Four years after the mass shooting at an illegal marijuana farm in Aguanga, California, new information has emerged regarding the investigation. Authorities believe the incident was a targeted attack involving Laotian gang members from San Diego.
New details are being released from an ongoing investigation into the shooting deaths of 7 people at an illegal marijuana farm in the Inland Empire four years ago. According to the Riverside County Sheriff, investigators believe the Sept. 2020 mass murder in the 45000 block of Highway 371 in Aguanga, north of San Diego, was a targeted incident involving Laotian gang members from the San Diego area.
The seven victims who were shot to death in the apparent home invasion robbery were of Laotian descent, authorities said. One of the suspect vehicles used in the crime has also been identified as a mid-size dark-colored SUV. Investigators seized more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and several hundred marijuana plants. At that time, sheriff’s deputies revealed they had seized more than 9,900 plants and collected 411 pounds of processed marijuana and firearms from suspected illegal marijuana sites in the Aguanga area in one month alone. California broadly legalized recreational marijuana sales in January 2018 but the illicit market is thriving — in part because hefty legal marijuana taxes send consumers looking for better deals in the illegal economy. 'This risk is inherent in the underground market,' said Los Angeles marijuana dispensary owner Jerred Kiloh, who heads United Cannabis Business Association, an industry group. 'When you have money and high returns, people want to take that from you.' Kiloh said most illicit market crimes go unreported because illegal marijuana farmers who have been robbed cannot turn to authorities. Large cannabis growing operations typically have hundreds of thousands of dollars of product at each site, making them attractive targets for criminals. 'That’s why the violence becomes worse and worse,' Kiloh said
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