The suspects, Ramirez-Calmo and co-defendant Geovani Garcia-Jacinto, are alleged members of a predominantly Guatemalan-American gang called the South Side Locos 502 Surenos, whose main rivals are a Norteno gang also based in Oakland.
The trial hinged on gang evidence, video including one from a cellphone camera that was held by one of the murder victims and, most notably, Ramirez-Calmo's own confession to police, which his attorney argued was all lies that Ramirez-Calmo made up to avoid being labeled a snitch by the gang.
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