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Last night, we told you about the gang crackdown in which 7 men were arraigned for various offences, which tied them to the criminal gangs in Belize City. Well, yesterday, there were 2 other men, who we didn't tell you about that were arraigned on similar charges. Those men, 24 year-old Alexander Underwood and 26 Wababa Norales, are at prison tonight because Magistrate Hettie Mae Stewart denied them bail on the charge of professing to be a member of a criminal gang. They are known to be linked with the gang known as SSG. Their attorney, Audrey Matura-Shepherd told the court that both men were picked up from their homes by the GSU, and they were told that they were being detained for crime prevention. She added that when the men arrived at the station, the police informed them that they were being investigated for the murder of Cyril McFoy Robinson â€“ who is Brandon Tillet's father â€“ the murder which sparked last week Wednesday's onslaught of violence. After considering her submission yesterday that they should be eligible for bail, Magistrate Hettie Mae Stewart decided against it, and remanded them until October 22.