Wilfredo Vides was employed as a gang intervention counselor by a nonprofit funded with public money. He was also an active MS-13 gang member, prosecutors say.
A faction within MS-13 used gruesome tactics to kill seven people in the L.A. area since 2017, prosecutors said.Vides volunteered at a soccer match that the group held at USC for members of MS-13, Rodriguez said, and began attending Bible study every Thursday at the North Hills office.
Communities in Schools received a federal grant earmarked specifically to stem the influence of MS-13 and its nemesis, the 18th Street gang. The grant went towards hiring intervention workers to “provide proactive peacekeeping,” and to support and offer young people an alternative to gang life, Mayor Eric Garcetti wrote in a 2017 letter to the City Council. Garcetti’s office administered the grant and funds for Communities in Schools through its Gang Reduction and Youth Development program.
While working for Communities in Schools, Vides mentored a number of young men, including Steven Emmanuel Linares, a former student at Panorama High School, Rodriguez said. Mark Sedlander, Linares’ attorney, said in an email: “We are investigating the allegations in the indictment, which are just that: allegations. Mr. Linares is presumed innocent and we look forward to defending him in court.”
Rodriguez said Vides did not work in Panorama High or any other schools. To his knowledge, he said, Vides and Linares are the only alleged MS-13 members indicted last month who were involved with Communities in Schools.
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