Hernandez pointed at her body and turned to another male deputy saying, Look at these! and, What do you think, bro? He said to Lopez, What are you going to do about it? In one of the more explosive allegations, the lawsuit claims Banditos declined to provide backup to deputies they don't like, endangering them and the public. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has repeatedly touted what he says was his first act in office in December 2018: removing the captain of East L.A. station, where a group of tattooed deputies known as the Banditos ran roughshod and dictated where deputies would be assigned. Based on the information that I have, that is incorrect. in a lawsuit She had no assistants trying this case. Took his hands and bent them up so far behind his back that you could see his fingers behind his ears and he tore his shoulder. The report falsely described Gray as trying to open the door of the patrol vehicle. In May 2019, Contreras was denied backup by Deputies Nikolis Perez and Jonathan Rojas, both Banditos. did not have an immediate response. Terms of Use Gregory Rodriguez was charged with perjury by the office of then District Attorney Jackie Lacey for lying in his report. Her case settled for $1 million in 2019. Later he was asked: To your knowledge, you were not brought in to quell the Banditos situation, correct?. It says they and others savagely beat and kicked Deputy Art Hernandez, leaving him unconscious, and that Deputy Oscar Escobedo was beaten by Munoz and strangled by Silverio, briefly losing consciousness. He slammed his hands on the side of the vehicle and said, What the fuck is wrong with you? The Top 5 newsletter catches you up with LAs top 5 stories in just 3 minutes. To support our non-profit public service journalism: LAPD Chief Moore also questioned officers' actions in the fatal shooting of Takar Smith, although not in two other fatal incidents. In an unprecedented lawsuit, eight Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies Wednesday accused a group of their colleagues at the department's East L.A. station of being members of a secret "criminal gang" that violates their civil rights with a campaign of harassment and physical attacks. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he is working to rebuild the leadership team at the East L.A. Sheriffs station and address denounced rogue activity by a deputy clique called Los Banditos. According to KABC 7, a new captain at the East LA station aims to hold supervisors accountable for behavior that is out of policy. Even though he's one of the named plaintiffs, he requested anonymity out of fear that Banditos might harass him at his home or his new station because he spoke to the media. But after Captain William Jaeger was named in the lawsuit, the write-up was resurrected and escalated to an Internal Affairs investigation. Several neighbors came out of their houses and filmed the incident. Lopez filed a complaint against LA County in 2014 and eventually settled for $1.5 million, funded by taxpayers. A Los Angeles County sheriffs deputy associated with a gang-like group of deputies with matching tattoos testified that he has attended about seven inking parties.. Attorneys representing a group of Los Angeles County Sheriffs deputies who claimed to have been harassed and brutalized by the Banditos Aceituno recently did the same thing again and received no consequences from East LA Captain Richard Mejia, according to the complaint. We believe when reliable local reporting is widely available, the entire community benefits. The lawsuit alleges Sgt. The lawsuit estimates 15-20% of the department's more than 9,000 sworn personnel are members of these cliques. When Zaredini did not follow the Banditos orders to pressure Gonzalez to leave the station, Mendoza knocked him unconscious behind the East LA Station. More LA Sheriffs Officials Accused of Misconduct in Banditos While under oath in a deposition, Rauno confirmed that he sent the message to the group. After Casas rejected the Banditos recruitment attempts, he faced harassment. She was also regularly sent on calls with just a few minutes left on her shift. The trainees were reportedly told that if they stole anything from a suspect, they should dispose of it outside of the station. According to a complaint, Lopez wasnt given adequate time to prepare administrative paperwork, supervisors at the East LA station refused to sign off on her reports, and detectives didnt file or investigate her cases. However, the inquiry did not examine the allegations of withholding backup, according to the complaint. Saavedra also attempted to have Gonzalez investigated for wrongfully sitting in a car with a victim, a claim that the complaint alleges to be completely fabricated. , and previously named only four former deputies and Los Angeles County. The claim charges that Mejia admitted the action was improper, and that Commander (then Captain) Ernie Chavez and Commander Eli Vera (a candidate for sheriff) stated the action was retaliatory. Banditos prospects Rojas, Perez, and Saavedra were allegedly given membership tattoos following the shooting deaths of Vargas and Rea. The Executioners were He said he did not know how many deputies were identified as having tattoos and said the name Executioners was coined by an attorney. Lopez was nervous about returning to a hostile environment, so she contacted the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS) who told her they could not help. The expanded lawsuit comes amid increasing scrutiny of how Villanueva, who began his career at the East L.A. Station, has addressed the longstanding problem of deputy subgroups. In December 2018, Banditos "secretly removed the bullets from Deputy Zaredini's shotgun," the lawsuit claims. At least four secret cliques or gangs of sheriffs deputies with names like the Banditos and the Executioners continue to operate and recruit within the L.A. According to Lopezs complaint, the employees who had been moved as a result of her complaint were returned to the East LA station on December 27, 2012, without her receiving prior notification. She'd gone into the pregnancy with a plan, knowing Black mothers like herself were at higher risk. It forbids department personnel from joining "any group which promotes conduct that violates the rights of employees or members of the public or otherwise encourages conduct that is contrary to department policy.". It describes members of the group as maintaining control by intimidation of other deputies and control of key positions, including dispatcher, scheduling deputy and training officer. Gray was detained again on October 15, 2012. the suit Halfway through her training, Lopez was reassigned to Field Training Officer Edwin Hernandez. The pair demanded she immediately resign from her mentoring position, and she was removed the following day. A second investigation into the Kennedy Hall incident initiated by Sheriff Villanueva resulted in the termination of Deputies Gregory Rodriguez, David Silverio, and Sergeant Michael Hernandez, all members of the Banditos. But new court documents that include sworn testimony from Chavez raise questions about and at times, contradict the sheriffs claims. Gonzalez said under oath that in the summer of 2013, shortly after being given the day off and mentioning plans to travel to Hawaii, she received a text message sent to a group she was in with Deputy Jose Rauno. As she was completing a victim interview, Hernandez began cursing at her. READ NEXT: The Pink Hand, Big Listo, and Crook. Cliques? Going back to 2016, the lawsuit alleges, the Banditos repeatedly denied backup to the plaintiff deputies on dangerous calls, pressured them to quit or leave the station and sent hostile messages on work computers. We are dedicated to providing independent journalism and telling the real story of LA. In a retaliation lawsuit filed by a sheriffs lieutenant, a deputy associated with the Executioners testified last month that he had participated in deciding who could get a tattoo and had attended seven so-called inking parties. The lawsuit also charges that Banditos shot caller Manny Navaro was hired to be Villanuevas driver, and that Bandito Joe Mendoza was promoted to Commander of LASD Media Relations., The Banditos grip on the station tightened in the months following Villanuevas swearing in. Decisions such as station fundraisers and events must be roundtabled at the home of Noel Crook Lopez or Marc Elizondo. The Sheriff's Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Denham was later promoted to assistant sheriff by Sheriff Villanueva, and retired in 2019. All eight requested transfers out of East L.A. and moved to other stations earlier this year, according to their attorney, Vincent Miller. Deputies Alfred Gonzalez, Oscar Escobedo, Ariela Lemus, Art Hernandez, Mario Contreras, David Casas, Louis Granados, and Benjamin Zaredini filed an internal complaint with Los Angeles County in March of 2019. Smith says that current Sheriff Alex Villanueva reached out to Gonzalez after taking office and assisted her with study for the Sergeants exam. A number of the allegations in She was contacted by Lascono again, who told Lopez to report to work on August 11. In one incident, "a deputy was shot twice, including in the face," and the suspect "would have murdered the fallen deputy if not for two special units coincidentally being [in] the area trying to talk down a mentally ill person," the complaint says. She had no investigators. I dont know who the Banditos are, Chavez, who is now a commander, said under oath in March. Eight L.A. County sheriffs deputies allege in a lawsuit that they were routinely harassed by a gang of deputies at the departments East L.A. station who have matching tattoos. Will Orange County's Fledgling Clean Power Agency Survive? Villanueva has said hes the first sheriff to have implemented a policy that prohibits membership in illicit groups. They were "threatened and bullied in attempts to get them to conform to the corrupt culture or leave the station," the suit alleges. She was moved to the day shift in an attempt to alleviate the abuse she was facing, but still worked near FTO Valdez and Christopher Valente, who had been implicated in her complaint. The complaint alleges that the Banditos have controlled scheduling, assignments, and promotions at the East Los Angeles Station until relatively recently. Youve got people who rigged internal affairs bureau investigations, Miller told LAist. Anthony Lowe was shot and killed by Huntington Park police on Jan. 26. Around August 4, 2014, Gonzalez filed a formal grievance against Sergeant Peter Hish, an alleged Banditos member, and Sergeant Joel Flores, an admitted tattooed member of the gang, alleging that she was subjected to gender discrimination. Inspector General Max Huntsman said that the investigation almost completely ignored evidence of the involvement of the Banditos which led to the assaultive conduct at Kennedy Hall, and that the investigation into the Banditos was a cover up by the sheriff and LASD. "They see who is eager to belong, who they can manipulate, who they can control easily," he said. She said it's time the department take the elimination of deputy gang membership seriously.. Leaders, known as "shot-callers," determined deputies' hours, promotions, even days off. Banditos groom young deputies they are considering for membership in the group, assigning them mentors, the deputy said. The Banditos of the East Los Angeles Sheriffs Station seemed not only to embrace the tradition of terrorizing surrounding communities, but celebrate the Its author Professor Sean Kennedy said at least seven remain active. Twenty-four are currently stationed in East L.A. , including the charge that the Banditos named as defendants in the lawsuit attacked fellow deputies at a September 2018 off-duty party, leaving two unconscious and sending them to the hospital. On August 23, 2012, LASD personnel descended upon the 1300 block of South Marianna Avenue in East Los Angeles. The lawsuit says Banditos are given preferred parking spots at the station and collect taxes from young deputies, including through a recent fundraiser to help four of them pay for legal expenses related to these claims. 2023 Southern California Public Radio - All Rights Reserved, assertions made in legal claims filed in March and May, A Los Angeles Family Seeks Answers And Accountability After Black Mom Dies In Childbirth, A Brief History Of Why It Does Occasionally Snow In LA. The lawsuit also alleges that the plaintiff deputies have been continually harassed through the filing of the amendment. In this latest filing, the plaintiffs have identified 17 additional alleged associates of the Banditos by name: Undersheriff Timothy Murakami (a tattooed Caveman), Sergeant Hugo Reynaga, Edmundo Torres, Hugo Ramos, Mario Castro, Manny Navarro, Nikki Hanamaki, Vincent Choi, James Wolack, Chris Blasnek, Albert Maldonado, Leo Sanchez, Elizabeth Aguilera, Luis Valle, Bobby Denham, and Anthony Rivera. The new defendants represent a significant expansion of the civil rights and workplace harassment Deputies based at the East L.A. station "have generated an excessive amount of stops and arrests in the community because of the pressure from the Banditos to inflate numbers, to satisfy illegal arrest quotas," the suit alleges. Current deputies out of the East Los Angeles station say the existence of gangs within law enforcement has been a problem in the area. The FBI Alene Tchekmedyian is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. When the Internal Affairs Bureau initiated an investigation into the Banditos, lead investigator Jeff Hamil allegedly followed Villanuevas orders to complete a fake investigation. The top watchdog for the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department has identified more than 40 alleged members of gang-like groups of deputies that operate out of two sheriffs stations. In a letter dated Monday, Inspector General Max Huntsman said his office has compiled a partial list that includes 11 deputies who allegedly belong to the Banditos, which operate out of the East L.A. sheriffs station, and 30 alleged Executioners from the Compton sheriffs station. Rodriguez also bragged that If [civilians] run from me, I make sure they come back with broken bones. Hector Little Listo Soto Saavedra allegedly drove around solely to attack civilians. And any time youre a Black man, somebody calling you a monkey, in my book, thats racism, Orange tells Knock LA. Rafael Munoz approached Casas on at least two occasions to ask him to be his eyes and ears in the southern part of the precinct. And as I understand it, she really would have liked to have all of those things.. The lawsuit The Banditos have existed for at least a decade at the East L.A. station, according to Kennedy. The memo included an anonymous letter detailing the Banditos wrongdoings. WebThe East Los Angeles Sheriffs station has the most documented history of deputy gangs. The Banditos only recruit young Latino deputies, said the plaintiff who spoke to LAist. What has previously been known about the groups has often been stitched together from allegations and testimony in lawsuits. The refusal to provide backup created "close calls" that almost got deputies killed, according to the suit. She left the department. Former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka was a tattooed member of the Vikings, which a federal judge called a "neo-nazi white supremacist" group. LAist reported in July that Along with the county, the suit names four Banditos as defendants: Raphael "Rene" Munoz aka "Big Listo"; Gregory Rodriquez aka "G-Rod"; David Silverio aka "Silver", and Michael Hernandez aka "Bam Bam," who the complaint says was assigned to Men's Central Jail. Current leaders include Rafael Rene Munoz AKA Big Listo, Gregory G-Rod Rodriguez, David Silver Silverio, Michael Bam Bam Hernandez, Silvano Cholo Garcia, Vincent Moran, and Raymond Mendoza, who call themselves shot callers. When one says that a person is in the car, it means that person is one of them. A deputy came to his home as Gray was moving a car into his driveway. Escobedo was unable to work for a week afterwards, according to the suit. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. Despite ongoing litigation related to the Banditos, the gang appears confident that they can operate with impunity, and multiply. lawsuit that was first filed two years ago However, he was found not guilty by a jury. 17 New Defendants Identified in Ongoing Suit Against the Banditos and LASD, deputy gang at the East Los Angeles Station. LAist.com/radio. Gang culture is reinforced by older employees who reward newer recruits who subscribe to it. Theyve been called "gangs" because they wear matching tattoos, operate in secrecy, and have initiation rituals. Huntsman also said LASD ignored evidence that exists to support the conclusion that the Banditos are a gang-like clique and their influence has resulted in favoritism, sexism, racism, and violence ICIB did not want to delve into the Banditos involvement.. 18 deputy gangs that have operated within the department On March 26, 2012, Deputy Zaredini ran Lopezs vehicle off the road. Donate Now She even contends that Hish manipulated her score in order to keep her from moving up in rank. Banditos "intentionally fail to provide back-up during emergency situations and other dangerous calls to purposely place deputies in dangerous circumstances," the suit says. In September 2018, two deputies were knocked unconscious at a department party at an event space called Kennedy Hall, the lawsuit says. Deputy Lemus was overloaded with calls by the alleged morning Banditos shot caller, Raymond Mendoza. Some of these goups have been accused of violence and harassment of both residents and colleagues. His body was recovered near Mount Islip. Instead of assisting Contreras, Perez and Rojas drove by and mocked him, according to the complaint. Commander Ernie Chavez has admitted Villanueva did not transfer any Banditos, nor ask Chavez to investigate. opened an investigation In 2014, Gonzalez took the exam to become a Field Training Officer, and in July of that year, Master Field Training Officer Angelica Estrada assigned Gonzalez to be a mentor to new deputies. The IG's report on a deputy group ", Villanueva did Dear reader, we're asking you to help us keep local news available for all. On August 8, 2013, Lopez was taken off of disability leave and cleared to return to work. 4 min read. But her attorney, Gregory Smith, says the damage was done. The claims filed Thursday were brought by five young Latino deputies involved in the melee at the party and two veteran deputies who say they suffered retaliation after warning station officials about the Banditos. and But eight deputies now accuse Sheriff Villanueva of allowing a violent group, the Banditos, to thrive in his department's ranks. She attempted to contact Romero about the status of her transfer request, but he was allegedly unavailable. David Infante was a lieutenant as recently as 2019. Rodriguez told Contreras that he was going to be assigned to ride along with Munoz. Two of the men are veterans with more than a decade on the job. "Other taxes take the form of sexual favors from female deputies," according to the complaint. Deputies Gregory Rodriguez, Monica Farias, Steven Miller, Alejandro Lomeli, and Marc Elizondo pounced. Here's Why It's Especially Dangerous To Hike SoCal Mountains Right Now, How 4 Words Upended A University's Journalism Program, And Stirred A Reckoning Over Race, What A Popular Yoga Teacher's Descent Into Conspiracy Theories Says About The 'Wellness To QAnon Pipeline', Ancient Lung Disease Strikes Countertop Cutters In LA. As described by Huntsman, the Executioners Traditionally, once deputy gang membership reaches 100, a new group is introduced. Angelica Estrada, one of the few female associates of the Banditos and a woman who wielded tremendous influence at the station, "went over Mejia's head" to the captain at the time and then-Chief Bob Denham to block any discipline of the Banditos. brings new scrutiny to one of the most vexing problems at the nation's largest sheriff's agency: the existence of subgroups that date back decades and whose loyalty is more to the subgroup than law and order. The lawsuit contends that even with the new leadership, the Banditos still effectively run the East L.A. station and that it remains a hostile workplace. There are 30 alleged members of the Executioners operating from the Compton station. Orange says he doesnt think Lacey was interested in prosecuting police officers. The claim states that Captain Mejia wrote a memo in June of 2018 to the County recommending an investigation into the Banditos. 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