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Oscar Fuentes

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Oscar Fuentes was a 19-year-old Hispanic/Latino man from Los Angeles whose disappearance and death became entwined with one of the most significant federal racketeering cases ever brought against the MS-13 gang in Southern California. Public records in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System list him as a missing person from Los Angeles, with his date of last contact recorded as January 12, 2019. At that time, he was a young adult navigating instability and risk in the San Fernando ...Read More
Last Seen: Jan 12, 2019
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    Apr 24, 2025

    Oscar

    Fuentes

    25

    19

    68 inches

    120 lbs

    Hispanic / Latino

    Male

    Jan 12, 2019

    Los Angeles

    California

    Los Angeles County

    Los Angeles

    No

    496

    167522

    Los Angeles Police Department- Adult Missing Persons Unit

    Los Angeles

    California

    Los Angeles County

    90012

    100 West 1st Street, California

    8772755273

    Local

    Law Enforcement

    http://www.lapdonline.org/

    201604144

    2020-01-05

    Los Angeles Police Department- Adult Missing Persons Unit

    8443

    Black

    Brown

    Brown

    Yes

    11/19/2025


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