Another man linked to the United Nations gang has been charged with conspiracy to kill the Bacon brothers and their Red Scorpion associates.
Amir Eghtesad, 29, appeared in Vancouver Provincial Court Monday afternoon after being picked up in Richmond Sunday evening.
Several other UN-linked suspects were previously charged with the same offence.
Judge Raymond Low remanded Eghtesad in custody until Thursday afternoon, when he is to appear in B.C. Supreme Court on a direct indictment.
Eghtesad faces a single count of conspiracy to kill the former Abbotsford siblings and their gang associates between Jan. 1, 2008 and Feb. 17, 2009.
The latest arrest comes more than two years after UN gang members and associates were implicated in a plot to murder the same targets.
Last January, two other UN members -- Conor D'Monte and Cory Vallee -- were added to the indictment but remain at large.
The UN trial is expected to begin in 2012. And while Eghtesad is facing the same charge, it is unclear if he will go to trial with the other accused in the case.
Eghtesad's lawyer Matthew Nathanson said, "Although the offence my client is charged with is a serious one, it is important that there not be a rush to judgment in this case.
"My client is presumed to be innocent and I intend to vigorously defend him against this allegation in court."
Eghtesad was held Sunday night in Richmond, though no details of his arrest came out in his brief appearance.
The arrest came a week after the eldest Bacon brother, Jonathan, was gunned down as he drove away from the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna with four others, who were all wounded.
