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A taxpayer-funded California \u201cPeace Ambassador\u201d is a convicted murderer now being charged with another felony, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n

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Michael Angel Alvarez, nicknamed \u201cDiablo,\u201d was arrested Friday for allegedly possessing body armor as a violent felon belonging to the 18th Street gang, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Alvarez worked for Healing Urban Barrios, an organization performing paid \u201cviolence prevention\u201d services for the city of Los Angeles\u2019 \u201cPeace Ambassador\u201d program, according to the DOJ. (RELATED: Blue City \u2018Violence Prevention\u2019 Activists Keep Catching Violent Charges)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Daily Caller News Foundation could not identify an attorney for Alvarez. Healing Urban Barrios did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles\u2019 Peace Ambassador program employs \u201cunarmed workers who have lived experience in the justice or gang systems\u201d to respond to certain neighborhood crises so that residents \u201chave someone to turn to outside of law enforcement,\u201d the city\u2019s website says.<\/p>\n

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The DOJ released an image of paperwork purportedly showing Alvarez\u2019s Peace Ambassador title. He made $58,156 from Healing Urban Barrios in 2025 after Los Angeles allocated $450,000 toward the group\u2019s services for a three-year period, the DOJ said.<\/p>\n

Alvarez\u2019s arrest continues a trend of so-called violence prevention workers in liberal cities getting in trouble with law enforcement after seemingly abandoning their criminal pasts.<\/p>\n

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The suspect was convicted of first-degree murder in 2002 and was released after 24 years behind bars despite initially receiving a sentence of 50 years to life, according to the DOJ. He was also convicted in April 2025 of illegal weapon possession, the DOJ said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is no indication Alvarez has ever stopped associating with the 18th Street gang,\u201d First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said in a Friday X post. \u201cIn fact, in jailhouse telephone call recordings of Alvarez since his release from state prison, he discussed assaulting individuals for breaking gang rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardworking tax payers of Los Angeles deserve better than to see their money shelled out to a convicted gang murderer,\u201d Essayli said.<\/p>\n

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