In the early 2000s, the Nuestra Familia was subjected to a similarly large-scale RICO prosecution known as Operation Black Widow. The result was that the gang’s leaders were incarcerated in ...

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.

Wednesday kicked off the first trial day for Vincent “Chente” Garcia, the 47-year-old alleged chief executive officer and regiment commander for the Nuestra Familia in Monterey County.

One, in particular, shows increasing worry in the Nuestra Familia world, Mazariegos said. On May 29, 2013, six days after his arrest during Operation Snake Eyes, Garcia asked Ramirez for Pimentel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 conspiracies he perpetuated while ...

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, ...

Nuestra Familia leaders and associates from Monterey County plotted to kill an attorney, according to a government motion filed in the Operation Valley Star trial now unfolding in a Sacramento ...

The Nuestra Familia affiliated gang members each had nicknames, such as "Pistol," "Monster" and "Bam Bam." Six are still at large. There was an organized chain of command.

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 ...