The shootings killed one and wounded two, including a man who Mexican authorities say is a reputed leader of a Arellano Félix Organization remnant cell
Police tape on March 27, 2024, blocks the scene of a shooting on Santa Carolina Road in the Otay Ranch section of Chula Vista. Two teenagers arrested in March in connection with back-to-back shootings in Chula Vista that left one person dead and two others wounded — crimes described by prosecutors as “violent and premeditated” — will now face federal charges, state prosecutors said Monday.
“It is imperative that minors committing murders and other serious and violent crimes understand they will not escape accountability,” District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a statement. “There’s a growing public safety concern that adult criminals are enticing minors to commit violent crimes with assurances that they will escape accountability due to California’s state juvenile laws.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego did not respond to questions regarding the case. It is unclear what federal charges the two minors may face. Their custody status was unclear after the hearing. That shooting wounded James Bryant Corona, an alleged drug cell leader with dual U.S.-Mexican citizenship, according to sources on both sides of the border with knowledge of the investigation. Corona, also known as “El Apache,”by Mexican officials as “one of the main generators of violence” in Tijuana and Baja California and linked to a remnant cell of the Arellano Félix Organization, a cartel that once dominated Tijuana.
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