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California: Murder Trial for Immigrant

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 29, 2009

An illegal immigrant accused of killing a San Francisco man and his two sons in a drive-by shooting will stand trial for murder. Judge Teri Jackson said there was sufficient evidence for the immigrant, Edwin Ramos, 22, to be tried for the June 2008 killings. The police say Mr. Ramos, accused of being a member of the MS-13 gang, opened fire on Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons, Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, in the middle of traffic. The younger victims may have been mistaken for rival gang members. The shooting caused an uproar over a loophole in San Francisco immigration policy that had allowed Mr. Ramos, a Salvadoran, to stay in the United States even though he had been charged with violent felonies as a minor. City officials have closed that loophole.

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