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U.S. NEWS Saturday 11 November 2017

1st trial stemming from Texas biker fight ends in mistrial

WACO, Texas (AP) — A were eventually charged. and would not change his
judge declared a mistrial No retrial for Carrizal was im- mind because of it. That ju-
Friday in a case involv- mediately scheduled. Calls ror has ties to a McLennan
ing a leader of the Bandi- to the prosecutor’s office County motorcycle shop,
dos biker gang after jurors after State District Judge which he disclosed on his
said they were hopelessly Matt Johnson declared the juror questionnaire in early
deadlocked in the first trial mistrial rang unanswered. October.
stemming from the deadli- Carrizal was charged with Biker gangs are a small but
est shootout between biker directing the activities of violent criminal force in
groups in U.S. history. a criminal street gang and the U.S., with some 44,000
Jurors had deliberated for two counts of engaging in members or associates
14 hours in the trial of Chris- organized criminal activity of a handful of “outlaw”
topher “Jake” Carrizal, the with the underlying offens- gangs, according to a 2015
president of the Bandidos’ es of murder and aggra- FBI report. The Bandidos,
Dallas chapter. Carrizal vated assault. founded in Texas, is among
had testified that a rival Testifying in his own behalf, the largest of the criminal
biker club, the Cossacks, Carrizal told the McLennan gangs, along with the Hells
provoked the May 17, 2015, County jury that the Cos- Angels and a couple of
brawl and gunfight at the sacks were behaving pro- others.
Twin Peaks restaurant in vocatively when Carrizal’s The Cossacks were consid-
Waco that left nine bikers group arrived at the restau- Christopher “Jake” Carrizal, right, arrives at the McLennan ered less violent until the
dead. rant for a meeting, and a County courthouse with an unidentified women, Thursday, Nov. Waco confrontation.
9, 2017, in Waco, Texas. A judge declared a mistrial Friday in
The mistrial leaves unclear brawl quickly erupted. the trial of Carrizal, chapter leader of the Bandidos biker gang, The start of any Waco trials
the prospects faced by Carrizal said a Cossack was after the jury deadlocked on a verdict arising from the deadliest was delayed by the enor-
other defendants charged trying to punch him through shootout between biker groups in U.S. history. mous volume of evidence
in the shootout. Experts had his safety helmet with brass (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune Herald, via AP) and several bikers’ at-
been looking toward a ver- knuckles when he heard reload, he took cover be- officers helping his father, tempts to have their cases
dict from the Carrizal trial gunshots. He said he tried hind a light pole and yelled who was shot in the shoul- dismissed.
as an indicator of how solid to reach for the knife in his for his father, who also was der. Carrizal’s attorney, Casie
the government’s cases pocket but couldn’t grasp part of the brawl. He said The Waco Tribune-Herald Gotro, had complained
against other leaders and it. As the fight continued he saw one member of reported that in a note before and during trial
dozens of members might and he was on the ground, his group lying dead and Thursday night, the jury about delays in receiving
be. he reached for a two-shot another bleeding from the foreman reported a juror evidence from prosecu-
Local police arrested 177 Derringer pistol in his back head, so he crawled under identified as “Mr. P” told the tors and law enforcement
bikers after the mayhem, pocket and fired it at a a truck. other jurors he had prior ex- agencies that she was en-
and more than 150 people Cossack. When he couldn’t He finally saw two police perience with the Cossacks titled to.q
Suspect arrested in alleged MS-13 killing on Long Island

By FRANK ELTMAN at his arraignment Friday Soler’s remains were found speaking on condition of The killings, many of which
Associated Press in Nassau County. He is last month in a woodland anonymity told The Asso- have involved teenagers,
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A charged with one count area in suburban New York. ciated Press all three are have caught the attention
Long Island boy who van- of second-degree murder. It was one of three sets of suspected victims of the of President Donald Trump
ished last summer was at- The complaint says Sosa- remains of teenagers found violent Central American and U.S. Attorney General
tacked by a group of peo- Guevara, “while acting in in about a 5-mile (8-kilome- street gang MS-13. Jeff Sessions. Both have
ple and hacked to death concert with others not yet ter) area over the course of The official was not autho- both visited Long Island to
with a machete, according arrested” struck 15-year- nine days. rized to speak publicly be- promise federal action to
to a court complaint charg- old Angel Soler across the Soler was reported missing cause of the ongoing in- stem the violence.
ing a 26-year-old man with head and body numerous by his mother in July, which vestigation. Police in Nassau and Suf-
murder in the suspected times, causing his death. is when the alleged killing Their discovery makes 25 folk counties have arrested
MS-13 gang killing. His Legal Aid attorney took place, according to suspected MS-13 victims on hundreds of suspected MS-
David Sosa-Guevara was could not immediately be the complaint. Long Island during the past 13 gang members over the
ordered held without bail reached for comment. A law enforcement official two years. past year.q