was also arrested on January 5 on suspicion of being involved in the murder of Tsankov, he was however released without charge a few days later.In November 2009, Bulgarian Police arrested Sako in Sofia after he chased former radio host Tsankov through the streets of the capital in his car. He is also reported to have made previous threats against Tsankov’s life. Sako was then released after paying BGN 6000 bail.

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Two Fort Wainwright soldiers in the same SUV as a man who positively identified Arron Young as the College Road shooter testified Wednesday that they could not make out anyone in Young’s SUV.Arles Arauze, a former member of the Bloods street gang, said in court Tuesday that “everybody knows” Young was behind the August 2008 gang shooting, and he immediately recognized Young as an acquaintance from high school.
Young, a 23-year-old member of the Crips who goes by the street name “Big Nasty,” has been in jail since soon after the shooting. He faces three counts of attempted murder and six counts of weapons misconduct.To date, he is the only person who has been charged in connection with the shooting, during which witnesses said one or possibly two people in a silver SUV fired multiple shots at a green Buick full of members or associates of the Bloods street gang as the vehicles raced down a 1 1/2 mile stretch of College Road.Arauze and Pvt. Ernest Perez Jr. were passengers in a green GMC Envoy driven by Sgt. Warren Jones at the time of the shooting.The men had just left Jones’ house, along with the men in the Buick, and were on their way to a hotel when gunfire broke out on College Road. Fairbanks police, investigating several other gang-related shootings leading up to the College Road incident, had ordered the men to leave Jones’ home after they confiscated two guns from the residence.Jones said that a white Ford Expedition had shot at him a few days prior near the intersection of Danby Road and the Johansen Expressway. The shooting was never reported to police.Perez told police Jones’ home was “flamed up” with a red bandana, a common sign of the Bloods. Flamed up is a gang term meaning to dress in or wear lots of red to identify yourself as a gang member.Jones testified he was friends with Bloods who were staying at his home, but that he was not a member of the gang. Perez testified that aside from him and Jones, the men they were with wore a lot of red clothing.“They had never openly said they were Bloods, but I’m not stupid,” Perez said. “They had to be affiliated with the Bloods.”Neither soldier said they saw exactly who was shooting out of the white SUV on College Road, or even knew Young prior to the shooting.However, Perez said that when they stopped for gas a few minutes before the shooting, Arauze saw a white SUV on College Road and identified it as “Big Nasty’s car.”Maj. Bill Coppernoll, a spokesman for U.S. Army Alaska, said Jones and Perez were briefly restricted to Fort Wainwright while Fairbanks police investigated the shooting.He described them as being “fully cooperative” with the investigation, and both men deployed to Iraq for a year with Fort Wainwright’s Stryker brigade. Army regulations prohibit membership in “extremist organizations,” including street gangs.

Crips and Bloods drug dealers who terrorized a Manhattan housing project and boasted of their gang ties on MySpace were busted Wednesday, authorities said.The brazen gang - part of the "M-Set Grant Houses" crew - was taken down for selling cocaine, crack and heroin in the Grant Houses in Morningside Heights and nearby schools, investigators said.Eleven gangsters were indicted yesterday on gun and drug charges.
The MySpace pages, including profiles of "Gotti" and "Buddha," showed members flashing gang signs. One of the pages even included a newspaper article about a 2005 police investigation into the "M-Set" Crips."They were using the site to brag about their gang affiliations," said a law enforcement source.Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the investigation, dubbed "Grant Denied," began six months ago.NYPD and District Attorney detectives seized 190 grams of crack, 60 grams of cocaine and 51 glassines of heroin, said Lt. Keith Laughran of the Bronx gang squad. The drugs had a street value of about $20,000, a source said.

Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll was blasted five times in the back of the head as he sat in a car, yards from the main door while shoppers looked on.Detectives fear Glasgow's turf war between the Daniels and the Lyons will now escalate into a spate of revenge attacks.A police source said: "Gerbil was a big name and his killing is a huge deal.
"The fact the shooters were brazen enough to do it at lunchtime in a supermarket
"It's doubtful that the Daniels will let this lie and it's likely to mean dangerous times ahead."Carroll was sitting with three cronies in a black Audi car when he met his death just before 1.30pm in Robroyston, Glasgow.It is understood two handguns were used and police were last night hunting three men.The gunmen sped off in a dark-coloured car and would have been able to make a quick getaway on to the M80.Armed officers sealed off the car park. within minutes and shoppers were told to stay inside the store or in their cars.Stunned ASDA workers looked down on the murder scene from the first-floor staff canteen.The car in which Carroll was sitting was covered with a white tent as forensics experts combed the scene.An underworld source said Carroll, 29, was lured to his death under the pretence of a meeting with associates.Carroll, 29, was a key player in the Daniel vs Lyons feud which has resulted in countless shootings, slashings and fire attacks.Detectives were convinced he was behind a recent string of savage kidnappings.The thugs responsible were known as the Alien Abduction Gang because their traumatised victims told police they could not remember anything.It is thought the hit on Carroll may have been retribution for one of the kidnappings.Detective Superintendent Michael Orr said yesterday: "A man has been shot in broad daylight in a very public place. It is imperative that we trace those responsible who have no regard for public safety.
"We believe the victim was the intended target. However, I would like to reassure the public that a high police presence will be maintained in the area and ext ra resources will be deployed to trace the suspects."Carroll's on-off partner was Kelly Green, daughter of crime clan boss Jamie Daniel.Six years ago, Carroll was shot as the Daniel-Lyons feud erupted.The spat between the Lyons and Daniels is thought to have been reignited in November 2006 when the grave of eight-year-old leukaemia victim Garry Lyons was vandalised. He was the son of clan boss Eddie Lyons.
That year, Carroll survived a second shooting when he and pal Ross Sherlock were gunned down in Auchinairn, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.He was also linked with the triple shooting in which Michael Lyons was killed at Apple Row motors in Lambhill, Glasgow, that December.Carroll admitted one charge relating to the stolen Army weapons and ammo used and was jailed for 18 months.In September last year, Strathclyde's Gangs Task Force seized £4000 from Carroll - also known as McCabe - in Maryhill, Glasgow.Yesterday, more than 50 officers were dispatched the murder scene. A force helicopter hovered above the scene and staff and shoppers and were kept within the cordon until around 5pm.Police were last night studying CCTV footage.
In a statement on ASDA's Twitter site yesterday a company spokesman said: "We're sorry to say there's been a fatal shooting incident outside our store in Robroyston, Glasgow, this afternoon.

"We don't know the full details yet, but the police are in charge and are dealing with the situation and we're helping with their investigation."

The shooting is believed to be the first fatal gangland hit in daylight since drug baron Jim McDonald was gunned down in Cardonald, Glasgow, in May 2007.

Security is extremely tight this morning at the federal courthouse in Charlotte's uptown, for the start of the trial of several members of the MS-13 gang.In its 86 pages, the indictment details charges against 26 men arrested during a crackdown on MS-13.Among the allegations: "At all times relevant to this indictment, members of MS-13 engaged in criminal activity including drug distribution, murders, assaults, robberies, and obstructing justice in the form of threatening and intimidating witnesses

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Nicolo Romeo, 72, who ran an animal feed business, was shot dead as he drove in his jeep to one of his plants close to the town of Corleone.home to real mobsters including Bernardo Provenzano, Salvatore Riina and Luciano Leggio. The local clan, the Corleonesi, led the organisation in the Eighties and Nineties and were said to be the most violent and ruthless Mafia group.The Mob's grip loosened on the town following a series of high profile arrests and until Mr Romeo's murder the last violent death was in 1998 when Emmanule Di Maggio, a relative of a supergrass, was killed.Police believe Mr Romeo was killed after he refused to pay protection money, known as the pizzo, to local bosses. His brother Pietro disappeared in 1997.
The name of the animal feed firm, along with the figure €30,000, was written on several notes found at the hideout of godfather Mimmo Raccugliam, who was arrested last year.