The city of Los Angeles paid a convicted murderer to be a Peace Ambassador.
That is the claim from the Department of Justice, which announced the federal arrest of Michael Angel Alvarez, an alleged active member of the 18th Street gang who worked in a taxpayer-funded street outreach program near MacArthur Park.
Federal officials say Alvarez was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with illegally possessing body armor as a violent felon.
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He is presumed innocent on that new charge unless and until proven guilty in court. The murder conviction the DOJ describes is part of his record, not the new allegation.
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U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli posted the official arrest framing directly, including the taxpayer-funded “Peace Ambassador” detail:
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