WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.679 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:17.800 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:25.079 I got in your wake up call you haste Amy? 5 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:34.200 Okay, Well, hello there, good morning. 6 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:36.799 It's five o'clock. Straight up. 7 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.479 This is your wake up call for Thursday, April twenty fourth. 8 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:43.840 Ooh, that reminds me of my brother's birthdays. Tomorrow. 9 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.840 No to self, get card in mail. It'll be late, 10 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:52.520 but better than never. I'm breaking a cardinal sin of 11 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:53.520 fashion today. 12 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:54.320 I want you to know. 13 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.119 I'm wearing white pants. Got my white jeans out. Cona's like, 14 00:00:59.159 --> 00:00:59.600 what is that? 15 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:00.439 Does that mean? 16 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:01.159 Well? 17 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:02.920 Is it white pants or white shoes? You're not supposed 18 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:04.120 to wear him before Memorial Day? 19 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:05.879 When's Memorial Day? 20 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:07.200 End of May? 21 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:12.959 Okay, I got a jumpstart on it. Just no, don't 22 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:18.920 be a hater. I'm creating my own fashion trend. Lot's 23 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:20.760 going on today, so let's get right to it. Here's 24 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.359 what's ahead on wake Up Call. Arrests in Alta Dina 25 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:27.560 are up two hundred and fifty percent since the deadly 26 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.680 wildfire tour through the community. The La County Sheriff's department 27 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.519 says it's mostly looters who've been breaking into homes left 28 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.799 empty because of evacuations. Deputy s a Thieves have also 29 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:39.799 been caught trying to steal copper wires from turned off 30 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:43.400 power lines. A city council committee has advanced a proposal 31 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:46.840 that would put a fifteen mile per hour speed limit 32 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:49.799 on streets around two hundred schools in la. It's part 33 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.000 of continued efforts to improve safety for students. It needs 34 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.159 full council approval before it becomes law. It would only 35 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:00.640 be in effect before, during, and after school. Thousands of 36 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:04.719 the faithful have filed past the open coffin of Pope 37 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:09.080 Francis to pay their last respects at Saint Peter's Basilica. 38 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.719 So many people lined up the Vatican kept it open overnight. 39 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:18.120 Let people keep filing through. We're going to be talking 40 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:26.280 with Chris Bakia from actually Bacia with ABC. He's in 41 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:28.639 Rome and so we're going to get the latest on 42 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:32.360 that in just a couple of minutes. Trenday arragua is 43 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.719 spreading around the US. But who are they, how'd they 44 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.199 get here? And how can we stop them? ABC's Crime 45 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.439 and Terror analyst Brad Garrett is going to tell us 46 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:44.919 that's coming about five twenty. Okay, So what's on your list? 47 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.400 What's something that you really want to do before you 48 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:50.599 leave the planet. And we're not talking about taking a 49 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.120 space trip. We're going to be talking to the founder 50 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:57.159 of National Bucket List Day, Cindy Lee. That's coming up 51 00:02:57.199 --> 00:02:59.599 before the top of the hour. So yes, it is 52 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.560 National Bucket List Day, So start thinking about what's on 53 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.840 your list. Uh, you know, I love Disney, but it's 54 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.960 been a while since I've really been wowed at the park. 55 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.280 I mean, I always love it, but there's a new 56 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.400 show at the park that literally okay, didn't literally knock 57 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:17.639 my socks off, but it really just knocked my socks off. 58 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.319 I'm going to go out and about for the season 59 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:24.039 of the Force, something new in the Disneyland resort. Let's 60 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.360 get started with some of the stories coming out of 61 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:29.319 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. California is pushed to 62 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.120 keep film and TV production here in California has cleared 63 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:33.800 a major hurdle. 64 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.719 Rebecca Ryan with the DGA and the Entertainment Union Coalition 65 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:40.240 says a Senate committee unanimously advanced SB six thirty and 66 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:42.680 a companion bill, A one Pine three eight, passed a 67 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:45.560 key Assembly committee earlier this week. The bills aim to 68 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.479 expand and modernize the state's film and television tax credit 69 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:50.840 program from three hundred and thirty million to seven hundred 70 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.759 and fifty million dollars. She says that will stimulate the 71 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:55.360 economy and create more jobs. 72 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:58.280 What we know is that every other plate in the 73 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:01.879 world appears to want to attract and take this work 74 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:04.879 overseas and take this work out of California. 75 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.319 The bills have a few more hurdles to overcome, including 76 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:09.800 a vote in the full legislature and a budget review. 77 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:11.360 Heatherbrooker KFI News. 78 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:13.719 A man from Santa Anna has been arrested on suspicion 79 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:18.560 of killing dozens of cats. Alejandro Acosta is also accused 80 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:22.399 of stealing an expensive Bengal Linx cat. BULLI say they 81 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.639 found evidence of dead cats while searching his home, but 82 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:28.319 couldn't say how many. The Bengal links was taken from 83 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:31.240 a home in Westminster in March. Police have received calls 84 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.720 over the past several weeks about pet cats being stolen 85 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:38.879 and harmed, with some residents blaming Acosta. Three people have 86 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.800 been arrested in connection with US free of robberies targeting 87 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:45.720 seven eleven's around La County. Five stores were hit last 88 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:50.839 Friday in East Hollywood, Echo Park, LA's Pico Union District, 89 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:54.000 Baldwin Park, and Pasadena. Billy say in each case, the 90 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:57.240 robbers pulled up in a stolen blue Hyundai Sonata and 91 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:59.199 one person would act as the lookout. 92 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:02.199 The city of is trying to protect its trees from vandals. 93 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:05.600 Almost Man Samuel Groff faces a felony vandalism charge for 94 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:09.560 massacring trees in three different neighborhoods in La City. Councilman 95 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:13.199 Isabelle Herado, who represents downtowns as a coalition of organizations 96 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:15.519 have come together to see the trees replaced. 97 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.920 Into our beautiful DTLA constituents that identify the. 98 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:21.319 Problem Northeast Trees, LA Conservation Corp. 99 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:23.160 Who's helping us come up with solutions. 100 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:26.120 Ferrado has also introduced a motion that would increase penalties 101 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:29.680 for damaging city trees, implementing tiered financial charges based on 102 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:31.560 the age of the tree as well as the extent 103 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.160 of the damage. Michael Monks KFI News. 104 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:38.040 If you head to the beach Inventura County, you'll probably 105 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:43.319 see thousands of tiny sea creatures washed ashore. They're called valela's, 106 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:48.439 nicknamed by the wind sailors. The lelas are related to jellyfish, 107 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:50.480 and they have this blue purplish color. 108 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:51.759 They're actually pretty cool looking. 109 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.759 They're typically washed ashore by the winds in early spring 110 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:58.680 or summing summer. I don't think they can sting, but 111 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:03.720 they're weird life and they're like everywhere on the beaches. Okay, 112 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:06.319 it's five oh seven on your wake up call and 113 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.079 we're trying to connect with ABC's Chris Machia. 114 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:10.040 He's in Rome. 115 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:13.480 That I was telling you about the pope and it's 116 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:16.279 it was amazing to watch it, and some things are 117 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.759 being done differently with the death of this pope compared 118 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:22.879 to others. And in fact, they were saying that it's 119 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:27.759 so busy the Vatican. Let's see, where's the story. Kept 120 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.839 Saint Peter's Basilica open all night because so many people 121 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:35.000 were lined up to say goodbye to Pope Francis. It 122 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:38.480 was expected to stay open until midnight, but they said, nope, 123 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:40.800 we're going to keep it open even longer. It looks 124 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:45.720 like the viewing is going on through Thursday. Okay, while 125 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.000 we wait for Chris, let's get back to some of 126 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:50.639 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 127 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:55.199 A massive wildfire in southern New Jersey has caused evacuations, 128 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:59.240 power outages, and road closures. ABC's Trevor Alt says the 129 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.879 fire and Ocean County started late Tuesday morning. 130 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.399 Quickly spreading to neighboring communities. The flames jumping the Garden 131 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:09.639 State Parkway during rush hour, Officials forced to shut it 132 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.959 down for miles overnight, and authorities cutting power to some 133 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.240 twenty five thousand homes in businesses. 134 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.759 New Jersey Forest Fire Service officials say the fire has 135 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:22.680 burned over thirteen thousand acres. It's about fifty percent surrounded. 136 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.759 Officials are warning the fire could still grow due to 137 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.360 dry conditions and strong winds. News brought to you by 138 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:32.720 Simper solaris the man who carried out a mass shooting 139 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:35.360 at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago area 140 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:39.639 in twenty twenty two scheduled to be sentenced today. Robert Cremo, 141 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.199 the Third pleaded guilty to killing seven people and wounding 142 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.680 dozens of others. The twenty four year old man is 143 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:50.839 expected to get life in prison. Secretary of State Marco 144 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.360 Rubio says Iran must give up all nuclear enrichment if 145 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:57.120 it wants to make a deal with the US. He 146 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.959 says the United States is aiming for a peaceful resid 147 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:05.800 Iran insists its nuclear program is for civilian energy use, 148 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:10.600 not to build atomic bombs. India has revoked all visas 149 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:14.399 issued to Pakistani nationals following a deadly attack in Kashmir 150 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:18.560 in which twenty six people were killed. Police in India 151 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.720 said Tuesday that at least four men with guns opened 152 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:25.360 fire on dozens of tourists. The Indian government didn't produce 153 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:27.839 evidence connecting the attack to its neighbor, but said it 154 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:32.759 had cross border links to Pakistan. Officials in Pakistan responded 155 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:37.200 to India's action by canceling visas for Indian nationals, closing 156 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.279 its airspace for all Indian owned or operated airlines, and 157 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:46.799 to suspending all trade with India. A unique celestial event 158 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.039 is about to be visible in the early morning skies, 159 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:53.279 Sherry Preston says, at about five thirty tomorrow morning, not 160 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:55.960 this morning. If you go outside and the skies are 161 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.679 clear and you look east, you might see Venus below Venus. 162 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:01.200 On the other side of the Moon, you might catch 163 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.799 a glimpse of Saturn, and as the sun rises and 164 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:07.600 the sky brightens, it'll become clearer, creating something technically known 165 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:11.480 in the scientific community as the smiley face planet alignment. 166 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:16.159 Ooh, the smiley place face planet. I have never heard 167 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:20.879 of that. The smiley face planet alignments. Preston says, you 168 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.639 might need to turn your head a little sideways and squint, 169 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.519 but it'll be there for about an hour. The planets 170 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.639 will make up the eyes, and the crescent Moon creates 171 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:30.240 the mouth. 172 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.200 Okay, we're I'm going to be on the air, but. 173 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:34.720 So I need you to go out and then send 174 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.879 me a note on Instagram and let me know if 175 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:38.919 you see it, because that sounds kind of fun. 176 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.039 Mam yo by here yo by that. 177 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:51.080 China has sent three astronauts to replace its crew on 178 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:54.240 the Chinese Space Station. They will stay up there for 179 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.519 roughly six months and do experiments in space medicine and technology, 180 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:02.919 as well as makeup make improvements to the space station. 181 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:06.639 Improvements always a good thing. Jina's ultimate goal is to 182 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:12.679 send a crew to the Moon before twenty thirteen. California's 183 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:15.000 economy is huge and growing. 184 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.559 Governor Gavin Newsom says his state's economy has overtaken Japan 185 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:21.879 to become the world's fourth largest economy. Newsom cites two 186 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:24.679 new reports for the International Monetary Fund and the US 187 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.159 Bureau of Economic Analysis. The reports say that California's GDP 188 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:32.000 reached four point one trillion dollars, surpassing Japan's four point 189 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:35.759 zero two trillion. California is now only behind the United States, China, 190 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:40.840 and Germany and global rankings. Jason Campedonia KFI News. 191 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:43.679 Defen Secretary Pete Hegseth is now being criticized for allegedly 192 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.919 putting the signal app on a computer inside his office 193 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:47.600 at the Pentagon. 194 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:50.480 Eg Seth was already under fire for allegedly using signal 195 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:53.799 to share military attack plans in Yemen. The administration has 196 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:57.159 said nothing that Hegseth's shared was classified. We also know 197 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:59.919 his wife, Jennifer, former Fox News producer, was a mon 198 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:03.480 those on a signal thread discussing the attack plans. 199 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:08.360 ABC's Nicole D'Antonio says a statement from the Pentagon says 200 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:13.080 hegseth use of a communications systems and channels is classified. 201 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.159 It says he has never used and does not currently 202 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:19.960 use signal on his government computer. So it looks like 203 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.600 chimpanzees enjoy a good happy hour. 204 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:25.759 New video recorded by scientists in West Africa shows wild 205 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:29.120 chimps eating fermented breadfruit together. It's the first time the 206 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:32.559 shared behavior has been caught on film. Researchers suggest using 207 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:35.960 the alcohol for social bonding could explain why humans evolved 208 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:39.559 the ability to metabolize alcohol. The findings were published Monday 209 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:42.120 in the journal Current Biology. And while the chimps were 210 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:46.039 eating fermented breadfruit together, they weren't observed making a toast. 211 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:47.799 Mark Roenner caf I News. 212 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:51.759 All right, Jack in the Boxes, it's going to close 213 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:55.559 one hundred and fifty to two hundred underperforming stores as 214 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:58.519 part of an aggressive financial plan called Jack on Track. 215 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:02.480 The CEO says the company is focused on accelerating cash 216 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.200 flow and paying down debt. Jack in the Box has 217 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.720 about twenty two hundred stores across twenty two states. It 218 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:10.759 also operates Del taco I Love a good Jack in 219 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:12.720 the Box, and Jack in the Box is the one 220 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.360 that has the sour dough instead of a regular bun. 221 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.679 They put it on sour dough. It's so good Tomorrow. 222 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:21.240 The Dodgers are back in La taking on the Pirates, 223 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:24.200 with the first pitch going out at seven o'clock. You 224 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.519 can listen to all Dodger games on AM five to 225 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:30.039 seventy LA Sports live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast Booth, 226 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.559 and you can stream all the Dodgers games all season 227 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.320 long HD on the iHeartRadio app. The keyword is AM 228 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:41.039 five seventy LA Sports. Three smoke shops in the San 229 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:43.600 Fernando Valley have been targeted by thieves in just a 230 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.000 matter of hours. Police say the first one was hit 231 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:49.480 in Sherman Oaks shortly after four am yesterday. Not kidding 232 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:52.480 when I said hit. They crashed a Hyundai a Lantra 233 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.120 into the store. A group of at least four people 234 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:57.480 in dark clothing, grabbed their loot and took off. A 235 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:59.559 second break in happened less than an hour later in 236 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.840 Granada Hills, and then a third shop was hit in 237 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:05.200 Gnada Hills at about six thirty am. The La City 238 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.919 Council's voted eleven to two in favor of expanding a 239 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.679 policy that prohibits homeless people from sleeping in public spaces. 240 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.440 The policy which makes it ilegal to sit lie down 241 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:17.960 or keep belongings in some areas of the city's been 242 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:23.200 expanded to a Superior Street and Deering Avenue in Chatsworth. 243 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:27.840 California's economy has surpassed Japan. It's now the fourth largest 244 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:31.320 in the world. Governor Newsom says the Interstate Monetary Fund 245 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.879 and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis puts the state's 246 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:38.360 GDP above four trillion dollars. The US, China, and Germany 247 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.399 have the top three economies in the world. 248 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:43.360 It is five twenty two. 249 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:47.399 Let's say good morning to our friend, terror and crime 250 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.559 analyst for ABC, Brad Garrett. 251 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.360 Morning Brad, Good morning Amy. 252 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.879 Okay, so we've heard a lot lately about this vicious 253 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:59.679 gang Trende Arragua, and for a while it took me, 254 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.519 well it took me a while to figure out how 255 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:04.240 to say it, but now I'm it just rolls off 256 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.840 your tongue. We don't know much about them, so can 257 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:12.080 you tell us tell us more about who Trendy Arugua is. 258 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:17.080 So it's a Venezuelan gang, excuse me, that was originally 259 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:23.519 started in a prison in northeast Venezuela. And apparently at 260 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:27.480 the time when this gang was developing, they controlled the prison, 261 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:32.360 and it's been reported that inside this prison was a nightclub, 262 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:39.720 a bank and if you can imagine that, and apparently 263 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.000 got raided at some point a number of people killed 264 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:46.159 the guy escape that started this gang. Excuse me, but 265 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:49.639 what happened, Tomi, is that in the last decade a 266 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.919 number of people have fled Venezuela and they have gone 267 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.200 to various parts of the world. It's like seven point 268 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:02.559 seven million, and they think that's an underestimate. Three quarters 269 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:06.759 of a million thereabouts came to the United States, and 270 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.679 certainly eight eight percentage of those I'm going to say 271 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:14.039 a low percentage joined this gang or came and was 272 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.960 already in this gang and are now in several states 273 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.320 around the country. 274 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:24.600 All right, And okay, so you said it's a low 275 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.559 percentage because when you said seven point seven million Venezuelans, well, first, 276 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:31.559 that's a huge amount of people coming from Venezuela up here, 277 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.679 and they that's all illegal immigration. 278 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:39.240 Yeah, so let's be clear, seven point seven million fled 279 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:43.600 the country. It's probably a bigger number, but perhaps three 280 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:48.039 quarters of a million or thereabouts came here. Oh okay, 281 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.360 these things, Amy are all estimates, because who knows, right, 282 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.480 I mean, people are here illegally. Ice doesn't know who 283 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:01.159 they are, which also creates a year huge problem obviously 284 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:04.600 in id them to figure out are they part of 285 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:09.399 this gang or are they just here? And you know, 286 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.840 that's obviously the big debate now with President Trump's movement 287 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:16.639 of folks that allegedly belong to this gang to L. 288 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:21.200 Salvador and I think also to Guantanamo Bay. But you know, 289 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:25.559 the you know, the one concern about people like me 290 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:28.960 who study this stuff is that are they a problem? 291 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:31.960 Sure they are a problem. Are they the biggest gang 292 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.559 problem in the US? The answers, No, there are other 293 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.960 gangs that are far bigger, more organized. 294 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.480 You know, your. 295 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:43.000 City in particular is sort of a hub for gangs, right, 296 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:46.279 I mean it always has been MS thirteen, you know, 297 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:48.559 between the Long Beach in Los Angeles, there's a lot 298 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:53.080 of gangs that started here and are continuing to grow. 299 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:56.279 So gangs are just a big problem in the US. 300 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:59.919 There's thirty three thousand estimated number of gangs now. Granted, 301 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:05.160 a vast majority of those are local, controlling certain communities 302 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.359 or certain streets in a given city. And I'm sure 303 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:13.200 you have some of those. Two in La besides bigger gangs, 304 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:16.319 they're very difficult for law enforcement to investigate, to figure 305 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:19.480 out actually who is part of this gang, what is 306 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:26.000 their real name? And Venezuelan's in particular, the Venezuelan government 307 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.200 doesn't communicate with the US about who they are, doesn't 308 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:33.279 provide any background information, criminal history, whatever it might be. 309 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:36.519 And so whatever they do here is sort of the 310 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:41.880 starting point as far as US law enforcement is concerned 311 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:45.359 as to who they are and what they've done. But 312 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.519 id I will you know, I can't say this more 313 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:52.319 than enough that id in who people really are is 314 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.119 a huge problem. 315 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:57.480 Well, and Brad, like we know that MS thirteen gang members, 316 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:01.200 they a lot of them from what I've seen, have 317 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:03.359 the distinctive tattoos. 318 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:06.720 Is does trende Aragua follow that too. 319 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.720 Well, they apparently do have some tattoos. The problem is 320 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:18.279 amy that in some of these tattoos that ICE and 321 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:24.720 DHS are attributing to this Venezuela gang also have other 322 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:27.920 meetings that other people have, those particularly from Latin America, 323 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:32.599 have those tattoos just because they represent something totally non 324 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:36.839 gang related. So hanging your hat on, oh he's a 325 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:40.079 gang member because he's got a certain tattoo. You know, 326 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:43.920 it's kind of like saying circumstantially that somebody committed a crime, 327 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:46.240 but you don't really have the evidence that they actually did, 328 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:48.720 even though you think they did, and they may well have, 329 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.640 but you don't have the evidence. Well then what so 330 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.359 I think that's go ahead. 331 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:56.279 I'm just curious, like, why would you get a tattoo 332 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:59.440 that is indicative of a gang if you weren't in 333 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.039 the gang, Like, it isn't that like putting a target. 334 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:07.200 On you cultural, culturally, whatever it represents, whether it's a 335 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:09.640 flower I'm just making this up or whatever it might be, 336 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:14.319 it means something else to everybody else that's not in 337 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.519 a gang. And I think the problem with this particular 338 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:22.319 gang is is there may be variations about what is 339 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:29.039 considered a gang member tattoo for this group. Not to 340 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.079 say they don't have it, but it's it's a big problem. 341 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:35.079 And like I said, just to hang your hat on 342 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.839 because somebody has a tattoo, I mean, that's not enough 343 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:43.480 to charge anybody. Yeah, Now, apparently DHS is using it 344 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:46.119 to id people in this gang, and maybe some of 345 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:49.119 them got sent to El Salvador because they had tattoos. 346 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:51.680 There may be more to it than that. I'm being 347 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:56.319 you know, a bit facetious here, but it's a big problem. 348 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:59.640 It's a big problem actually, id as I mentioned earlier, 349 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.599 who some of these folks are, and you know, how 350 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:08.400 connected are they to other gang members and other cities. 351 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:12.319 This gang's been more described as or are loosely affiliated 352 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:15.720 versus other gangs that are very well organized as far 353 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:20.119 as how they move you know, prostitution, drugs, guns, from 354 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:23.160 you know, one jurisdiction to another in a more much 355 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:26.319 more organized fashion maybe than this gang does. 356 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:30.240 Well, they're still here and there's still a huge problem, 357 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:32.519 and hopefully they'll figure out how to doubt rid of them. 358 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:36.279 So ABC's crime and Terrorism analysts. 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