USA - A San Bernardino jury recommended the death penalty for Luis Alonzo Mendoza and Lorenzo Inez Arias

A San Bernardino jury recommended the death penalty today for Luis Alonzo Mendoza and Lorenzo Inez Arias, 2 gang members convicted in a quadruple slaying. The 2 men are scheduled to return to court Sept. 10 for motions and sentencing. Mendoza, 32, and Arias, 29, were part of a 4-man crew who fired gunshots and killed 4 men and wounded 2 others in July 2000. The victims who died were: Johnny Agudo, 33; his brother Gilbert Agudo, 27; Anthony Daniel Luna, 23; and Luna's half-brother, Marselino Gregory Luna, 19.