This investigation resulted in the successful identification and arrest of those who engage in trafficking conspiracies which erode our communities, said Special Agent in Charge Monica M. Miller of the Sacramento division of the FBI. We've turned a lot of people down.". Outside of the federal correctional system, each of the smaller gangs that make up the Sureos retain their independence. And while no proof exists of this fight, the story still gives us an idea of the values upon which the Northern Riders were built. In the indictment, prosecutors described how the gang brought drugs inside the system by using anal cavities to smuggle them in. 2023 www.thecalifornian.com. As the thief brazenly walked the yard in his stolen shoes, the victim and his Northern California friends rose up and fought. Conflict between different gangs, both of which identify as Sureos, remains a common occurrence on the streets. Y tengo muchos ganas para ver ellos sufrir. "Bobby said he did love her, but as it says in the bonds, you gotta put the NF first, and so he called the hit. This terrible loss is being felt throughout our entire school district and community. Garcia, a longtime gang member, rose through the ranks to become a carnale of the NF prison gang in . While the Mexican Mafia had initially been created to protect Mexicans in prison, there was a perceived level of abuse by members of La Eme towards the imprisoned Latinos from rural farming areas of Northern California. Its time that white people feel some pain in life. Some law enforcement agents speculate that the Nuestra Familia gang, which . "But in terms of being responsible for causing these deaths, he's probably the central figure. Previous Pagan's MC's Blue Wave Mandate In The West Turns Violent, Pair Of Outlaws Charged With Killing Pagan-Marine In OKL Highway Shooting Having sworn allegiance to La Eme, the Sureos have always been in a war with the Norteos and other parts of the Nuestra Familia. Reminds me of W. Bush. At this time, Hispanic gangs united against the Black Guerrilla Family and Aryan Brotherhood . Nevertheless, Sureos must drop these rivalries the moment they step into a correctional facility in order to fight their common enemy. FRESNO, Calif. Shawn Cameron, 36, his wife Vanessa Mojarro Cameron, 26, and Jonathan Mojarro, 24, all of Hanford, and Carlos Enriquez, 34, of Lemoore, pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. In 2009 and 2010, Mojarro and Enriquez were members of the Kings County NF regiment. He struck an uneasy alliance with George Jackson and the Black Guerrilla Family and became active in Latino political organizations like the Brown Berets. And after they call a hit, you gotta do it.". Penned in a Spanish-English patois and carefully worded, the letters reflect the cat-and-mouse game between inmates and "the landlord" who photocopies incoming and outgoing mail. The attorneys for Rice and Moreno did not respond to emails seeking comment Wednesday. The Norteos' jail leadership is composed of several members each known as an"overall authority" (OA) who oversee individual housing units. Santos Lpez naci en Managua, Nicaragua, siendo sus padres Samuel Santos-Fernndez . ", Attorney Guerin Provini, who represents Bobby Lopez, chafes at the unfairness of cutting deals with the gang leaders, then using their testimony in seeking the death penalty against "the Munchkins. Membership While Nuestra Familia is primarily a Chicano gang, membership sometimes extends to other Latinos as well as non-Latinos. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. While I left my past abus behind me.the City of Houston, and State of Texas along with the white Christians throughout this state and neighboring states want to continue a lie. Who is the founder of Nuestra Familia? Norteo gang members pledged loyalty to the NF. Sosa was impeached and Nuestra Familia's structure altered to im- pede future misconduct. Garcia, a longtime gang member, rose through the ranks to become a carnale of the NF prison gang in the 1990s, the agency said. According to court documents, between December 2009 and June 2010, Shawn Cameron was the commander for the Kings County regiment of Nuestra Familia. Nuestra Familia is a Mexican-American prison gang that was founded in Soledad prison, California in 1968. Having sex with another gang member's woman is strictly against the 14 Bonds. "Shawn Cameron was the leader of one of the most dangerous drug trafficking . The situation, however, would shift in the mid-80s. Although this story sounds more like prison banter than an accurate recollection of the events that took place at the Deuel Vocational Institute, where both groups first saw the light of day, the gang war involving La Eme and the Nuestra Familia is widely considered one of the longest in the US. But the first thing Chavez did with the hit list was to quietly slip it to his parole officer, prosecutors say. Why? Nuestra Familia was organized in either the Folsom, California, or Soledad, California, Correctional Training Facilities in 1968. Gang leader Robert Joseph Gonzales (24), Bobby Joe Barkley (14), David (15) and Daniel Alacron (19) are arrested and charged with murder. Five days after Castillo was released from a short, DUI jail sentence, he was shot at close range in the head. Cadena's murder sparked an era of gang warfare within the California penal system. News. These agencies received the assistance of the U.S. Trial evidence showed that such removals were approved in advance by the Norteo in charge of the facility upon learning of violations from members in the jail housing unit. [7] [8]In the late 1960s, Mexican-American (Chicano) inmates of the California state prison system began to separate into two rival groups, Nuestra Familia [4] and the 1957-formed Mexican Mafia, according to the locations of their hometowns (the north-south . Thanks to frequent stretches in custody -- and occasional 10,000-word essays assigned by gang leaders -- the art of the handwritten letter flourishes in Nuestra Familia. "The Monterey County Jail in the city of Salinas is considered by Nuestra Familia as one of the main 'training grounds' for new Nuestra Familia members," according to the grand jury indictment. So what should I do? Minor violations can be punished with "additional exercise, writing an essay or paying a monetary fine," according to the grand juryindictment. Jasso was also involved in the removal of a second victim on February 25, 2013, again acting as a bomber after the victim was stabbed, the agency said. All defendants were members or associates of the Nuestra Familia (NF). Shawn Cameron was the leader of one of the most dangerous drug trafficking organizations in the Central Valley, U.S. Attorney Wagner said. In addition to the defendants, whose ankles are shackled to bolts in the courtroom floor, the cast includes seven defense lawyers -- two apiece for the death penalty defendants and one for Vargas; Kitty Constantinides and her husband and co- counsel, Deputy District Attorney Charles Constantinides; and four or five armed and watchful bailiffs. By 1961, administrators at DVI, alarmed by the escalating violence, had transferred a number of the charter eMe members to San Quentin, hoping to discourage their violent behavior by intermingling them with hardened adult convicts. A violent conflict between the then still F-14 and the Norteos forced the gang to break off from the Nuestra Familia; whose leaders had decided to side with the largest among the warring factions. The main Nuestra Familia trial now under way involves four defendants accused of seven murders, conspiracy and assorted violent attacks. The verdict follows a three-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. That of the Northern Riders is a story that would be the perfect plot for an action-packed Hollywood movie. Fair said the Nuestra Familia prison gang worked with other gangs such as Norteos, El Hoyo Grande, and San Jose Palmas with the effects felt across communities in the Bay Area and California. Why are white Christians allowed to lie and destroy a persons life? Inside prisons and local jails, all members and associates of the NF worked together to maintain the structure and follow the gangs rules. The next thing her family knew, she was dead, shot execution-style in the back of the head on a San Jose street. The night before his death, Cadena had received multiple death threats and knew that when he left his cell in the morning, he would be leaving it permanently. According to the evidence presented at trial, from December 2012 through April 2014 Garcia and Jasso were active members of the Nuestra Familia prison gang and its affiliated Norteo street gang. Michael James "Redwood" Rice, 35,and Alberto "Doughboy" Moreno, 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's Office in the Northern District of California. Salinas Nuestra Familia leader, top Norteno gang member. After serving NF for 20 years Viramontes had paroled, for good. Article 1: Supreme Commander Section I. Those are violent attacks designed to kicka Norteo member or associate out of the gang and its jail housing unit for not following the rules of Nuestra Familia, which oversees Norteo activity, prosecutors said. More serious transgressions can mean a beatdown, prosecutors said in the indictment. A Federal Grand Jury handed up the indictments last week but they were unsealed Tuesday. Albeit smaller than other cliques, with only about 300 full-time affiliates according to police sources, the Brotherhood owes much of its fame to the brutality that characterizes them. Shawn Cameron, Mojarro, and Enriquez face 10 years to life in prison and a $4 million fine. The Mexican Mafia, referred to as La Eme (the Spanish pronunciation for the letter M), is undisputedly at the top of the gang roster, with the most members, affiliates and turf in California. In response, they ordered the murder of two Familia leaders just prior to an important peace conference between Cadena and Death Row inmate Joe Gonzalez, an NF leader at Chino Reception center, undermining Cadena's peace mission and effectively "green-lighting" him. All members of the Norteo housing unit were aware of the removal process and were required to assist if requested. Pelican Bay State In 2004, when the prison gang"s top five leaders were transferred from California to a federal supermaximum prison in Florence, Colo., a struggle for the gang"s top positions brewed in Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, the Nuestra Familia"s traditional headquarters. The Nuestra Familia is a prison gang that originally formed in the California state prison system in the 1960s. Cadena became a member of the Varrio Viejo Gang (now known as the Varrio Bakers). OAKLAND Two members of the Nuestra Familia prison gang have been sentenced to varying federal prison terms for their roles in the same two . "All of this 'High Noon' playing around just littered the streets with bodies," said Deputy District Attorney Catherine "Kitty" Constantinides. ", On an average day on the street, "I'd get up at 10 or 11 and go party," Salazar said. Bloods: Norteos (Spanish for Northerner) are a group of Latino street gangs with origins in northern California (north of Bakersfield). I dont want to talk to people because they just want to abuse me. We need to infiltrate the suburbs and scare the white girls. But given the amount of double- dealing on the part of almost everyone involved, it's a mystery why the familianos trusted each other at all. SACRAMENTO - Ending three days of deliberations, jurors on Thursday convicted all four defendants in a sweeping Nuestra Familia case that many in California law enforcement view as both model. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101Y00000X.The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 4 years ago. November 11, 1965 C.-Robert Joseph Gonzales (25) is convicted of murder in the first degree. I know I am not the only one. The gang was an enemy of the Mexican Mafia, and it decreed that all Nortenos (northerners) were members of the NF, granting them protection from La Eme (the Mexican Mafia) behind bars. There were more than a thousand inmates on the yard. So I never learned hand gestures. Cadena and Joe "Pegleg" Morgan, who became his best friend and mentor, led the gang to prominence in the California correctional system by terrorizing other unorganized ethnic inmate groups, gaining a monopoly over the sale of drugs, pornography, prostitution, extortion, and murder for hire. KTVU FOX 2. They reportto an "authority in charge" (AIC) of the gang throughout the jail. Two Norteos admitted to trying to kill fellow gang members at the Monterey County Jail for "egregious" violations ofNuestra Familia rules, federal prosecutors say. By then, internal disputes and diverging interests had turned former allies against each other. His fate effectively sealed, he chose instead to go out the way he had come in, fighting. From May 2013 through February 2015, Garcia was incarcerated in the Monterey County Jail. Nuestra Familia is one of a constellation of race-based prison gangs that organize and direct the growing subculture of California's inmates. Alguien afuera me ayudas por favor. Rice, serving as the overall authority(OA) for one housing section,signed off on two removals in2013, prosecutors said. At the time of his conviction, Cadena was only 16 years old. Actually white Christians murdered more people than Muslims. Michael James "Redwood" Rice, 35, and Felipe "Doughboy" Moreno, 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's Office in the Northern District of San Andreas. But it was a ruse. For consistency, we will use the term Norteo. Although police sources put La Eme and the Nuestra Familia on the same level, this might be a rather reductive approach. The Inner Council members that round out the seven were listed as Samuel Sammy Luna, Guillermo Capone Solorio, Trinidad Trino Martinez and George Puppet Franco. But Charles Constantinides points to San Jose's unusually low violent crime rate as proof that prosecutions have an effect. By the turn of the century, the Nuestra Familia had established itself as the most prominent among the prison gangs at Deuel. "My guy has never been shown to be the triggerman, just a loudmouth who hasn't done much except write a lot of letters and blow off lots of steam.". Why are white Christians allowed to sexually abuse people and have no recourse? Some of the victims had no close family or had destroyed their family ties through drug use and criminal activity. "At first, when (gang members) would come to our side, we'd throw a party," said Kitty Constantinides. But "Everybody did it," Salazar shrugged. The Christian Europeans were taught by their kings and queens that if they got on a boat and sailed west on the Atlantic they would fall of the Earth! Two other defendants, Johnny"Soldier Boy" Magdalenoand Alberto"Littles" Cervantes gave the victim marijuana "to get him high and thus facilitate the attack on him," prosecutors said. Drug trafficking networks continue to threaten the safety of the public without regard. "We'd go see what we could find as far as drug connections to rob, we'd look for people to kill. On his arrival in Chino for the now sabotaged peace mission, he was taunted by the Norteos and told his time would come.[2]. Serna resembles nothing so much as a wide-eyed college student, and Trujeque could be a portly businessman -- except for the metal anklet above his black loafers. A Northern Structure member who has admitted to setting up Sheila Apodaca and shooting down "Chocolate" Perez, Salazar was a passenger in Lopez's car during the high-speed chase in Fresno. "They were not the kind of guys who would have killed Sheila Apodaca. The gang was an enemy of the Mexican Mafia, and it decreed that all Nortenos ("northerners") were members of the NF, granting them protection from "La Eme" (the Mexican Mafia) behind bars. Also founded within the American prison system, the Mexican Mafia otherwise known as La Eme is another Mexican-American criminal super-group active throughout the US. Shelton was commander of the NF's San Jose regiment, and Lopez his newly minted second-in-command, prosecutors say. Garcia was the Regiment Commander for the NF in charge of all Monterey County, the agency said in a statement. Cadena was subsequently buried at Union Cemetery in Bakersfield, California with an inscription reading, "Recuerdo de tu madre y familia" (Remembered by your mother and family.) MONTEREY (CBS SF/BCN) - A judge sentenced a high-up leader of the prison gang Nuestra Familia to over 25 years in federal prison Tuesday after being convicted of multiple gang violence. Inmates identifying themselves as members of the Mexican Mafia have been recorded in a majority of the countrys correctional facilities; as well as in other prisons in both America and Europe. New inmates who aren't affiliated with the gang, yet stillassigned to the gang housing unit, however, are offered a chance to contact the guards and ask for a transfer, prosecutors said. So it looks like peace between the north and south in the federal prison system is out of the question, as long as these old time gangsters are stuck in the past. "At one point, I really did believe in the Northern Structure and Nuestra Familia," Salazar said. I dont know what people are trying to say to me. The victim of this petty crime eventually retaliated, sparking a series of incidents many of which were probably violent in nature that irremediably worsened the relation between the once neutral Hispanic gangs. Senior Vice President of Partnerships and Engagement. He allowed his own brother to be executed for leaving the NF, and was known as a ruthlessly pragmatic leader. Victim-3 had been in another housing unit, but Magdaleno told him he would not be harmed if he returned to the Norteo wing, known as K-Pod. The family later moved to Bakersfield, California where Cadena attended East Bakersfield High School. . Magdaleno then stabbed him in the head and face using a shank fashioned from an electrical outlet plate, according to the indictment. Me haces dano, y todo mi vida solo puedo pensar en hacer dano a ti. County officials say they have spent $10 million so far, and the expenses continue to mount. Then, three "bombers" began kicking him in the face, head and stomach while Magdaleno got rid of the weapon. The carnage and animosity from his murder still exists 48 years after his death, as La eMe still has a "kill on sight" order for any member of Nuestra Familia. 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