One month later, Riverside County’s worst mass killing in recent memory remains cloaked in mystery.
The authorities have not said if they’ve turned up a motive.
The victims — mostly new immigrants from Laos — have little if any paper trail.
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The authorities have not said if they’ve turned up a motive.
The victims — mostly new immigrants from Laos — have little if any paper trail.
latimes.com/california/sto…
The murder scene in Aguanga was a large marijuana cultivation and processing site — a “major organized-crime type of an operation,” Sheriff Chad Bianco said.
Everyone on the property — living and dead — was Laotian.
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Everyone on the property — living and dead — was Laotian.
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The son of one of the victims said several of his mother’s friends worked at the grow alongside a revolving cast of recent immigrants from Laos, who, unable to speak English and struggling to find employment, would work and live on the site until they made enough cash to move on.
The slayings came during peak harvest time, yet there was no sign the site had been robbed.
“This wasn’t a rip-off,” a Drug Enforcement Administration official said in an interview. “If you’re not robbing someone, you’re sending a message.” latimes.com/california/sto…
“This wasn’t a rip-off,” a Drug Enforcement Administration official said in an interview. “If you’re not robbing someone, you’re sending a message.” latimes.com/california/sto…
“I don’t think it was a robbery,” said the son of one of the victims. “I think it was someone who didn’t like my mom.” latimes.com/california/sto…
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