Federal agents busted a Los Angeles “Peace Ambassador” known as “Diablo” for packing illegal military-grade body armor at crime-ridden Mac Arthur Park – after city paid the convicted killer $58,000.
Michael Angel Alvarez, 41, a.k.a. “Diablo,” is an active 18th Street gang member and convicted murderer who is being paid with L.A. city taxpayer dollars for a bogus job as a Los Angeles “Peace Ambassador,” according to federal prosecutors.
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested the violent felon Friday at blighted Mac Arthur Park after Alvarez was found to be in possession of body armor, a crime punishable by up to of five years in federal prison.
Alvarez was paid more than $58,000 last year for his work for Healing Urban Barrios, an organization that contracted with the city for its Peace Ambassador program that is run in the city’s Council District 1, which includes MacArthur Park, according to court papers.
He was convicted in 2002 for first-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison, but was released by the State of California after serving just 24 years’ imprisonment.
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