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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ WDSU.com, Web Staff (10 May 2013). "Street gang indictment most sweeping in NOLA history, city leaders say". WDSU.
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- ↑ "Gang Sweep Lands 13 Behind Bars". 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "Alleged gang members accused in 2012 birthday party killings". Raycom Group. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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