sentences:  The young Latinos included four Salvadorans, one Nicaraguan, and one Honduran, some of whom had been involved in the youth group, the Mission Rebels (founded in 1965), and later in pan-Latino organizations such as COBRA (Confederation of Brown Race for Action) at the College of San Mateo, and the Brown Berets.The trial began in late June 1970 and the court sessions were widely attended by young radicals including Black Panther Huey P. Newton and two of the Chicago Seven.The prosecution maintained that one of the youths had wrested McGoran's gun from him and shot Brodnik.