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Eduardo Canedo Vela

Case from Ladera-heights, CA dated Apr 29, 1992

Victim Details

Eduardo Canedo Vela

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Ladera-heights

CA

1992-04-29

33

Eduardo

Canedo Vela

07/10/2026

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Eduardo Cañedo Vela, a 33-year-old Latino male, was tragically killed on April 29, 1992, in Ladera Heights, California. Vela, who was a manager at a Japanese restaurant in Bakersfield, had traveled to Los Angeles to help a friend cash a tax refund. Unbeknownst to him, this day coincided with the outbreak of the Los Angeles riots, a period of intense civil unrest following the acquittal of four LAPD officers involved in the beating of Rodney King. Vela was shot dead in his Ford Taurus as violenc ...
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  • latimes.com: Deaths during the L.A. riots
  • Los Angeles Riots, The L.A. 53, by Jim Crogan, LAWEEKLY, April ...
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