In January 2019, with a high-ranking Nuestra Familia member named Samuel Luna, the two allegedly conspired to murder a Norteño who is referred to as “E.C.” in court records.

The remaining Nuestra Familia leaders who have not pleaded guilty, including Cervantes and Perez, are set for trial in early 2024. But not every defendant is a gang member.

A drug trafficker from Hanford who was arrested in Operation Red Reaper in March 2019 was sentenced, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. Ryan Gines, ...

Four leaders of the notorious prison gang Nuestra Familia were convicted of racketeering by a federal jury in Oakland on Wednesday. David Cervantes, James Perez, Guillermo Solorio and George ...

Nuestra Familia is organized in a military-like hierarchy, with generals running the gang from inside prison and paroled regiment captains running the streets outside.

John "Boxer" Mendoza is a former high-ranking member of the Nuestra Familia. He was part of the organization from 1994 to 2007 and was incarcerated at various California prisons, such as San ...

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- Two associates of the notorious Nuestra Familia prison gang have pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges, admitting they were responsible for violent attacks of other ...

SALINAS — Two members of the Nuestra Familia prison gang have been found guilty of engaging in multiple conspiracies to commit assault and murder inside Monterey County Jail. According to the U ...

Barrios paroled in July 2011. He then became a regiment leader for Nuestra Familia in Santa Clara County. A regiment leader is below a regiment commander in the hierarchy, Barrios explained.

Nuestra Familia CEO Vincent “Chente” Garcia was sentenced Friday in Salinas to 35 years to life in prison, a commitment that accounted for two prior strikes for attempted murder and burglary.

FRESNO (CBS SF) -- High-ranking Nuestra Familia prison gang member Salvador Castro Jr., was sentenced Monday to 17 years and six months in prison after pleading guilty in January to running a drug ...

According to the indictment, the three men were among the top “carnales,” or leaders, of the Nuestra Familia gang that started in California prisons in the 1970s in response to the growing ...