"While the physical movement of this leadership was restricted by prison walls, the indictment alleges their power and influence were not so constrained. other gangs. Mexico and El Salvador has received the most international recognition for street gang development as a result of US deportation, but other countries in South & Central America & the Caribbean including Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Domincan Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti [d'Hati], Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico [Estados Unidos Mexicanos], Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru [Per], Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay, Venenzuela and many other islands in the Caribbean. In December 2000, another Nuestro General stepped in on Casper's behalf and Cuete backed off the hit order, but Casper wanted revenge. Feds announce massive 'takedown' of Nuestra Familia gang and leadership 2021-09-24 - By Robert Salonga and Summer Lin Staff writer Nate Gartrell contributed to this report.. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS Andrew Cervantes led the criminal organization from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, using complex coded letters and telephone calls to communicate to his underlings. Nuestra Familia leaders control and direct the gangs criminal activities both inside and outside of the prison system. Mafia. (which are rare) to those who respond to no other solution. Between 2003 and May 2007, Huerta engaged in drug trafficking with NF members, communicated NF-related orders to NF members, and received monthly monetary benefits from NF drug proceeds. The gangs targeted in this case are responsible for much of the illicit drug distribution and violent crime that has plagued areas throughout CA pic.twitter.com/cyLZ3Uls5c. by Familia members, in vocabulary, symbols, hand-signals, proper
out its objectives by smuggling in money, drugs, messages, and women
offenders serving the longest sentences, served to concentrate the
developed prison gangs in Colorado's prison system. Jaime Cervantes was recruited by Larez to join the gang in 2010. "By disrupting gang leadership, we take aim at the head of the snake and seek to reduce violence and other criminal activity on our streets and in our jails and prisons, said Hinds.". The Nuestra Familia share allegiances with their Northern California-area
The final tally left 11 wounded and mafia member Archie Gallego, 25, dead. An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed, and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The rap group sold thousands of copies, and many members possessed the album. In January 2019, with a high-ranking Nuestra Familia member named Samuel Luna, the two allegedly conspired to murder a Norteo who is referred to as "E.C." in court records. intercepted by a prison guard in Pelican Bay, who found it stuffed
homeland of the Familianos. The Aryan Brotherhood is a white supremacist prison gang and considered the largest and most deadly in the United States. scraps of paper filled with small, almost microscopic letters. the Familia's messages confirm reception to their family members
Northern District of California
Their prison stronghold was Pelican Bay, where their main leaders lived. Section XI. The Nuestra Familia, like all prison gangs, are undoubtedly a highly-secretive,
Familianos are privileged in that they are only required to pay
Tiene empleados que llevan tanto tiempo trabajando con ella que se han convertido en miembros de su familia. The leadership structure of Nuestra Familia. He allowed his own brother to be executed for leaving the NF, and was known as a ruthlessly pragmatic leader. Nuestra Familia gang leaders are accused of ordering and carrying out a campaign of intimidation, assaults and assassination to control a crime syndicate and drug distribution empire stretching from Santa Rosa to Salinas and the Central Valley. The dividing line was Bakersfield, California, and the affiliation of Mexican gangsters was a simple matter of geography. designed to convey a specific message: an eagle painted black means
According to Koehler, in Colorado prisons, the Familia is an attempt to protect and preserve
-- Generation of United Nortenos -- which sold in many Northern California record stores, said Jared Lewis, a former Modesto police officer who now runs the website knowgangs.com. Padilla, Nuestra Familia launches a reprisal attack on the Mexican Mafia at 2:30 pm. The Government introduced a video at trial of the stabbing. "The arrests made (Wednesday), most significantly the arrests of the Nuestra Familia leadership, will severely cripple the ability of this criminal enterprise to continue to facilitate crimes in. Bay City News Service contributed to this report. Crime and Public Safety | suspicious, and dedicated criminal organization, similarly committed
slated to be attacked if admitted to the prison. money orders into the DOC bank accounts of several Familianos, who
Supreme Commander Section I. Whether meth, heroin, coke, or pot, they control the drug trade by personally bringing in the drugs or by taxing drug dealers. In August 2012, Larez and two other gang members traveled to San Jose, Calif., and lured another gang member suspected of cooperating with law enforcement to a meeting, where he was shot to death while sitting in his vehicle. revenue for the Familia on the outside. The receivers of
His job was to make sure that San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland, and San Jose all had a regiment in place, and made sure that the regiments were going by the gang's rules. On May 27, 2006, an NF member sent a $300 Western Union money order to Huerta in Florence, Colorado. While members of the Norteos gang is considered to be affiliated with Nuestra Familia, being a member of Nuestra Familia itself does not signify association as a Norteo. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. United States and developed prominent ties in Colorado state prisons. and task-force experts aknowledge that the complete destruction
In contrast, the number
other inmates. 13 is reserved for the Mexican Mafia, corresponding to the letter"M."
A lock ( In the 1970s, many Familianos migrated
In both instances, authorities knew of the plots because they were wiretapping the defendants phones, warned the victims and prevented the killings from occurring, prosecutors say. The crimes were happening in the streets of San Jose and the orders were coming from 400 miles north . and the Crips,
According to the evidence at trial, Larez and two of his underlings traveled to San Jose, lured the rival to their location with phone calls, and then executed him with point-blank shots to the face and neck. The indictment handed down on August 25, 2021, and unsealed Thursday, September 16, 2021 catalogues a litany of crimes allegedly directed by the Nuestra Familias command structure incarcerated in California prisons. maintained by a "finance minister." La Nuestra Familia was formed in Folsom
Nuestra Familia was organized at Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California in 1965. The indictment outlines each position according to the NF Constitution. Mi esposo Josue es nacido en Dallas Tx pero con sus races bien puestas de Guerrero Mx. Hinds was joined by FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair, DEA Special Agent in Charge Wade Shannon, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Safety Chief Derrick Marion, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith and San Jose Police Deputy Chief Elle Washburn. They bring in millions of dollars through the drug trade, but prostitution, extortion, and identity theft are also major rings. By removing violent actors and crime drivers from the streets, we make our neighborhoods safer." According to the documents unsealed today, La Nuestra Familia - Spanish for "Our Family"- was a prison gang operating in the California state prison system. Zarate and Maldonado were indicted as part of a massive 2021 investigation targeting the Nuestra Familia and multiple Norteo subsets based in San Jose. Three of the removals occurred in the jail's main yard and during recreational time for inmates housed in lockdown pods. In late 2012, while incarcerated at U.S. Penitentiary (USP) Lewisburg, in Pa., Andrew Cervantes ordered via coded letters the murder of an inmate at USP McCreary in Kentucky. Their violence was turned against those from Southern California living in the north, Lewis said. Brandon Gillespie said during a press conference on Friday. Zarate and Maldonado pleaded guilty to a single count of racketeering involving the Nuestra Familia, a Northern California-based prison gang that lords over the Norteos and other affiliates in the area. It is . Vincent Gerald Garcia, 55, of Salinas, is the 14th defendant charged and convicted in the case, which involves racketeering, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in the aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon in the aid of racketeering. criminal, and prison culture. The Familia
Nuestra Familia members Santos and Gilbert Arenda are stabbed by Eme members. is a security chief, who manages the less prestigious level 4 inmates,
While the NF was composed of a relative few, it exercised control and wielded influence over thousands of subordinate gang members in counties and prisons throughout Northern California using such regiments. PressReader. SAN JOSE, Calif. (KTVU and wires) - Seventeen alleged Nuestra Familia gang members were in custody and six others were being sought Friday on charges ranging from attempted murder to conspiring. "The indictment charges all seven of the members who make up the Nuestra Familia's ruling body: the General Council," said Acting U.S. Attorney Hinds. local law enforcement agencies concluded what was considered the most significant effort to dismantle the Central Coast leadership structure of Nuestra Familia. Crime and Public Safety | If I betray you, kill me.. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes defeat, Southern California home sales fall to all-time low, Denver just got a direct flight to this Caribbean island known for music history and vegetarian cooking, NYC Mayor Adams dismisses need to separate church and state, declares himself a servant of God, Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Familianos under one roof, strengthening their power within prison. Prosecution wraps case in Alex Murdaugh murder trial, Dozens dead in Greeces worst rail disaster. He then ordered two of his underlings to destroy the crime scene by pouring gasoline over the bodies and lighting them on fire. In 1972, Mexican Mafia leader Rodolfo Cadena called for a peace summit in prison in hopes of ending the war, but he was stabbed repeatedly by NF members, thrown off a tier, and stabbed to death on the cement below. The album generated revenue for the Nuestra Familia leadership and united Northern California Latino street gangs, which had been feuding. The Familia
Nuestra Familia (Spanish for "our family") is a criminal organization of Mexican American (Chicano) prison gangs with origins in Northern California. 14 is the identifying
While the physical movement of this leadership was restricted by prison walls, the indictment alleges their power and influence were not so constrained. by thewestside May 20th, 2008, 2:20 am, Return to Mexico, Central America, South America & the Caribbean, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. According to Robert Koehler (2000), an ex-convict and past member
Public File for KBCW-TV / KBCW 44 Cable 12. "She wasn't performing duties the way the generals wanted," the investigator said. 26, pleaded guilty Tuesday to racketeering conspiracy for their roles as associates of Norteo leadership, Nuestra Familia, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney . Some inmates
drug operations. Initiation of members into the Nuestra Familia requires not only
Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods? He rose through the ranks of the gang starting in the 1990s, prosecutors said. sorrow or sadness, while an eagle painted red means bloodshed in
Between 2003 and May 2007, Huerta engaged in drug trafficking with NF members,. through telephone, with all parties prearranged and aware of their
In this case, one or more "hitters" stabbed the victim, followed by "bombers" who viciously beat the man without weapons. These regiments primarily guaranteed the NFs vast influence and control over its own and its street gang members, ensured avenues to direct violence and other illicit activity, and secured means for the NF to make money through the commission of criminal activity. In 1968, a dispute over a simple pair of shoes (a Norteos member confronted a Mexican Mafia member who stole his shoes) led to the War of the Shoes, the ongoing long-term and violent war between the northerners and southerners. / CBS/Bay City News Service. that in most cases one must be a Chicano, but also requires at least
According to the NF Constitution, the Street Regiment General oversees the NFs overall street operations. The General of the Prisons is responsible for the NFs overall pinta [prison] functions, and the General Advocates Office is the NFs justice department. Tiered just below these three NF Generals was the Inner Council, which consisted of four senior NF members who served as advisors to the Generals and provided a system of checks and balances. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? They all cut plea deals, and many convicted served at Florence, Colorado's supermax prison. The written constitution of the Norteos stated that the leadership of the gang reside in Pelican Bay State Prison in California; the relocation of the gang's leaders led to the confusion of its soldiers and a power struggle of prospective generals.<ref name="Monterey"> New leadership, constitution for Nuestra Familia. SDLRLA NUESTRA FAMILIA LEADERSHIP AWARD. The eagle can also be
On 21 May 2001, heroin dealer Raymond Sanchez crossed into the Chinatown district of Salinas, although he had been warned to stay out of Chinatown. The four defendants were convicted of racketeering conspiracy and other offenses following a three-month trial before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Federal Courthouse
2 years to demonstrate one's character, potential, and righteousness. The investigation revealed that Nuestra Familia members in prison were smuggling out messages in body cavities, directing street gang members to murder, commit robberies and sell drugs. A five-year-long investigation into gang activity in the Bay Area has culminated in federal charges for 55 members of the Nuestra Familia, El Hoyo Palmas and San Jose Grande gangs, federal. One Neustra Familia
On 20 April 2001, federal agents arrested 13 members of NF, including 6 inmates, among them Rubelcaba. of the Familia, and the strategies and operations of the family. PIX Now -- Wednesday morning headlines from the KPIX newsroom. bonds that members swear to upon initiation. San Jose police arrested 24 Nuestra Familia gang members during a massive bust March 20, 2015. Vincent Gerald Garcia, 55, of Salinas. The remaining leadership of the organization in Pelican Bay consists of Daniel "Stork" Perez, Anthony "Chuco" Guillen and George "Puppet" Franco. In addition to recruiting "mules," the Nuestra Familia
group, and judging by their self-assuredness, ideological adherence,
membership can also alleviate the psychological harm imposed by
In January 2012, Jaime Cervantes and two other gang members committed a home invasion robbery of a drug dealer. Debts are sometimes
Casper was sent back to prison for communicating with the gang, violating his parole, and was sent back for six months. More and more NF members were recruited in the 1980s, and they wanted to control all of California from Bakersfield. U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, Top Nuestra Familia Leader And Three Other Gang Members Sentenced For Murder, Racketeering, Oakland Resident Charged With Fentanyl And Methamphetamine Sales In Tenderloin, Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearm Charges In Death Of Kate Steinle, East Bay Resident Found Guilty Of Attempting To Help Smuggle Cocaine Through Bay Area Airports. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Evidence presented at trial established that from approximately fall 2010 through March 2013, under the supervision of Henry Cervantes and Larez, members and associates of Nuestra Familia engaged in the trafficking of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin and committed robberies to raise money for themselves and the gang. One of these was
including the 3 "highest-ranking" Nuestra Familia leaders
In March 2013, the inmate whom Andrew Cervantes believed had violated gang rules was assaulted and stabbed by two Nuestra Familia inmates in the prison dining facility and survived. Nuestra Familia was founded in 1968 in California's Soledad Correctional Training Facility by Mexican-American inmates that split from the Mexican Mafia. Nuestra Familia is a prison gang that originally formed in the California state prison system in the 1960s. in his head. The NF is alleged in the indictment to be a criminal enterprise that was created to organize, protect, discipline, profit from, and maintain the allegiance of gang members on the streets of and within custodial facilities in California. With the final objective being to take down the leadership of Nuestra Familia, multiple raids were conducted . member of his own gang, top-ranking Salinas, California gang leader Michael
According to court documents, Huerta is the wife of a Nuestra Familia general Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez. By disrupting gang leadership, we reduce violence on our streets. Prosecutors said the group used a "paramilitary structure" to control thousands of other gang members throughout 28 California counties. Level 3 soldiers, known as "hustlers," collect drugs
another gang, the Familia will usually order a contract hit. society," committed to providing commissary goods to fellow
After he turned, he started giving up all the information he had, Lewis said. state-lines and touching the most vulnerable segment of the population,
Officials say the council was overseeing a massive network of drug trafficking and violent crimes across California. In January 2015, one of the men also identified by prosecutors in the indictment, Vincent Gerald "Chente" Garcia, 51, received 35 years to life in prison for his role as a Nuestra Familia. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory sentencing factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Each is charged in this indictment. It is clear they have hard and fast rules, and those who run afoul are met with intimidation and violence that spills into our communities, said DEA Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon. This permitted Huerta to make money from methamphetamine sales without paying back any costs associated with the drugs. AL DA premi a siete empresarios en seis categoras, y qued claro que estas mentes mejoran la calidad de vida de nuestras comunidades. Nuestra Familia is one of a constellation of race-based prison gangs that organize and direct the growing subculture of California's inmates. the neighborhood. They are trained in prison
and Familias in other prisons or on the outside. The financial status and balances of the Familia is
The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and those primarily responsible for the nations drug supply. Familia leaders were creating new recruits and turning them into
Attorneys Joseph M. Alioto Jr. and William Frentzen, and trial Attorney Robert S. Tully of the Criminal Divisions Organized Crime and Gang Section prosecuted the case with assistance from Kevin Costello, Courtney Fisher, Melissa Dorton, Daniel Charlier-Smith, Lance Libatique, and Lauren Hipolito. TTY: (415) 436-7221, Oakland: (510) 637-3680
In June 2021, Zarate was arrested and charged with murder for his alleged participation in a retaliatory shooting in San Jose. Facility in Colorado, considered the most concentrated facility
While law enforcement has succeeded
housing the longest-serving Familianos and Familiano leaders in
Casper was not allowed to put a hit on Armando Frias, as he was a government informant, but he said that he would have killed him if he was a regular NF member. "These seven individuals have for years led a violent and lucrative criminal organization from their prison cells," said Hinds. Today, four additional members of the Nuestra Familia gang were sentenced for the heinous crimes they perpetrated upon our community, bringing to 12 the number of defendants sentenced as a result of this investigation, said U.S. Attorney Brian J. The recruits are expected to sacrifice their life and freedom, and members are supposed to expect that they will go to prison. Following a series of raids Wednesday, prosecutors have charged 55 people, including seven in Northern California prisons, a group described as the governing body of the Nuestra Familia prison gang. They found a link to the Nuestra Familia prison gang and its subsidiary, the Norteo street gang, Modesto Police Department Capt. Ukiah became a meeting place for gang leaders in March of 2000, including the 3 "highest-ranking" Nuestra Familia leaders in the Bay Area. gangs such as the Bloods
Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. In compliance with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, some of these records are no longer in the physical possession of the FBI, eliminating the FBI's capability to re-review and/or re-process this material. On 24 January 2001 in Tracy, California, Casper set up a meeting with NF chiefs, which was monitored. For language and communication, the Familia uses legal mail and
for sex. Their footsoldiers make up an army on the streets that generate money for the organization, and they are based in Modesto, Salinas, and Santa Rosa in northern CA. First published on November 2, 2022 / 9:45 AM. The FBI task-force, dubbed "Black Widow," was the largest
Really? Garcia was "regiment commander" for the gang in charge of all Monterey County and he controlled the criminal activities of gang members in the jail. As outlined in the indictment, membership in the NF involved a process of sponsorship, approval, and indoctrination. Monterey Herald. However, despite law enforcement's efforts, there were still tens of thousands of NF members, and the new generation was influenced to join the NF through promises of girls, cars, dope, alcohol, good times, parties, staying out late, and other vices. 2023 Antioch Herald - Entries (RSS) - Comments (RSS) - Log in, 2021 Antioch Peoples Choice Awards Winners, Antioch Mayor Thorpe admits to private meeting with DA Becton, interim city manager, Antioch Mayor Thorpe claims lack of active sworn police officers part of national Great Resignation trend, Contra Costa DA Becton holds private meeting in her office with Antioch Mayor Thorpe three days after his DUI arrest, CHP: Antioch Mayor Thorpe under investigation by DAs office for DUI, possibly weaving when stopped, Contra Costa Supervisors to act on affordable housing, election campaign funding ordinances Tuesday, Antioch to celebrate Sesquicentennial of Incorporation Day with ceremony Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022 Contra Costa Humanitarians of the Year to be honored at MLK event Jan. 18, Antioch resident Velma Wilson to be honored as Contra Costas Humanitarian of the Year during 43rd MLK event Jan. 19, Fire fighters protest COVID-19 vaccine mandate at Contra Costa Supervisors meeting, Acting U.S. Attorney announces major law enforcement initiative to combat violence, drug distribution by La Nuestra Familia gang, 18 U.S.C. Abstract Bay State Prison, they controlled the intra-prison drug and
(Generations of United Norteos) that invited all Norteos into the NF. Federal prosecutors joined with Bay Area law enforcement Thursday morning to announce sweeping action against prison gangs in Northern California, characterizing the bust as cutting off "the head . sex trade, while communicating with their members on the outside,
Known as one of the most powerful prison gangs in California, Nuestra Familia has been plagued by infighting in recent years, starting in the early 2000s when a number of high-ranking members. Both men had support letters from their mothers. Please enter valid email address to continue. Nuestra Familia Gang Member Pleads Guilty in Ongoing Nuestra Familia Drug Trafficking Prosecution U.S. Attorney's Office April 09, 2012 Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700 then transport drugs, trade goods, or messages into and out of prison. Several defendants have already pleaded guilty and been sentenced, including for other alleged murder conspiracies. Larez and Henry Cervantes were senior gang members who reported to Andrew Cervantes. captains to "re-energize" the Nortenos in Sonoma County. is based on a model of capitalist enterprise, and relies on regular
500 of their leaders are in prison, and tens of thousands of foot soldiers (Norteos) are also behind bars. also recruit what are known as "Wolfpacks" inside prison,
to the rules, and decides on important issues concerning the welfare
Nuestra Familia ( Spanish for "our family") is a criminal organization of Mexican American ( Chicano) prison gangs with origins in Northern California. SAN JOSE A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 17 defendants with racketeering conspiracy, including acts involving murder, robbery, drug trafficking, and money laundering, and charging five others with drug trafficking-related crimes. "The indictment charges all seven of the members who make up the Nuestra Familia's ruling body: the General Council," said Acting U.S. Attorney Hinds. AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FUTURE Silvia Garca Vega ORCID: 0000-0002-0302-7802 Profesora de Comunicacin para el Cambio His second-in-command Joseph "Death Row Joe" Gonzalez spent years on death row before he was commuted to a life sentence, and he had no patience for fools. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. El Espritu Santo puede guiar a la familia. The arrests made yesterday, most significantly the arrests of the Nuestra Familia leadership, will severely cripple the ability of this criminal enterprise to continue to facilitate crimes in communities throughout the state and help break a decades-old cycle of violence, said FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Fair. combat the existing oppression of the traditionally dominant Mexican
Fair said arrests were made in Santa Clara, Alameda, Modesto, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Kern, San Francisco, Tulare and Stanislaus counties, with officers seizing bulk cash, dangerous weapons and narcotics. In May 2002, at a Cinco de Mayo celebration, about 50 Norteos shot three men and stabbed two men in a fight with the Sureos. Most of them occurred in K-Pod, a cell block in the jail that housed Nortenos exclusively. confinement and the constant threat of danger. SACRAMENTO, CACarolyn Huerta, 37, of Castroville, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to traffic methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Level 2 includes negotiators, who act as messengers to other prison
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