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Alexandria Division
MAY 3 I 2011
CLLiks U.S. l;:oii,:cr CCJRT
ALEXANDRIA. VIRGINIA
Defendant.
1. I am a Special Agent with the FBI and have been so employed since November
1998. Currently, I am assigned to the violent gangs and criminal enterprises squad of the
Northern Virginia Resident Agency of the Washington, D.C., Field Office. In this capacity, I
investigate murders, robberies, narcotics violations, and other gang-related violence. I have
previously interviewed street gang members and associates on numerous occasions. I have also
spoken with other law enforcement officers who have advised me of the results of their own
investigations of gang-related offenses and the content of interviews of gang members and
associates. I am also knowledgeable of state and federal laws pertaining to gang-related offenses.
information obtained from other law enforcement officers and witnesses. This affidavit contains
information necessary to support probable cause and is not intended to include each and every fact
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A. BONILLA SOSA, also known as "CHINO," did move and travel in interstate commerce by
leaving the Commonwealth of Virginia, with intent to avoid prosecution under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia for a crime which is a felony under state law, in violation of Title 18,
4. On the night of August 26,2010, law enforcement officers with the Manassas City
Police Department (MCPD) and the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force (NVGTF) responded to a
gang-related assault call in the Georgetown South residential area of Manassas, Virginia. This
5. The victim ofthe attack, Efrain Mancha, was severely beaten with baseball bats and
at least one machete, and sustained life-threatening injuries. Mancha was comatose for
6. The investigation determined that the attack was committed by Mara Salvatrucha
(MS-13) gang members against rival gang members from the Surenos (SUR-13) gang. Mancha is a
7. BONILLA SOSA was identified as one of the MS-13 gang members who attacked
Mancha. On August 31, 2010, MCPD and NVGTF obtained state arrest warrants charging
BONILLA SOSA with Aggravated Malicious Wounding, in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-51.2,
and Gang Participation, in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-46.2. These are felony offenses.
8. MCPD and NVGTF were unable to locate BONILLA SOSA to serve the state
warrants.
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9. Witnesses advised MCPD and NVGTF that BONILLA SOSA left the
10. Witness #1 attended a party with BONILLA SOSA shortly after the attack.
During the party, BONILLA SOSA discussed leaving the area. Witness #1 observed BONILLA
12. Witness #2, a member of MS-13, advised that BONILLA SOSA left the area to
officers during the course of this investigation and in other gang-related investigations.
14. The United States Marshal's Service (USMS) also attempted to locate BONILLA
SOSA. Telephone records, obtained during the course of that investigation, indicate that
BONILLA SOSA called numbers in North Carolina immediately after the attack.
15. Based on the aforementioned factual information, your affiant respectfully submits
that there is probable cause to believe that the defendant, FRANCIS A. BONILLA SOSA, also
known as "CHINO," did move and travel in interstate commerce by leaving the Commonwealth of
Virginia, with intent to avoid prosecution under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a
crime which is a felony under state law, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1073.
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Your affiant, therefore, respectfully requests that the attached warrant be issued
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Therc^ arm!) Puchanan
'cs Magistrate Judge
The Honorable Theresa Carroll Buchanan
United States Magistrate Judge