A 19 YEAR-OLD LIVE OAK MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL ON CHARGES HE MURDERED 2 MEN AT A CANFIELD STREET APARTMENT IN SANTA CRUZ LAST JANUARY. KNOWN GANG MEMBER JAIME GALDAMEZ GUEVARA IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 18 YEAR-OLD OSCAR VENTURA AND 21 YEAR-OLD ALEJANDRO NAVA GONZALEZ , TO GAIN RESPECT FROM HIS PEERS. A 3RD PERSON WHO WAS SHOT IN THAT INCIDENT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT SURVIVED.
GUEVARA IS CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER WITH A GANG ENHANCEMENT, ATTEMPTED MURDER WITH A GANG ENHANCEMENT, AND BEING IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. IF CONVICTED ON ALL OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, GUEVARA COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
