The FBI has opened an investigation into the vice-mayor of a city in the County of Los Angeles after having published a video urging the Street Latino gangs to retaliate against federal immigration agents, according to a report.
Cynthia Gonzalez, vice-mayor of Cudahy, ended up in the federal investigators of investigators after having published a video on social networks calling for members of the 18th street and the Gangs of Florencia 13 to “protect” their “lawn”, Sources told Fox News journalist Bill Melugin,.
In his video now deleted, Gonzalez narrated the Mexican and Mexican -American predominantly gangs, saying that they could not claim the territory in his city unless they resist immigration and customs' application – “the biggest gang.”
Gonzalez later posted that the FBI had come to her house and needed a lawyer, according to Melugin, who said that federal sources have done it for an “active investigation”.
A spokesperson for the FBI field office did not confirm the investigation to the post, but stressed that the office condemns all gang violence.
“It is not everyone who does not concern the life of gang that protests and is expressed,” said Gonzalez in his video now deleted. “We are there … protect our lawn and protect our employees. And, how, where are you? “
The 18th Street Gang and Florencia 13 engaged in drug trafficking, theft and other violent crimes, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Florencia 13 is a regional chapter of around 3,000 gang members of the Mexican mafia prison.
The 18th Street gang has between 30,000 and 50,000 members in 28 states, and its members in California are around 80% of Mexico and Central American immigrants.
Gonzalez has grown up in the county of and has lived in Cudahy for 12 years, according to his official biography. Her history is in education policy, and she has two UCLA master's degrees.
His office did not immediately respond to the request for comments from the position.
