The Region - News from Jan. 27, 1986
Sheriff’s deputies fouled a backyard cockfight in East Los Angeles, arresting 18 surprised spectators during a raid and confiscating several injured birds. Sgt. Joe Garza said that deputies, acting on an anonymous telephone tip, watched “suspects priming the birds for the event” before they raided a house in the 1200 block of East 68th Street. The owner of the house, Flores Candelario, 26, and 17 other men were all arrested for attending a cockfight, a misdemeanor, and held in lieu of $1,000 bail.
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