{"id":79733,"date":"2018-05-30T09:46:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79733"},"modified":"2018-05-30T09:46:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:46:33","slug":"eric-alan-cabrera-charged-with-defacing-mural-honoring-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79733","title":{"rendered":"Eric Alan Cabrera charged with defacing mural honoring veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Los Angeles Times<\/a> reports that Eric Alan Cabrera a twenty-year-old gang member has been charged with defacing a mural in a Mexican-American neighborhood that honored veterans who came from that neighborhood;<\/p>\n

In March, Cabrera allegedly tagged graffiti on the exterior wall of La Chiquita Market on Washington Avenue in Santa Ana, which hosts a mural called “Among Heroes.” The mural displays nearly 200 portraits of mostly Latino and Latina U.S. veterans \u2014 the majority of whom served during World War II.<\/p>\n

Cabrera, who authorities say is a member of the Lopers gang, was also charged with a gang enhancement.<\/p>\n

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said at a news conference Tuesday that the graffiti wasn’t just an act of vandalism. It also “disrespected heroes who made Santa Ana and Orange County proud.”<\/p>\n

Juan Villegas, a veteran and Santa Ana councilman, called the vandalism to a “crime against our culture. It’s a crime against our heritage.”<\/p>\n

The mural was painted over the course of five years and became an artistic centerpiece in the Logan neighborhood \u2014 a longtime Latino neighborhood that dates back to the late 1800s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cabrera, the master criminal, was tracked down using video of his license plate, and he was in custody for another crime when he confessed to defacing the mural.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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