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Another Illegal habitual criminal protected from deportation by San Francisco's sanctuary policy has been charged with the attempted murder of a man in Daly City. A San Francisco Chronicle story by Jaxon Van Derbeken reports that Mexican national Eric Antonio Uc-Cahun, who had two priors for gang related assaults, was on probation when he and two fellow gang members attacked the victim, beating him with a broom handle until it broke. Uc-Cahun then slashed the mans stomach twice with a two inch blade, causing his intestines to protrude from the wounds. From within jail, "Uc-Cahun allegedly wrote a letter to a friend that provided the name and address of the victim and suggesting that the friend 'take care of things,' [San Mateo Deputy DA Steve] Wagstaffe said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on August 21, 2008 (boomark / email).