It is with gratitude and appreciation that we congratulate the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons, and the scores of local law enforcement officials who have brought this 6-year investigation to a successful conclusion.. Todays sentences have a special significance in light of the courts findings that three of the defendants were among the highest-ranked members of the organization internationally. Libros de Amazon Espaa: qu leer en el tiempo libre Desde ficcin hasta tragedia, estas historias disponibles en Amazon se han colocado en el tema de conversacin entre los lectores espaoles The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Stephanie Hinds, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair, and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon at a press conference held earlier today. Larez communicated with Andrew Cervantes primarily through prison phone calls and correspondence using coded language. In June 2017, the DC Prisoners Project of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs filed a class action lawsuit against USP Lewisburg arguing that mentally ill prisoners were being given crossword and Sudoku puzzles, as well as coloring books, instead of counseling, treatment, and medications. The evidence presented during the trial included proof of the defendants involvement in several gang-related murders and attacks including the following: Authorities said that Larez recruited and groomed younger Norteo gang members in the criminal enterprise. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Four members of the Nuestra Familia criminal organization including the top gang leader were sentenced to federal prison for racketeering, murders, robberies, drug offenses, and related acts. Marshal Service, and with the assistance of the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, ,the Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office, and the San Jose Police Department, as well as with the support of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Antioch Police Department, Campbell Police Department, Fremont Police Department, Kings County Sheriffs Office, Monterey County Sheriffs Office, Mountain View Police Department, Sacramento Police Department, Salinas Police Department, Menlo Park Police Department, Santa Clara County Parole Department, Santa Clara County Probation Department, Santa Clara Police Department, Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Modesto Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, and Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department, and Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. Nevertheless, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court only after consideration of the U.S. Authorities said that Larez recruited and groomed younger Norteno gang members in the criminal enterprise. Although most Lewisburg Penitentiary inmates are housed in the SMU, there remains a work cadre of approximately 200 inmates in the USPs general population. Under the supervision of Henry Cervantes and Larez, members and associates of Nuestra Familia engaged in the trafficking of methamphetamine, cocaine, andheroin and committed robberies to raise money for themselves and the gang. The CIC made several recommendations for installing more cameras, reducing the time prisoners are kept in isolation, and increasing independent monitoring of staff. According to the indictment, these five defendants conspired in September and October of 2018 to commit a robbery that would have obstructed, delayed, and affected interstate commerce. or to which of the two gangs they may have belonged. Pac-12 media rights: Our (final) predictions for the revenue, media partners, expansion decisions and more, Denver gang member gave 14-year-old permission to open fire on woman with AR-15 after fender-bender, DA alleges, In 4 years, Lori Lightfoot went from breakout political star to divisive mayor of a Chicago beset by pandemic and crime, Florida lawmakers to consider expansion of so-called dont say gay law, Drone crashes at Disneyland after hovering over visitors heads See video, Rapper Travis Scott wanted for assaulting Manhattan club sound engineer, destroying $12K in equipment, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. "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. We have profiled every prison within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The gang would also commit robberies to generate money to send back to gang leaders in prison. The Government introduced a video at trial of the stabbing. | Advertising Official websites use .gov 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. High school diplomas and post-secondary degrees are available through paid correspondence programs. The sentences handed down by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Wednesday bring to a close a six-year federal and local law enforcement investigation into the criminal organization that resulted in convictions and prison terms for 12 Nuestra Familia members, prosecutors said. Another man in the car, Steve Rodriguez, 29, was arrested on a charge of violating parole by associating with a gang, Along with Marquez, Andrew "Mad Dog" Cervantes was indicted. In August 2012, Larez and two other gang members traveled to San Jose, California, 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. who belonged to another gang, the Mexican Mafia. Level 2. Key Bay Area prison gang members Mad Dog and, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Alameda County DAs new policy will reduce prison sentences through widespread elimination of sentencing enhancements, Key Bay Area figures in Nuestra Familia prison gang sentenced for murders, drugs, San Jose gang members Stomper, Boxer convicted in brutal murder. 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. All Nuestra Familia recruits are told of the day when an unnamed Latino inmate's shoes were stolen by a member of the Mexican Mafia, the prison gang whose roots twine deep in the barrios of East . He orchestrated and oversaw regiment commanders who generated money through drug sales and other crimes, like robbery. Leisure activities include: The Arts & Crafts Program offers various programs: Crafts must take place in the hobby shop area except for pencil and ink sketching and crocheting, which are permitted in quarters. The defendants are scheduled to make initial federal court appearances before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Nathanael Cousins today. of racketeering Monday and face sentences of 12 and 17 years in prison. Marquez is the first member of Nuestra Raza to be charged in a federal. In July 2017, a report by the U.S. Department of Justices Office of the Inspector General singled out USP Lewisburg in its criticism of the Bureaus failure to track the time prisoners spend in restrictive housing and its mistreatment of mentally ill prisoners. See Photos. Its leaders control and direct the groups criminal activities both inside and outside of the prison system. Prosecutors say that he led the criminal organization while incarcerated in a federal. San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Ron Freitas is prosecuting, another case against two alleged members of the same gang, Nico Vasquez. Using Henry Cervantes and Alberto Larez as his two highest ranking street commanders in charge of the Nuestra Familias Bay Area Street Regiment, Cervantes was able to order violence on the outside with relative ease. 3553. to distribute PCP, heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, the FBI said. Shoes, hygiene items, candy, and various shelf stable foods are available for purchase. Authorities said he fatally stabbedJohn Gilbert Navaerette, 73, and Renee Washington, 56, in September 2011 and then had Jamie Cervantes and another gang soldier set fire to the bodies and the two-story Coolidge Avenue apartment where the murders occurred, prosecutors said. Alberto Larez, 48, aka Bird, of Salinas, Calif., was sentenced to life plus ten years in prison; Jaime Cervantes, 33, aka Hennessy, of San Mateo, Calif., was sentenced to 32 years in prison. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. 1962(d). U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, 12 Alleged Members Of Two San Jose-Based Norteo Street Gangs Charged With Racketeering-Related Crimes, Oakland Resident Charged With Fentanyl And Methamphetamine Sales In Tenderloin, East Bay Resident Found Guilty Of Attempting To Help Smuggle Cocaine Through Bay Area Airports, San Jose Man Sentenced To More Than 16 Years Following Jury Convictions For Meth Trafficking And Gun Charges, 12 Alleged Members Of Two San Jose Based Norteo Street Gangs Charged With Racketeering Related Crimes. The attorneys at the firm are licensed to practice law in only the jurisdictions listed in their biographies. It was opened in 1932. The sentences handed down by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Wednesday bring to a close a six-year federal and local law enforcement investigation into the criminal organization that resulted in convictions and prison terms for 12 Nuestra Familia members, prosecutors said. Nuestra Familia is a prison gang that originally formed in the California state prison system in the 1960s. Three Bay Area men, including justice reform activist, plead guilty in Norteo RICO murder case, Californias hardest to book campground isnt in a famous park. An official website of the United States government. and Patrick Trent, who are accused of murder. | Sign In, Verdict Corrections The gang has strongholds in Stockton, San Jose, Fresno, Modesto, In his plea agreement, Cervantes admitted trying to arrange the murder, of a Stockton resident. 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 defendants were members or associates of the federal branch of the Nuestra Familia, which was controlled by two principal overseers incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), including Andrew Cervantes, who is currently serving a 210-month sentence for a 1999 racketeering conviction. The leisure library contains around 4,000 volumes, including magazines, newspapers, periodicals, fiction and nonfiction books, and reference books. There is no guarantee or assurance of success for any client. In 2010, Henry Cervantes and Larez were released from the BOP after serving sentences for racketeering conspiracy convictions in 2004 involving the distribution of controlled substances on behalf of the Nuestra Familia. He then ordered two of his underlings to destroy the crime scene by pouring gasoline over the bodies and lighting them on fire. El Teatro Cervantes de Mlaga volver a ser un ao ms escenario de la gran alfombra roja del cine en espaol en el 26 Festival de Mlaga, que se celebra del 10 al 19 de marzo con una programacin que acoger ms de 200 audiovisuales entre todas sus secciones (largometrajes de ficcin, documentales, cortometrajes, series de TV, etc) y una gran variedad de contenidos y actividades . Ukiah became a meeting place for gang leaders in March of 2000, including the 3 "highest-ranking" Nuestra Familia leaders in the Bay Area. In some jurisdictions, this may be considered attorney advertising. // > A leader, two Bay Area commanders and a street soldier in the Nuestra Familia prison gang have received long prison sentences for murders in Oakland and San Jose, racketeering, drug trafficking, robberies, assaults, and other crimes, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office. In January 2012, Jaime Cervantes and two other gang members committed a home invasion robbery of a drug dealer. 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