San Manuel relatives torn apart over gang case
Friday, December 14, 2007
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Gang infiltration into the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is affecting a prominent tribal family.
James Ramos, the tribe's unity and cultural awareness director, obtained a two-year restraining order against his cousin, Kenneth Robert Barajas.
Ramos says he was threatened by Barajas over a gang-related homicide case involving Barajas' children.
Stacy Cheyenne Barajas-Nunez, 25, and Erik Barajas, 35, are charged in
a murder-for-hire plot involving a Mexican Mafia drug kingpin.
Authorities say the gang has infiltrated the tribe.
The elder Barajas denies threatening to hurt Ramos. He says Ramos once led a troubled life but turned it around.
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(The Riverside Press-Enterprise 12/14)
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