Thousand Oaks police announced on Wednesday the arrest of four suspects in connection with an assault June 6 that involved a high-speed chase in which one vehicle repeatedly rammed another vehicle.

Police said the incident began after an argument at the Borderline nightclub in Thousand Oaks. Two males attempted to leave the nightclub to avoid further conflict, police said. The pair got in their vehicle and fled on to Highway 101, but they were followed by five unidentified males who pursued them in a vehicle, police said.

During the two-mile chase, the pursuers repeatedly rammed the victims’ car, police said, causing severe damage, police said. The two males who were being chased drove to Rimrock Road, where their vehicle was disabled after being rammed again, police said.

The five pursuers got out and attacked the pair and one threatened to kill the pair with a handgun, police said. The pair fled on foot and later flagged down a deputy.

Investigators later identified the five as members of a criminal street gang from Yucatan, Mexico.

Investigators arrested four suspects within a week.

Police identified them as Augustin Pacheco, 27, of Thousand Oaks; Jose Pool Huchim, 28, of Thousand Oaks; Jose Rolando Medina, 27, of Simi Valley; and Miguel Cohvo, 19, of Simi Valley. Investigators said they believe two of those suspects were responsible for an incident in which a handgun was brandished at a local restaurant a month earlier.

After the June 6 incident, agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Unit searched nine homes and numerous places of employment in Thosuand Oaks and Simi Valley.

They arrested 10 other suspects believed to be gang members.

All of those arrested are facing felony assault charges and federal deportation to Mexico. Four also face felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon.

Investigators suspect that those arrested also are responsible for other unreported violent crimes, including robbery and thefts from undocumented Mexican nationals.

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