Foreign national pleads guilty to Southern California armed robbery spree

One of two men indicted in an armed robbery spree at convenience stores around Southern California pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 30.

Jesus Soto-Parada, 27, had been deported to El Salvador during the 2024 robbery spree, but later returned to the country and was found living in South Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said.

He entered a plea to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and seven counts of interference with commerce by robbery, according to the...