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Authorities continue to search for eight defendants, including multiple people currently believed to be fugitives in Mexico.
Although violent crime in general, including gang crime, is on a downward trend in LA, 58% of homicides in 2013 were gang-related. Law enforcement officials said on Tuesday that the city still has a long way to go to curb gang violence.
