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United Nations gangsters admit to conspiracy to kill rival Scorpions members

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B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General John van Dongen stands near a photo of the UN Gang with leader Barzan Tilli-Choli highlighted during a news conference at RCMP headquarters in Vancouver, B.C., on March 3, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER – Five members of the United Nations gang have pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme court to conspiring to murder rival gang members.

The conspiracy took place during the peak of Vancouver’s gang war and was aimed at the Bacon brothers — Jonathan, Jarrod and James, who ran the Red Scorpions gang.

Barzan Tilli-Choli, Yong Lee, Dilun Heng, Ion Croitoru and Karwan Saed all admitted to the conspiracy in court on Monday.

Another UN gang member, Daniel Russell, pleaded guilty to the same charge in April and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Russell also admitted to manslaughter for his part in the death of Jonathan Barber, a stereo installer who had no connection to gangs and was killed driving a Porsche in a case of mistaken identity.

In late 2008 and early 2009, gang shootings were common as the rival gangs fought over drugs and criminal supremacy in Metro Vancouver.

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