Luis Arocho, leader of the Pagans motorcycle club, is arrested (PHOTOS)

• Luis ‘LuRoc’ Arocho, leader of the Pagans motorcycle club, was arrested
• The DEA led an undercover investigation to arrest 11 gang members
• Arocho coordinated violent attacks against motorcycle gangs

Luis Arocho and Mauricio Guzmán, two of the leaders of the gang known as Pagans motorcycle club, were detained in Newark, New Jersey. The United States Department of Justice announced that Arocho and Guzmán were captured as part of an operation by various federal and state agencies to catch the leaders of the Pagans MC.

According to the documents of the case, consulted by MundoHispánico, Luis ‘LuRoc’ Arocho, 43, and Maurice ‘Dawg’ Guzmán, 51, are two of the leaders of the Pagans MC on the east coast of the United States, and already face federal charges for aggravated assault and criminal organization.

Luis Arocho, dangerous gang member of the Pagans MC, is arrested

Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US MarshalsAmong other federal agencies, they detained Luis Arocho and Mauricio Guzmán along with nine other members of the Pagans MC gang for crimes ranging from drug trafficking, aggravated assault and illegal possession of weapons, among other crimes.

The other members of the Pagans MC gang who were arrested on Monday, June 28, 2021 are Keith ‘Conan’ Richter, Larry ‘Savage’ Ortiz, Junios ‘Jayo’ Aquino, Daniel ‘Jersey’ Hooban, Nicholas ‘Lefty’ Marino , Anthony ‘Fugit’ D’Alessandro, Nicholas ‘Booch’ Bucciarelli, Michael ‘Cage’ Dorazo and Glen ‘Glenny’ Turner.

Luis Arocho was under surveillance for several months

According to the arrest warrant against Luis ‘LuRoc’ Arocho, the man has been in the eye of the DEA, the US Marshals and the United States Department of Justice since 2018 when he gained prominence in New Jersey after he attacked in a state gas station to a member of the rival gang the Hell Angel’s to the point of beating him to death.

The motorcycle gangs operate as pyramid organizations and according to the arrest warrant against Luis Arocho, the man is one of the highest-ranking members in the state of New Jersey, coordinating criminal activities with Mauricio Guzmán and Keith Richter as attacks on rival gangs, drug trafficking and pimping.

Arocho and the attack on the Hell Angel’s rival

According to the arrest warrant against Luis ‘LuRoc’ Arocho on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, the time is not specified, several members of the Pagans MC glimpsed a member of the Hell Angel’s gang who was filming in his motorcyclist on his turf in Newark, New Jersey, with his clothes and insignia linking him to his gang.

In the codes of the motorcycle gang in the United States, wearing the patches in another territory is taken as a lack of respect and a clear provocation to violence. The Pagans MC, commanded by Arocho and Guzmán, surprised the Hell Ángel’s member when he stopped at a gas station to refuel.

Federal agents get involved in the investigation

Luis Arocho and Mauricio Guzmán, among other members of the Pagans MC, struck him by surprise with baseball bats and other long wooden sticks used to hold axes and hammers. The Pagans overwhelmed their rival until he was knocked unconscious. The entire attack was recorded by the gas station’s security cameras.

The case was investigated at the beginning by the prosecution of the Essex County, where the city of Newark is located, but when the authorities discovered the participation of Luis Arocho and several more senior members of the Pagans MC, the case was turned over to the Department of Justice with support from the DEA and the US Marshals, among other agencies.

Pagans MC become a priority for the authorities

The coordinated investigation of several law enforcement agencies discovered the seriousness of what Luis Arocho, Mauricio Guzmán did that in September 2020 the state of New Jersey prepared the document Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: The Rise of Pagans in New JerseY (Motorcycle Outlaw Gangs: The Rise of New Jersey Pagans MC).

The document is an analysis of the complex problem that the members of the Pagans MC are for the authorities in New Jersey. That document was sent to Phill Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, to expose the risks of that gang of motorcyclists who fought the territory to the Hell Angel’s.

The authorities discover the dangerousness of the gang

The DEA investigation, the US Marshals, with undercover agents, discovered that the Pagans MC coordinated their criminal activities from a bar in the Gloucester County. The agents discovered that the group even organized searches in other bars to discover and attack members of the Hell Angel’s who were in their territory.

Since 2010 the Pagans MC began to gain territory from the Hell Angels, attacking them violently, and until 2020 the authorities have identified 200 active members of that motorcycle gang. Federal agents discovered that Keith Richter was the national leader, followed in the chain of command by Luis Arocho and Mauricio Guzmán.

Dozens of agents tracked down the Pagans MC

The DEA, with the authorization of the Department of Justice, then infiltrated the cell phones of the highest ranks of the Pagans MC starting with Luis Arocho, Keith Richter and Mauricio Guzmán and that is how they discovered the methamphetamine trafficking that the motorcycle gang coordinated in New Jersey.

The investigation was then joined by agents, also undercover, from the New Jersey State Police Department (NJSP) and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Agency (ATF, for its acronym in English). ) posing as motorcyclists in order to get up close to the leaders of the Pagans MC.

In New Jersey they want to control the state

According to the document in the investigation against the Pagans MC, their increase in membership in New Jersey, coordinated by Luis Arocho and Mauricio Guzmán, led them to “numerous confrontations with rivals, some of which occurred in public places and in broad daylight. day ”details the report that was presented to the governor.

Authorities found that in the 18 months leading up to September 2020 «there were more incidents of violence committed by Pagans MC … than in the previous ten years combined, but the actual count is probably higher because many incidents went unreported,» the authorities say. authorities.

The Pagans MC and their weapons, drugs and violent attacks

At dawn on Monday, June 28, 2021, agents from the DEA, US Marshals, ATF and NJSP broke into the houses and hiding places of Luis Arocho, Mauricio Guzmán and the other nine members of the Pagans MC and detained them in coordinated actions. simultaneously so they didn’t have time to alert each other.

Weapons, drugs such as powdered methamphetamine and cocaine were seized from members of the Pagans MC. Each separately faces a variety of felony federal felony charges that, if convicted, would land them in jail for a minimum of 10 years.

«Monday was a bad day for the Pagans MC»

Suzan A. Gibson, a DEA agent in New Jersey who coordinated the investigation against Luis Arocho and the rest of the detainees, the arrests represent “a significant blow to the Pagans MC motorcycle gang… the use of violence, weapons and intimidation were common for this criminal organization, «Agent Gibson said in a statement.

«Law enforcement made it clear to them that their behavior will not be tolerated,» Gibson said and ironically explained that Monday was a bad day for the MC Pagans when the combined forces of the DEA, ATF, US Marshals and NJSP » they’re coming for you … these arrests made New Jersey safer. »

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