The L.A. Train Robberies Were Just an Unsightly Mess Until Gangs Started Stealing Guns

The L.A. Train Robberies Were Just an Unsightly Mess Until Gangs Started Stealing Guns

“I’ve got 24 years in LAPD, ex-military, secret clearance and I have to wait 10 days to get a new firearm and these guys are going into these containers with no locks and getting guns,” said Capt. German Hurtado, who oversees the LAPD’s Hollenbeck Division, where the rail yards are located. “These guns were unguarded, unprotected… God knows how many guns have been stolen that way.”

Only a handful of the 82 guns known to have been stolen from trains passing through the Eastside neighborhood have been recovered.

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