Cudahy

Homicide detectives with the Inglewood Police Department arrested Wilver Alberto Rabanales, 40, and Jose Christian Saravia Sanchez on Thursday evening after executing a search warrant at a motel in Cudahy, authorities said.

Ruedas was not a resident of the city; he lives in Cudahy, but like many young people in the southeast region, he said he was fed up with the political corruption that has long stymied the economic growth of some working-class cities.

At the heart of the region are about a dozen communities including Compton, Cudahy, Vernon, Commerce, Bell and Huntington Park.

Two years later, Cudahy, a 1.2-square-mile city, made headlines when the mayor, a council member and a longtime administrator were arrested and charged in a federal bribery case.

After hearing the speakers, Ruedas, the Cudahy resident, addressed the council.