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Wednesday 23 February 2011

Citizens of Armenia among “Armenia Power” street gang members? | Armenia News - NEWS.am


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Citizens of Armenia among “Armenia Power” street gang members? | Armenia News - NEWS.am: "The Armenian Foreign Ministry declined to comment the information that there are Armenian citizens in the street gang “Armenian Power” arrested in California last week.

According to some information, more than a dozen members of the group were born in Armenia and some of them retained citizenship of Armenia. However, the Foreign Office told RFE/RL that they do not want to comment on this information.

More than 70 reputed members of a well-known street gang “Armenian Power” were arrested in California.

About 1000 agents, including FBI agents, tax authorities, the National Security Agency and local police participated in the hunt.

On February 16, intelligence agents managed to arrest dozens of members of “Armenian Power”, reported the Los Angeles Times

“Armenian Power” started in the 1980s as a common street gang and has about 200 members with ties to black gangs and the Mexican Mafia, officials said.

Member of the group are accused of extortion, kidnapping, money laundering and drug trafficking."

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