OFF THE WIRE
TIJUANA, MEXICO - The Baja State Police Bi national Liaison’s office confirmed the arrest of two Mongols Motorcycle Gang members in Tijuana over the weekend.
Peter Soto and Oscar Olivas, who's identities were confirmed by their tattoos and were wanted in the US by the FBI, were captured during a sweep at a house in Tijuana's Southeast La Sierra neighborhood.
Soto is considered by the FBI as one of the Mongols Bike gang leaders.
Both Soto and Olivas were wanted for murder, organized crime, weapons charges, assault, robbery, drug trafficking and other federal offenses in the US; the murder charges stem from the assassination of a Hell's Angels biker, and according to sources these Mongols were plotting to kill another Hell's Angels member who's name was not disclosed.
