The three are accused of approaching the girl and a male friend at a
Brentwood middle school at about 6 p.m. They allegedly robbed and beat
the friend, who then fled the scene. The trio then allegedly told the
girl they had a weapon and forced her to walk about a half-mile to a
secluded area of the Brentwood Country Club golf course. It was there,
prosecutors said, that Cornejo and Escobar raped the girl while Larios
acted as a lookout.She was later found walking out of the woods nearly naked by golfers, who called police.
Attorneys for the suspects said their clients were high school students, but Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Opisso disputed that, saying he did not believe any of the three attended school.
Spota said police identified Cornejo as one of the suspects because the victim gave investigators a detailed description of a tattoo he has on his chin. The prosecutor described the tattoo as skull adorned with flames.
Escobar and a fourth man — also a suspected MS-13 gang member — were charged with robbing and beating a man on April 28 at the same middle school. Escobar was also charged with threatening the victim with violence if he reported the incident to police. His attorney also pleaded not guilty on his behalf to those charges.
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