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Enclosed to the Bureau and receiving offices
are two copies each of an article appearing in the Fresno
Bee newspaper of 3/ll/77 which synopsizes the current
problem of the Mexican Mafia and the Nuestra Familia in
the State of California. .
For the information of the Bureau and receiving
offices, Sacramento is instituting investigation of the
captioned organizations and individuals, based on the
enclosed newspaper article and the following information.
In recent years, there has been an increase in
violence and criminal activity on the part of the captioned
organizations, which had their origins within the California
Prison System. These groups have now spread to the civilian
population outside the prison system and have evidenced a
high degree of organization. Recent informant information
obtained by state and local authorities indicates well
organized criminal activity is planned and perpetrated by
these groups. Documents seized during local arrests of
Nuestra Familia NF! members discuss in succinct form the
intended criminal activity to be undertaken to finance the
gangfs operations in the areas of prostitution, narcotics,
robbery and extortion.
Some examples of criminal activity undertaken by
these gangs in the recent past, in the areas of E81
jurisdiction, are as follows:~
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of Corrections, ree , acramento, California,
has advised that he has been following the progress of
the NF and the MM for the past four years. He advised b7C
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gang organizations are i in murder, extortion,narcotics and robberies. as been in recent contact
with the state authorities in exas, New Mexico and Arizonawho have acknowledged existence of captioned organizations
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in their respective states. As several of the members of
captioned organizations have been convicted of federal
violations and are now serving sentences in federal
institutions, recruiting for these organizations will
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major crime problem in specific geographic areas within
the State of California and to the state as a whole. It
appears an excellent opportunity for the FBI to make a
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» the areas of major crime problems involving these.
organizations. 4
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alleged extortion of businesses and development of .
informants. If, at the end of a 90-day period, or
earlier as determined by investigation, it is established
there are no prosecutable violations, a closing report
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MexicanAmerican inmates at San Quentin Prison, Ca1i{i{ ;.
began forming La Nuestra Familia NF! as a prison gang during i at
1966-1967, for protection against another prison gan,
5 2» the Mexican Mafia. During 1971, a constitution was X
y drawn up setting out the structure and laws of NF. There are1" -' approximately 400-500 members of NF in prisons and on the :___ ' __'1st;:_ee_ts_'_'....of California at the present time. .-- ..__. .. . by:
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M J constitution is headed by a General, under which are ten
* 0! Captains, under which are unlimited Lieutenants, and
under which are soldiers. Rank is obtained by being _
a good soldier and making a certain number of "hits" murders![ on "hermits" enemies of e N 26 33.9 /3,. » -.__ __
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RBQQEST °1e,,Tami, B sReE!92!1=iqnge
/Bureau investigations. . Kg
The Document Section is requested to examine
all pages of the enclosed notebook in an attempt to ~
retrieve original notations made prior to apparent
obliteration. -
The Bureau is requested to return enclosed
evidence to Sacramento Division upon completion of examination.
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The constitution of the NF sets up a system of
banks for handling money obtained from illegal operations. The
illegal money is to be funneled into le al enter rises.
NF me ers ave
engaged in murders, se ing 0 i ega rugs, prostitution
and robberies. There have be t 20 murders
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The following are the "regiments" of NF in the
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of NF. Investigation continuing in San Francisco to develop
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Tlez LA NUESTRA FAMILIAI .
q......... RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND coRRu15'1' ORGANIZATIONS
Swwmm La Nuestra Familia NF! was formed in 1968 of Mexican-
American inmates and is a California prison based-gang of
'200 to 400 operating in the prisons and on the streets of
California. NF has a written Constitution and By-Laws
setting up banks for illegal money to be put in to legal
enterprises. The NF is headed by a general and has captains,
lieutenants, and soldiers. Rank is obtained by killing
enemies of the NF. Three kills are necessary to be a ~
lieutenant, unless you kill one of top ten enemies of NF
and then only one kill necessary. NF charging prostitutes
to work in Fresno, CA. Alleged the NF attempting to extort
money from legal businesses. NF document gives instructions
on-using children for illegal activities. NF members alleged
to be involved in over fifty 0! homicides since 1975.
MEMBERS? on THE NEg__HA'V_E BEEN.~KNOWN 1110 ENGAGE In vxonsm.
AC_'1Si* SO MEMEERS OF THE NF SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMEU END '5ANGEROUS. i W 7 i if ' I . it W
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-on February 23. 19v1,|i,_l1n1=~i==111-tgence, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office SCCSO , San Jose,
Ca1if., advised that the La Nuestra Familia NF! is a
prison based gang which is effective within and without the .
prison system of California. The center of the NF members l
activities, who are out of prison, is the San Jose, Calif., biC
area. Members of the NF engage in the selling of illegal b7D
drugs, gun running, extortion, prostitution, and robberies. b7F
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On December 18, l973, a U.S. Government House
report No. 93-738, Pages 80-81, 93rd Congress, First Session,
by the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives,
entitled "Revolutionary Target: The American Penal System" .
contained the following information: M , .
NUESTRA FAMILIA OUR FAMILY!
Nuestra Familia consists of a group of Mexicans
American inmates who are predominantly from the valley areas
of California. It was formed in 1968 by a group of Mexican
Americans who banded together for protection against the -'
Mexican Mafia. Members of Nuestra Familia have been involved
in the narcotics traffic and are presently at war with the
Mexican Mafia which resents the encroachment of Nuestra
Familia on its narcotics territory.
Nuestra Familia has about 200 members within the
California prison system. Unlike the Mexican Mafia, Nuestra
Familia has no formal connections on the outside. .However,
it recently formed an alliance with the Black Guerrilla
Family and has received assistance from that inmate group in
its battle with the Mexican Mafia over drugrelated matters.
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The primary objective of Nuestra Familia, as noted
in its constitution and bylaws, is ...for the betterment of-
members and the building up of the organization on the out-
side into a strong and self-supporting family." It was also
stated, "All members will work solely for that objective and
will put all personal goals and ieelings aside until said
fulfillment is accomplished." Another section of the bylaws
stated that Nuestra Familia's general will maintain a list
of l0 enemies of Nuestra Familia and any Nuestra Familia
member who kills one of these enemies will automatically V
become a lieutenant in the organization.
on January 31,1914, the 1914 Report to the California '
Senate by the Subcommittee on Civil Disorder, Page 12, con-
tained the following information: '~ .'
The Nuestra Familia, or New Family, is the second
most populous and powerful organization in the prison system
Formed originally by Central valley and farming area Mexican
Americans as protection against the Mexican Mafia M!, the
Nuestra Familia NF! has become an entity in itself, and
now competes with the MM for control of illegal activities,
narcotics and in plain violence. They operate under formal
bylaws and become members for life. Any attempt to leave _
the group results in death, as does failure to carry out a
command from the group's general or captains.
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ofggljged gang; 1;; Q93.-._.arerclse." For the past three
D. Iomia's prisons are locked inif a death struggle for control
* of the prisons and crime in
the street. So pervasive has
their influence become that
one veteran prison official
commented, We have about
as much control over the
,placcas thoeonssiiowus to
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1 Two prison-spawned stregangs are turning Caliiorni a
into a_ battlefield in an all-o
war. state law enforcement offi-
cials warn.
Part oi the spoils is a ourish-
ing $8 million-a-month narcotics
trade that supplies the San Jose
area's.~4.70|l heroin addicts.
Lawn-ten are concerned by re-
ports that Mexican Malia"
"soldiers" -have been moving
into the San Jose area in recent
months, apparently preparing
for a power grab.
The Mafia members - most-
ly ex-convicts from the East Los
Angelos area - plan to chal-
lenge their gang's chief rival,
Nuestra Fatnilia" Our Fami-
ly in Spanish! tor control oi
San Jose's street crime. an ex-
pert on prison gangs revealed.
The $50-member Nuestra
Famiiia NF! controls much 0!
the street crime in San Jose and
Northern California.
And, a document obtained by
T months, Mercury reporters -,Armando Aeuna, Bil! Ro- h
mano and Bob Weaver have
probed deep into this under-
world and the threat It em-
bodies for San Jose and oth-
er major California cities.
This series of articles is the
result of their investigation.
.. Q ¢ Ia team of Mercury reporteigoutlines the gang: plans to ct. '
pand its operations into a sta
critnenetwork.
The document. written in pris-
on- by the top brass of the NF,
outlines the gang's secret plans
to set up regiments in California
cities. complete with their own
banks. - .
The gang's "soldiers" wo id
be expected to raise money br
the banks by holdups. burg "a-
ries. sales of narcotics and
criminal action. _
The NF blueprint also calls
*9 "°"°Y *0 _be pumped into le-
§itimate_bus_messes to provideS0ld_i.ers with a semi-retire
ment program,
The Mercury newsmen also
saw a_ Q0}?! Of I-he Nuestra
Families execution list. Itcalls for the deaths of 89 gang
defectors in and out of prison,
Bill the NF; pm-39 bf "8 O ,nwarriors may be slowed a bit gyp "I the. Mexican Mafias" a¢qt;_
A heavy number of Maxi-
can! Malia members have been
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imoving into the area," a gang@3991! Said. When people likethat start moving in, it canmea only one thing - war,"Org; of the most recentclams between the two gangs00¢ ed on Oct. 9 in Bakers-
field. An assassination team .._
$"$P9¢ted to be from the Mexi-can Mafia" "executed" a re-
puted NF member and his
younger brother. "
Two men and a woman held
26-year-old Danny Reyes andhis girliriend captive in hishome. The assassinswaited un-
til Danny: brother. Ronaldfteges, 32. arrived seven hoursa r.
The brothers were handcuffedand tied with ropes. The girl
was tied to a bed.
Both men were stabbed re-
Iedly and the youn hr th-ma shot five timesgslrhe gain-friztd was not harmed.
Wyers representing the sus-pects in the killings have talkedthe judge into closing hearingsin the case. fearing for the de-
fendants lives
In San Jose, police suspectthere has been at least -one
83113-related killing and a num-ber oi stabbings._
e body of ayoung man an neatly the victim of a gangexemition - was found in an or-cha in the eastern foothills.
And. in Santa Clara CountyJail. there has been a marked
increase in stabbing cases. Ex-
perts say some of these are
probably gang-related.
Tipped oil to the potentiallfllble. San Jose police saythey feel they'll be able to keeptlllle lid on gang violence in thec y.
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"The existence oi prison
gangs is 8"T8!t'."'Capt. Larry
Stuefloten said. Many of these
people are coming out. It is nat-
ural to assume they are not
going to abandon their personal
gang friendships and loyalties
once they:-e on the street."
Still. San Jose police dont ex-
pect a shooting war here in the
near future. Their observation
on this point, however. is at
odds with that of a number of
state prison gang experts.
And, Capt. Stueflotcn con-cedes the gangs are "definitely
something law enforcement has
to reckon with."
One area of concern is the San
Jose drug scene. A narcotics oil
ficer revealed that a study of
dope usage reveals approxi-
mately 4.7.00 heroin addicts in
the area. The average junkie
uses $60 worth of heroin "H"
or smack -- each day.
The NF isn't strong outside
prison," he said. "They need
money to get their thing togeth-
er."
But. the vast narcotics market
here may offer them a tempting
business opportunity.
Until recently, lawman didn't
know how big Nuestra Fami-
lia was on the outside.
' But today, they estimate con-
servatively" that San Jose is
home-base for 80 to 40 hard-
core NF members.
The Nuestra Familia" mem-
bers ~ they have titles that
range from soldado" or soldier
to captain or padre - are
called iarmers" by the Mexi-
can Mafia."
Both organisations are pre-
dominantly Mexican-American
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The NF wasiormed .in 1966
inside the walls oi a state pris-
on. lts original aim was to pro-
vide the "farmers." the O na-nos who came from San g .
Gilroy, Watsonville, _ and
the San Joaquin Valley. '8-
defense against harassment by
the . i92/lexican Malia." -
For a time there was an un-
easy peace between the two Chi-
cano groups within the prisons.
But. then. in 1968, violence
flared and the gangs declared
war on each other.
Although the war has been
bioody_ - complete with its
Mafia-style "contract" killings it has stayed within pris-
on system.
Outside the detentio facili-
ties. the Mexican a!ia'-"
seemed content to contmlmost
of the street crime in tl_ie"pr_e-
dominantly Chicano East hos
Angeles area. _ ' .
But then something happened
to the "Mexican Mafia." -
The Mexican Mafia met
with leaders oi Cass Nostra
the Sicilian Mafia! and told
them they plannsd to take over
the state's narcotics tradeg" one
of the states top au on
the prison gangs, said. '-
"They told the Cos: oetra'
leaders they knew there 18
Cosa Nostra' people in prison in
California, he continued. They
told the 'Cosa Nostra' if the
Mexican group met with any re-
sistance in its plans for a state-
wide narcotics -empire, the 15
would be executed in prison.
The result? _
The Cosa Nostra apparentlybacked down. 'lheyveMenstarted using Mexican _iamembers to do their dirty brk
as bit men murder-for
specialists! and errand boys.
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That: because Soledad is rec~ The lawman qggg mg Mexi-vsmed °?"m*?T198dq"BP!¢P5¥1i--oantMaiia" didn't have the n-
th NF. The "Mexican Mafia,
m urban in its membership.
ha spread into Washington
eta ,' Arizona. New Mexico,
Michigan and even New York
State. _
Authorities hesitate to guess
at its total membership, but
"conservative" estimates of the
Mna's membership in Califor-
nia top 1.000. Sometimes known
as "Ema," pronounced Em-
ay ' it holds control of San
mtin and Folsom.
e Eme" and NF consider
Chino and San Luis Oblspo as
kind of neutral territory. Both
organizations have issued orders
for their prison soldiers to kill
members of their opposition on
sight. a move that has led prison
an orities to try to avoid es~
, s gang member to an in-
sti tion controlled by a rival.
' t's tough to do," one prison
oiciei said. "You have to cate-
gorizes man as a possible Fam-
ily or Malia member. If you ca~
tegorlze him wrong. you are
sending him to his death.
Since both organizations have
patterned themselves after the
"Cosa Nostre." that death will 1
be klins by-B sens member "
who" been ordered to murderthe ' mer. ' _
If gang member uses tocarry out his a L lead-
ers put out a contract" for his
lite and have him killed.
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15nesse oi the older Cons Nd!-
tra. but it makes up tor e y
lack oi sophistication with btality. They're a cold-bio°t.ll
Lawmen feel the apparent
victory over the Mafia has giv-
en the gang an expansionist
mood and that's why they are
looking to the San Jose area for
new territory.
Conict ls not new between
the two groups.
In 1966, "Nuestra' Fami "
was formed during a meeting t
Palm Hall at the California ~
stitution for Men at Chino.
Since then, there have been
stabbings, eiiecntions and one
incident in November of 1968 in
which soldiers oi the two rival
gangs clashed in an all-out bat-
tle inside San Quentin. Seven-
teen ccnvicis were hospitalized.
During a two-year period. 5'!
persons were murdered and 00
stabbed in prison. This y to
late, there have been nine
ings and 22 stabbings at a
institution.
That prison, Deuel Vocational
Imtitution, is one of the prisons
that correctional officials admit
is" controlled by Nucstra Fem»
lia,{ smaller of the two Chicano
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State Senate investigators
have identified the top man. or
Nuestro General," oi the NF as
Robert Baho! Sosa. an ex-con»
vict who lives in San Diego.. -
Although the NF constitution
- a handwritten document that
was smuggled from prison to
prison - says the gang shall be
headed by someone in prispn.
lawmen believe Sosa has.re-tained control. If the const;it]u-
tion were folio ed. the ma eoi authnrltaonlri restuon
Death Row Joe Gonzales.__a
Soledad inmate.
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A tour-month search tor an elu-
sive cache oi weapons - ed
Wednesday when San Jos lice
uhzlagzveredasmallane lintheyard of an East home.
£ihe arms and nnition be131566 to th 5 Familia
i F!. ti Prison-h stree gang,
according to police.
We knew they had guns some-
where hut they were continually
moving the cache," said an oiiicer.
We think we have the bulk of
their long guns now. V
The stash, consisting oi 10. shot-
uns and rifles and 100 rounds oi
assorted shells andphullets, werefound buried behind a house at3228 Blue Mountain igrive.Unearthed Here
The ground had been dug up in
the entire yard and the dirt rain e
over to disguise the hiding place
reported Officer Robert Jones
At least two oi the guns we -
confirmed as "stolen." taken in
residential break-ins here and in
Santa Clara, he added.
The weapons were wrapped in
blankets and packed in a wooden
box.
Arrested n suspicion oi -
siorot s en property -
iel Ra and Arthur
c NF mem e . at
o e Blue Mountain Drive ad-
dress.
Neither offered any resistance.
They were quite cooperative,"
Jones said. Eight piainclothesmen
and uniiorrned officers partlcipa -
ed in th early-morning raid.
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and out of caxuwmrs pm:
§tutiom. believed responsible for a
number of robberies, burglaries
and other crimes. It is comprised
excllmively of convicts and ex-con~
victs.
. 8an Jose police began investi-gating NF activity here last railheading to numerous arrests ouspected gang members. Tia
weapons seizures and arres
Wednesday were part of the con~
rming crackdown.
The NF has reportedly been
forming a Mafia~like organization
in this and other California cities
to control prison. narcotics traffic
and other prison activities
throughout the state system .
in addition to his hooking at
County Jail on weapons charges.
plieyes was placed under a parole
i hold. He was dbchargedfrom pris-4
on last summer. authorities reel
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A general lockup of all
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following four stabbings
Friday and_ Saturday.
There have been 46 stab-
bings at the Marin county
institution this year. Prison-
er Patrick Duran, 28. "1cg a Euve-year term forage;theft. died Saturday in thatmost. serious incident. t
Two other prisoners were
reported in good condition
a the prison hospital yester-
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Si urr! ay refused treatment;
JL Prion officials believe the
violence is caused by a pow-
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The two groups are ealt
Nuestra Familia or Our
Familia. and the Mexican
Malta. which has no relation-
ship with the infamous Sici-
lian group. officials said.
Prison authorities are
questioning 14 inmate: about
the four stabbings. Three
sta_bbings reported _earli '
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not connected to the feud -
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The bloody prison war between the Mexican
Maa and Nuestrs Familla "is one of our most seri-
ous problems. says Raymond Procunter. director of
the Department of Corrections. . -
With more than 50 inmates dead and over 500
injured in behind ~ the- bars violence in'92he past rive
years. Procnnier defends the indenite lock-up of
gang leaders as the only preventive measure left to
prison officials.
We cannot tolerate the level of violence we had
last year." he said, referring to the deaths of 35
inmates and the injury otmore thanmin M2.E We have toughened secuty and the fatal vi{once is down this year. ~
t invariably, such measures as 24 hour solita
iconfinernent for gang leaders with longer terms or
fewer paroles has led to charges of repression by
prison reform groups.
'ihe act of locking somebody up is certainly
repressive." admits a spokesman for Procunier.
But that doesn't take into consideration the fact
that these men are convicted criminals and they
have to be locked up for the pmtection, of the in-
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By Tim Findley
Authorities a t San
Quentin and Folsom pris-
ons were beginning. a
"classication" procedu
yesterday to determinethe gang war roles of 40
inmates moved out at So-
l dad prison over the
geekend..;The 40 were all sent out of
oledad after an incident
during n prison movie Fri-
day in which three initiates
were stabbed,
A none fatally.
Twenty-
three of the
40 were sent
to San Quen-
tin and 17
wont to Folsom. Authorities
at Soiedad said all 40 were
suspected of being members
of either the Mexican Ma-
li " or Nuestra Fa-rnlllaiqew l<amilyl_-rival Span-is i surname prisoner groups
inlal. have been involved in
a" blood fend for more than
3 year.
KILLINGS
Prison authorities say -19
killings in I972 alone were
attrilzmtnble to the prison
t92'urlal't'. '
Prisoner support groups.
however. have suggested
that" authorities are over-
rencting and rounding up
inmates considered undesir-
able ior a variety oi reasons
from writing to actual gang
leirulership.
l'lhe war between thelliaiia and the Family. crit-
i.s contend. is being used as
an excuse for a tougher at-
titude in general oi prison
authorities.
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moved from Soledad on
bus therapy" as it is
termed in prison -was rep-
resentative oi at least one
major new trend in Califor-
nia prisons. a trend that in
the last year has seen the
prison system shift from a
steadily declining population
to one that is rapidly in-
lt is particularly apparent
at San Quentin. where lastci3'unir$ast week was 20.054
more than 1200 higher
than the prison system itself
had anticipated for this time
this year.
Prison authorities. reluc-
tant -to be quoted, butr -nizing the trend themaeijg.say the rising inmate pgfno
Iation is not attributabl y ton iers
ments. "
Rather. there seem to be
two major reasons - first.c,.easing_ an increase in court commit-
year. a modern low of 1426
prisoners were housed. fo-
day. that number is up to
2108. and many of them are
seen a s "troublemakers"
sent to San Quentin for seen-'
Just a year ago. the state
prison system was being
touted for its apparently lib-
lerat trend in potting more
inmates out on the street
sooner and in leaning away
from old bastions at correc-
tions such as San Quentin.
But that has changed. and
rather dramatically. Six
years ago. at the start of a
corrections. the state prison
population stood at an all-
,time high of some 29.000
imen.
i Largely because ota more
relaxed altitude by the Adnl
Authority in giving men pa-
roles and a general. if
vague, policy toward giving
inmates an earlier break.
the inmate population began
,to decline.
i By last year, it was down
to fewer than 19.000 - a
modern low - and the talk
was of closing many priso
in the state. Some, partie
iariy Illlnimtlm camp fact -
ties. were closed. , liberal" trend in Californiaan increase in parole viola-
tions and. secondly. anewer
get tough" attitude by the
Adult Authority.
If the prison population
keeps rising and is part ofa
new more rigid philosophy
in state corrections. it could
have some implications for
some -oi the state's most
elaborate plans. ' ,;
San Quentin. tor examplit.
is still technically due to lie
closed in June of £975 and he
replaced by one oi two
600-man maximum-security
prisons to be built in the
state.
Only modest planning has
so far been done on those
two new institutions, howev-
er. So. given the rise oi the
inmate population, the feasi-
bility oi actually closing San
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between rival tnmategangs.
Forty Meadcan-American
Inmates were transferred
out of Soledad late y -
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the men. The rest want
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One Critical
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"A power struggle is going
on between the two groups,"
Curtis said. He said the feud
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gangs for I8 of 35 prison-
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year.
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By Robert Hollis
San Quentin guards found Edward Saiino Lopez multi~
latotl hotly beneath a pile of bloody towels i WW
room ol the prison gynasium
' Death was attributed to a
massive stunt fracture al-
t! ugh he could have as eas-ily? died min the tour deepkliife ironnds in his upper
ilt hack.
Around his neck was a
1:;trmto- like instrument t
keep the 30 §'0l.092tl robbe
ii out crying out.
Nothing Unusual
About 50 inmates werein
the gymnasium at the time.
None reported seeing any-
thing unusual.
The May 29 killing of Lo-
pez was the first inmatelh of the year at San
tjtide.entin. although not the
_t'st convict death state-
Lopez was a brother in
the "Mexican Malia," ac~
cording to Lee Deliord. then 1
the prison intorntation ot-mation oicer De-partment ol m
Annihilation
They'll keep stickin
each other until one si
wipes out the other." said a
Mission District Chicano ex-
convict who sgent two years
at San Quentin. ' .
. In early August. John
Medina Jr.. a 43 year o
Ins Angeles parole viola ,
was attacked in broad da -
light in the center oftho
Quentin main exercise yard.
Seconds later, Medina lay
on the hot tarmac with four
deep slashes close to vital
-organs in his neck and
chest. For two days he lay
near death in the prison hos-
el .. .
Prison nnormation officer
Bill Nvherg termed the Me-CBT. LOPQZ, brlltl I921|-ltd?! - dma ahack "|_~eyeuge_"
was another in a continuing ' A B;-M1 ... -_l
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series of hniiings. clubbings
and drug deaths credited to
the two -tending -Chicano
gangs in the California penal
system. It is a blood fueled w - arolsurvival, in the-1 words of
Phil Guthr e, pu lic infor-A Department of Correc-
tons investigator explained:
. He just. happened tobetlie
brother of Roberto Dari 'Medina and they triedtok%lhim."
_ Roberto Medina isarank-
mg lieutelhnt-trr Nuestraaway in an isolation cell in
San Quentln's adgustment
center and is thus temporar-
ily safe from Mafia "hit
men."
La Maa de Mexicanos s
described by Guthrie as e
most powerful 111'!-W1 E. -E
in the history ofthe Coll! -
nia penal system. An es -
mated 200 of the state: 21,-
50! Inmates are members.
They exert inuence with-
in the system, far beyond
their numbers. Members of
the gang are dram from the
urban Chicano ghettoes -
or barrios -» _o_f Los Angeles
mrgusmigqsi 'ith a e am . w
few more heavy Bmt!le'L'§"
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than the Mafia on its mem-
bership-mlls. is now fiveyiars old. Famllia members
me largely ll't'.;1 ruraljleas of California wheremy concentrations of
can-Americans gather
to harvest crops.
The two organizations rep-
resent something new in the
criminalhistory of the state.
Reaching Streets
For the first time, said
Jake Gunn, associate war-
den at Folsom prison, pris-
on-hrcd gangs are forming
syndicates that are reaching
the streets. _
Already the Mafia not
lated to the Sicilian crime
rganlzatlon - is seeking to
onopolize the heroin tradehorn Mexico. '
According to tI.S. and
Mexican law enforcement
officials. the Mexican Malia
now controls 20 to30 nt
into the state across our
southern border.
And within every prison in
the state one or the other
gang almost completely
dominates the inmate rack-
ets -~ narcotics. homosexual
prostitution a nd favors
from corrupt guards.iDepartment of Corrections
u dercover investigators,$5. Customs officials, fed-
rnl narcotics officers and
police from Marin Countyto
Tijuana all spoke with The
Examiner in a three month
investigation of the prison
war and the growing. power
of the gangs. The picture is
bleak.
Of-the Soinmates who died
violently in the California
prisons last year..atleast25
there casualties of the Chi-
cano war. .iilhln 1972. 106 of the 21.6 in-
ates stabbed. clubbed-or
intentionally poisoned_ivith
drugs were linked to the
gang videnoear-
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The Aryan Brotlierhood;
a nee-Nazi,. white racist
group of violence-prone
ex-motorcyclists. has loosely.
aligned itself with the Mexi-1
can Maa.
They kill or maim under
- contract for the Mafia.
To meet this challenge,
Familla members have tem-
porarily' allied. themselves;
dth some of the more vi-1
lent members of the Black
heretics Army cadre in
e prison system,
The result is an explosive
situation which has prompt~
ed extraordinary -security
measures by Department-oi
Corrections officials.
see |Z Outside the squalid Mexi-
can border city of Tijuana,
_l~Iarry Gamboa Buckley.
alias Edmundo Sanchez
Pnsa. alias Eduardo Gonza-Ef an the heroin s] lez W, and S-alis
through the bars of La Mesa
prison.
Buckley faces charges of
killing Roberto R. Parra on
Aug. 21. 1972, according to
the Mexican Judicial Slate
Police. lie is aiugttlve from
California where he is
charged with possession of
80 ounces of heroin. _
_ Until last month. Buckley;
was "living openly in Mexico,lrst in Tijuana andlaterin
lAgtl8 Prieta in the Mexicanistate oi Sonora.
Buckley. 52. is believed to
be. one of the top members
of the Mexican Mafia south
of the border. As such, he
was a major source for 89
percent pure Mexican broom
heroin smuggled to the ur-
ban centers of California
Still Powcrfu. 1 6 5
Although now in prison
and facing a possible sen-
tence of more than 20 years
for murder, Ca1ifornia.im-es.
tigators think Buckley, or -
Mexiearmrnerican ancestry l V
despite his ,,¢p.nle,,,' has lost
none of s power in the
brotherhood.
About t50 miles to the
north. Joe Morgan, a con-
victed murderer. counts the
days until his release from
Chino state prison.
._ Morgan is not of Mexican;
American ancestry. Ne -
ertheless. his word, as passes through the remarka-
bly efficient prison inmate
communication system.. is
law to any Mexican Mafia
brother.
Raised in Barrio
lie was raised in Maravll-
la. on the edge of the East
Los Angeies barrio, largestin the. state. '
"He" talks like a Chicano.
he acts like a Chicano.l
therefore he is a Chicano. '.
said a Department of
Corrections investigator.
Morgan is considered the
most powerful leader in the
Mexican Mafia behind bars
in California. I-le is currently
in Chino as a parole violator
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Demerida, his m as. ac-cording to Baja im
sources.
California prison lave -
gators believe Buckley _ s
paying about sso.ooos year
Mexican police officials o
keep from being extradited
north on the heroin charge.
Mrs. Demerida. according
to a judicial state policem-
port, possessed a Mexican-
equivalent of s writ etha-
beas corpus. which was
-signed by a Mexican judge
and thus prevented her ar-
rest on any charge. .
Bad Heroin
Buckley's protection did
not cover murder. however.
On a hot. cloudless sum-
mer day last year, Robe o
Parra. at one time the -
est heroin dealer in-the_S
Diego area. came to
looking for Buckley. -
"Buckley had cheated-
Parra out of eight onnceaoi
had heroin and he Parra!
lost $4000 on the deal," the
Mexican Judicial Police re-
_ port states. '
Parra and a friend, Gil-
com_.k,tion_ " bet-to Guerrero. appeared at
* t k
That Harry Gamboa Buck-
ley could live openly 195$
than two blocks from a po-
lice station in Tijuana -heds
some light on the power.
both political and financial.
of the Mexican Mafia.
The convicted robber. ell-cape artist and dope dealfr
had been last arrested n
hos Angeles on July ll. 1971.
with a heroin cache worth
Elprices._ver $220.00!! at street.
the next day. before a
vartment oi Corrections pa-
role oiticer could place a
hold on him. Buckley was
hailed out of the Lus Angcles
County jail.
He ed south to the Ti-
juana arca. ThPJic.hlumved
into a house with Daniela
. 2 .lBuckley'shome and became
embroiled in a heated
ment over the alleged
burn.
Parra pulled s
.38 revolver and red at
Buckley. Buckley, though
wounded in the left stomach
and right leg. managed to
grab the revolver amifatai-
l-y wound Parra. Mexican
police said.
Bleeding heavily. Buckley
fled in annuto with Mrs.De-
merida. The uoman was
droppedoii at alocal police
station an odd place to
stop. but unexplained!
Buckley drove east to
Prieta where hewas treat
for his wounds by friends.
Then last n1t~.',¢h..h'g.re-.
turned to Tijuana. He was
5.
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tiiiiugdiamiy arrested by un-
dercut-er agents of the Judi-
cial Police and charged with
uiurtier.
_ it ~k it
"-.he Mexican Maa systemfol running heroin across
the border is simple and
foolproof. it might be de-
sclibetl as a self-help pro-
gram [or ex-convicts.
A Sout.hern California Dpurtmcnt of Corrections irqvestigator described it th'
9292-uy:
"Suppose you've just been
l£1Ei]KE92'| from Quentin with
l5 in your pocket. You go to
e L.A. area and look up
tour brothers who all served
[jiuio vrltli you.
'lltoy supply you with a
ear. some clothes and a lit-
tle bread.
"You jump in your cor
and head tor 'i.J. _
- First me '
"Now this is the first time
youre buying dope in Moxi-
i. You're sure to get ripped
i because everybody gets
pped oft the first time they
ring some money into Mex-
it'll.
"But your Mafia brothers
can contact a member of the
organization and he'll front
you the dope on consign-
ment. .
"You take the siuif north
and sell it in LA. or Frisco
_i:nd then you return the
rhim to the organization." The "skim" is usually l0
percent of the money earned
from street sales of the her-
oiu. narcotics oillcers said.
That money, deposited in
bank accounts in the names
of ranking Mafia members.
_ts used to expand" the dope
suutggliug network or to pay
-oft certain Mexican otticials.
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Jim-my Lopez. o $2 year
old nk: state prison paro -
ee. toun out the hard .waywhat its.like.<i0-lit;-3:16 burn
the Malia.
Lopez and "Colorado" Joe
Arias. a parotee tiom San
Quentin. met in the spring oi
I972 in the Los Angeles area
They decided that an ideal
market for heroin lay in the
San Fernando Valley, home
tor a large Mexican-Anton
ican community. '
Arias. a ranking Mafia
lieutenant. was supplied
with a lato.model black Lin-I"~..
iiioncy. lg wont looking for
his former partner.
On Sept. I6. 1972, River-
side County. deputies iound
Lopez battered body in
some scrub bushes in Reche
Canyon.
victim in. non-vital areas.
Then. while Lopez was
kneeling. he was worked
over with a screwdriver.
Finally. he was shot in the
head and heart.The killer first shot his 5
orii - money byorganiza on n Emma ma. anyone mmanciers. said a Department
of Corrections investigator.
In late summer, the pair
journeyed to lijuana where
they met Albert Beto Ra-
mirez. then another Mafia
heroin dealer established in
the Bullrtng area of the
town.
Fugitive
Ramirez is a fugitive from
California wanted in San
Bcrnardino County for her-
oin sales.
Eight-ounces of the tami-
liar brown Mexican narcotic
was consigned to Arias andishment and that's death, ' a
Riverside County investiga-
tor said. Arias is sought for
the Lopez murder.
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Mexican Mafia or Ntiestra
Familia heroin dealers u ork
in every major California
population center. prison in-
vestigators believe.
Mafia territory includes
San Francisco primarily in
the Mission District!, Los
Angeles, Sacramento, Fres-1.no and Bakerseld.
Familia dealers a r e
known to serve San Jose, the
Lopez by Ramirez. Arias imperial Valley and0xuard.
Likewise. the two gangs and Lopez returned to the
San Bernardino area where
they went into business In
August. 1972, investigatorssay.
in early September, Lopez
and a number of other per-
sons were arrested outside a
San Berna:-dino drug store
for shoplifting. Arias was
out or town at the time.
The following day, Lopez}was bailed out of jail and.disappeared in the 1967 Ply-H
mouth he was using at thetime. _ 7
Trung Loadeols
In the Plymouth's trunk.
investigators believe. was a
cache of three oimces of un-
cut heroin and $2000 in cash.
Arias. upon returning to
town. discovered Lopez had
uhscozzded ttlrine-trope andhave divided up California's
prisons. _
Rackets in Folson and San
Mafia controlled. FamiliaI
Mafia and the F lta art.ed at-so Qm p
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era and followers of bo
gangs have been killed ii
Sta" Prisons. Guthrie said.
_ Another 200 non-fatal ' .
tugs and beatings havebeenlinked 10 l bloody its-ug-. 81° _
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The war almost ended in a
truce. until afatetuibecem.
"9" _d-1? last year in -the
ma-mnium security seqimi
of Chino prison.
"5-" Ch"Yenne Cadcna
was returning from 3 meat
when his body suddenlyolurnrneted from a thirdter walkway in the prim 'adjustment center. u 8
-Wwesh Cadobis bea
smashed into the con
3001'. he never felt it.
convicted robber and in
uerer was dead before he
"I9 ground. '
When guards readied jg
there were over so
51 118 knife wounds from
Cadena's head to waist. A
6 Set Up
_'l-ie had been setup," "4 8 Prison investigator.
Titer sot him whenheleast
expected it."Quentin prisons are both M the time of his death,
members control rackets in
Soledad. Duet Vocational tn-stitute in Tracy and Chinos/
rehabilitation center.
Hit is Proof
Control of a prison like
San Quentin means gztiig
leaders run the rackets:
dope. canteen ducats, holin-
roo I pressed and starehedi
denims, cigarettes tused as
prison currency! and homo-
sexual prostitution.
New inductees in eitherCadena was trying to forge
an end to hostilities between
the Mafia and Nuestra Fa-
milia. As the undisputed
leader oi the Maa, he had
sent word to dozensof other
Malia leaders asking th
stews on a truce.
! _"""i°a">'- when Caden
gdied, investigators le
he W85 unaware thatmwg
brotherhood members were
"l°1°""!' pposed to a truce.
Coded Messages
group are usually required Chin" Etleftls. it wastatto prove themselves by u92ak- teamed-. knew Ca
ing a hit against an cr-
ganization eneni:er--;-e
Since the war between the
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-sreceiving-coded messages in
his mail. in the weeks be-
lore his death. many per-s lletters were withheld l
Revenge was not long
On Christmas day, 1972. at
Soledad prison, Frank "Cis-
co Viilalobos -and Pablo
"Bennie" Najera were
hacked to death with pris-
on-made knives in separate
but simultaneous attacks.
Both were ranking Fami-
lia lieutenants.
_**'k
The Department
motions has taken dra
steps.
Every known leader oi ei-
ther the Maa or the Fami-
lia today is locked in aniso-
lation cell in whatever pris-
on he is housed. Each indi-
vidual is segregated from
the general prison popula-
-tion and must eat and exer-
cise under strict supervi-
sion. Guthrie said.
Members of the or-ganiz -tfpns no longer behind ha
al;e being kept. under snrvlance. -
Attacks Continue
Nonetheless. while fatall-
ties are down inside the
walls. inmate attacks contin-
ue. At last count, 32inmates
have been beaten or stab
at San Quentin since th -
si. of the year. j
Other prisons show simili
1 statistics.
A Mafia typein thedeep-
est, darkest hole at Folsom
can order the death of a
n n anywhere in theslate."
n ted one ex-convict.
!Son1e Department 0 I
rrections investigator
who have been close to the
two Chicago qmupslor the51-!i£§z;4i=4v;;!r:::;::u?=#..":¢:;:::2;;:::=:;=4;:::;:.;z:.;;.;;:;:;.:: ._;. -.._~. .. 1;: h __
past two ,gea:s___complain
that many state officials and
local police agencies do not
realize the power of the
Wail of Silence92
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activities. _ iv
A Los Angeles woman upwitnessed the death of hf:
husband at the hands oit
would testify against the
pair. Shortly afterwards. norH8I1¬5- - g Malia leaders told police she
Otticials are hampered by
a wail oi silence from the
Mexican-American commu-
nity. usually"Til§"vll:tim oi
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Ison was murdered. 1
Now she's like a Z0 -bie.1 said a prison investiga-
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SACRAMENTO - Officials
voice growing concern that mil-
, lions of dollars in state. federal
and local funds for social pro-
grams are being diverted through-
out California into the hands of
Chicano-run. Malia-style organiza-
iions.
Their concern was sparked by
the Feb. l7 murder near the Sac-
ramento Metropolitan Airport of a
South Pasadena woman. Ellen
Anne Delia had been shot. gang-
land-style. three times in the back
of the head. -
- Later. it became known thpt
Mrs. Delia. the estranged wife bf
the operator oi a halfway home in
Los Augeles. was on her way he~e
to tell oificials what she knew
about the misapplication of feder-
al and state funds and fraud in so-
cial programs in- the barrios. A
briefcase of documents, which she
said supported -what she knew, was
missing when her body was found.
No one knows just what she had
-to tell. Her husband. himself a sus-
pect in her murder, later reported-
ly told health department officials
andlegislators that she had po -sessed canceled checks from til:
operators of drug-rehabilitation
programs to gang figures.mounting to as much as $1.000 a
month per counselor. that go into
the pockets of Chicano mobsters.
in addition. methadone report-
edly is being siphoned from drug
treatment programs and sold on
the street. A
"it's bound to he going on wher-
ever there are programs like this.
in all the cities." said a law en-
forcement-oificial who asked t
to he identified. That's where
uwney ls.» V
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iihe health and welfare dollars;_spent in the United States. Drug-
grohabiiitation programs currentlyappear to be the focus of inter-gang action. About _$t0 million an-
nually, counting federal grantsfrom the National Institute of
Drug Abuse and the Law Enforce-iment Assistance Administration. isispentin California. '
The possible loss oi such sums1 spurred Health and Welfare Secre-
tary Mario Gbledo torequest on
Friday that federal officials as
well as Los Angeles authorities
join a state task force probing the
loss of funds to mob action.
For months reports have circu-
lated in the barrios that. for in-
stance, the operators of some pre-
paid health-plan programs fundedby the state were being forced topay a head tax to the inob on
each patient they saw. .
Other sources in East Los Ange-
iessay that halfway houses. which
are meant to provide treatment
for drug addicts and ease the tran-
sition froin prison to normal life.
ar"e being strong-armed into pay-
ing ghost counselors" salaries.attempt to wrest control of organ-
ized crime from the older Italian
Mafia in California. One inform-
ant, only recently out of prison,
said the Italian Mafia had passed
the word in the state institution
that Nuestra I-amilia and EMF.
could fight it out for control. and
to the victor belong the spoiis."- -
The war has been bloody. In
1975, according to Charles E. Ca-
sey, head of the Organized Crime
and intelligence Branch of the
California Department of Justice.
29 murders were traceable to iii-
ier-gang rivalry; 16 of those oc-
curred in prisons. But in 1976
there were 75 such murders, and
all but 14 occurred on the streets.
That has led to~a climate of fear
in East Los Angeles, where one
barrio figure refused to talk to re-porters at all, saying. If it go
out. it could get me killed. I liavhbeen threatened and my famil¥has been threatened, and if it go
ont,I would have to leave here or
they would kill me. -
i "Other longtime observers in
East Los Angeles report that the
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{formed in California's prisons a;,'self-protection units. They bega:0 $2111 Otlt Of the prlsnng jn 1971tr Ff WQ litain gangs are "muss-is °!'_F'emiiri. which°°mPv-red mainly of rural cm-
canos from Caiifornias Cent;-31y:"eY»h§_nd EMS pronounced ?'"F ' as in the 3P3rli$h pron-
unciation of the letter com.
posed -of urban Chicanos from
Ea L 5"B¢|9_$. EME is also
lied the Mexican Mafia. orsogmumes Em Y$ Brothers!i is mg as ""199 Years ago offi-tr 8 s were warning that the oi-ga.
nizations were moving to thes4"=°l5» but there was no real con."
- mm mail?» when they ap-
p irently began a gangland turf
r over the ti-oitraffic and fmn of harddmggrams "lid! for social prg.appear to be intimidated and are
not; talking about the situation.
In Los Angeles Thursday, Police
Commander Ray ftuddeilsaid at
least five and possibly more" mur-
ders-are linked in Get Going. the
halfway house operated by Mrs.
Delia-and her husband, Michael.
Later police officials said the fig-ure could go as high as 10. lieigaidway house. situated just a wleeks-south of Los Angeles City
171t1iesideofEME. althouglihe '
has ties to the older Sicilian C
inEastl.osAngeles. He wastsiren
into custody with six other Chi-
cano Mafia figures on Thursday;
then was released on $7,500 bail.
charged with possession of a',3tl-
caliber pistol and two. bailoons"
of heroin. ~ .
At a press conference that day
officers said the six had been
linked to a series of crimes be-
tween '.lan. 1'5 and Feb. 1
thiioughnut California. The offi
w uld not publicly speculate g
tcrimes they were. _tween two factions of EME.Michael Delia reportedly is
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FRESNO AP! - Three Mexi-
can-American males were found
dead Sunday on a'r_ural road about
five miles east of he:-eeach with
a single gunshot wound to the
head, sheriffs deputies reported. 1, The victims, all believed in theirggarly twenties, have not been iden-l
Iiified, said Lt. Richard Pierce. v
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cidents down here of similar
type," Pierce said. "Whether this
is connected I don't know."
Pierce said authorities believe a
feud between two gangs, the Mexi-
can Mafia and La Nuestra Fami-
lia, to be responsible for a recent
chain of crimes in the area. -
That feud is going on all over Central Calilornia,"' Pierce
hlaimetl.The three men were found Sun-
day at 9 a.m. by ranch owners on
an entrance road leading to their
property. he said. I
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slaying here
Dead at Wheeler oapltal in Gil-
roy about one h after the shoot-
ing was Flavio 25, of 7620
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tody. . '
- Police acknowledged that they
will investigate possible Nuestra
Familia ties with the shooting.
Garza was shotin the and _ n
with a £2-gauge shotgun at ose
range. . ~K They said one of the suspectsapparently shot Garza as he wor-
ked at a radial saw located in an
equipment manufactuylng plant.
-Richard Collier, manager for
KLM Eiectroniee at Laurel "Road
near East Dunne Avenue. where
Garza was employed, said he
heard the blast of the shotgun and
two quieter sounds as if from
. handguns.
Collier said he knew of no rea-son for the shooting. L
Police closed in quickly andt iti-trvltichard Vasquez, with Emam took the three suspects to
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A man police identified as the top Nuestra
Familia member in the San Jose area has been
arrested for suspicion of attempted murder d
assault with a deadly weapon.
Arthur Rocko Beltran, 25, of 1368 Du rt
Lane. Apt. _4, was arrested shortly before d-.
night Sunday at Hacker Pass highway and Wat-
sonville road west of Giiroy by Santa Clara
County Sheriffs deputies.
San Jose Police detectives, who obtained a
$100,000 arrest warrant for Beltran Friday,
identified him as a lieutenant and top-ranking
member of the San Jose Nuestra Famiiia.
Beltran was arrested in connection with the
shooting of one man in San Jose Feb 26,
and the stabbing of another man here M 4.
Both men recovered from their woun
Beltran and two other persons were
after a routine car stop.
On of th G dal e e passengers was ua u e a,24, oi 1314 Santee Drive. She E the fe 0? In-
Thony Rocha, 25 arrested last-Tuesday with two
other persons for suspicion of the gangland-style
slaying oi Flavio Garza, 25, in Morgan Hill.
Mrs. Rocha was booked into the Womens De-
tention Facility at Elmwood for suspicion of car-
rying a concealed weapon after deputies repo
ed finding a .22-caliber pistol on her when e
was arrested.
Also arrested with Beltran was gichagi Cog-
§_§3,_11. of 750 Delmas Street, for suspicion of
parole violation. fr
San Jose detecitves Dalton Rolen and Buck
Ballard said warrants were issued I-riilay for
Beltran and Phillip Pablo Lopez. 25, oil 14090
Woodhaven Dr..Jll...llnlInection with the stabbing
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gun.The March 4 incident involved the stabbing ofLeonard Mejia, 23, near Spring and Heddjngstreets. goth crimes as well as the Morgan Hilld last week ape believed to be connectedtzlviuvt Nuestra Familia, a prison-based Chicano8- .__ , "_"" J,
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Four alleged Nucstra Familia
N.F.i enforcers suspected of
tr ng to intimidate a witness
we e scooped up by San Jose po-
lic and jailed Thursday.
e group was arrested on an
East Side street corner as they
I3on----nI!speeted 'Prison~Gang Enforcer; A
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rode away lrom the victim's
home. A
There were no weapons report-
ed found in their automobile.
Lt. Don Ewing said the quartet
was seen three times driving slow-
aly past the victim's residence.
People in the nelghhorh d
have been on the lookout for-s i-
cious activity and they called s
immediately. A unit in the field
nearby at the time made the
stop." he said.
Police suspect the re at-
t mpting to frlgh rson ex-acted to at e trial soon
o Arturo o" tran. a high-
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Beltran and a fellow member f
the same prison-based street g .
Phillip Pablo Lopez. 25. have
charged with attempted murd
and assault in connection with the
shooting and stabbing of two NI.
outcasts here in recent weeks. _
Paroled from state prison last
November. Beltran was reported
to have been assigned the task of
gttting an NF. chapter started
a nong gang members llvlng in
S Joaquin County.
is name has been linked with
the death of an N.F. "soldier"
slain there earlier this year. a Inl-
ing for which two Gllroy mien
were later arrested andchai-ge¢|_San Jose police arrested 1,9 ,here March 25. Beltran was plckgq
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Some 40 inmates of Dene! Voca
tional Institute in 'lraey._ a strong-
hold ol the Numtra Familla prison
gang, were shipped oft to other do-
tention facilities Thursday to de-
fuse an explosive situation among
the 1.200-man population.
Correctional officials earlier
had expressed fear of a blood-
bath unless those responsible for
a ent prison yard fight were
he violence left three persons
h and has resulted in a prison-
wide lockdown for the fourth
straight week . ~
Unconfirmed reports indicate
the June 0 clash, between NF
members and white inmates
eruptedovera grabtorcontnoioi
gambling inside the institution.
"I'm_ going to get people killed ll
I open this place." Superintendent
Rees said, and the depart-
m t State Department of Cor-Pons! doesn't want to get peo
pl killed."Deuol Removes Inmates '
I To Avoid Bloodbath
Reesaaatirststepinputting the
prison beck on a normal touting.
Reports from both convicisiand
prison otiicials say e number of
whites have been placed on {the
Nuestra Famlllas hit ,. ~ '
A spokesman reported Thursday
that 99 NF members and asso-
ciates have been relocated in two
separate, self-contained eellblocks.
awaytrom most ot the other pro-
oners.
They were both vacant. both
recently renovated and ready to
go so we moved them in there."
said Robert Walraven. Rees ae-
sistmtt.
Another 100 Mexiean-American
inmates with no gang afiiliation
continue to be housed with the
general population.
Of those transferred. 27 were
reputed NF leaders. The remain-
der were white prisoners, linked
They were moved out during thej
day lhursday.to San Quentin, Sol
The transfers were ordereg..h;t._.,;lad. Vacavillc and Chino.directly to the on-going turmoil. J
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GILROY -'- Charges of conspir-
acy to commit murder and assault
with a deadly weapon naming
Ruben Ga:-nica, 29, of 4747 El
Monte St. Fresno. were dismissed
here Tuesday.
Garntca was to have faced e
preliminary hearing on the
charges in Gilroy Jmtlce Court.
But the District Attorney: Of-
fice was forced to seek a dismissal
after Gilroy police were unable to,
serve subpoenas on witnesses who
would have testified about the
Aug. 25 shotgun shoothig of Man-
uel Vacs, 17. Police said the wit-
essea simply had "disappeared."
Vaeawasshotintheheadinthe
arIy~mornlng hours at the rear ofA N0 witness, no cosé
a restaurant at 7140 Ch éh St.
Vacs has since been missed
from the hospital. .
A woman impllc ed in the
shooting, A elina 1 21. of
539 E. ar . , was
also released ear r from similarcharges '
Garnlca, who has the words
Nuestra Famllla tattooed across
his back, was arrested by Giiroy
police last Aprllps the aftermath
oi an incident In which ve shot-
gun blasts were pumped into a
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Rodriguez said that in the tri-count? area, his office sup:-rviso-.350 te ons and slightly rn% than150 civil addicts who :ire" notconsidered felons but who have
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ta wid, Rh t s erlora. "°" °"" h "headygttrctié §mgl§ §::t§nb::::_ rs.rtlieu:'second stae °f 92°§ée :¬§i¢:uts,,|:: g:92¥:dn?ed "torThe gays goals are set lorth hvtakeover was to establish spam whohavemsummran hll constitution: "main banlt. 6 Law ant rcement ageac es on-- The rimary purpose offoals oi till; organization will be
or the bettermentof its meni-bers and the building us of the
organization on the outsi e into a
strong and sell-supporting
lamtlla."
-"A larniliano will not be
released lrom his obligations to
the organization because he isbeingereleased from prison andwill expected to work twice as
hard to see that a famllia is
established and works in hand
with the organization already
established behind the walls."
- A automatic death sentence.
will be put on a lamlliano thatturns traitor, coward or deser-er."
And a September, 1975, NF
dbcljament outlines a ol. t levelshavo The rumored move oi the NPR '°4°."°£: ':§:.t°m aw mga be eioiwl "Ii t§h%%.;s §.'it29292$r'fel. e! ev'=-"*'*="'°"*%'l.l"1.~ " ..l.,."f"im°"' B.involvement spreadln mam §;§§;;::§,g Aqmmiguationrhmlhigggndnvolvantent of the 5°" ¢d 5 59 ! Nmam in.Force which servee 88 BIgangs has been basically in the . em mt; umi§§ti" h?¢§'§EZ§'£1§= §§$i°m *e§l§'§e'$§i§§'§=§'wgo§§t;;=;="°",, I;gylnspar 0011158.! ll. 1 mink f°:§arg:tl'i2:r: nerally been a lot oi':*.:.:.'t#::.='::.:".:.t l...»=»~=~-i u=,~1=,,,,,~e-=~=-*=#=§".:.:..= ":.";i§* *::",t"t*,:::,.*:;°*v?=l-1,°i»,,§.,*-,,...'-l;:.v0 ' er . .County Asst. 131$ MW D ?tah|-ignite somebod lust because. "the seem."Té§ni'n:'.:n"s:z::$% '° agamilia mambo-s are from the . °lt's'extrelll9!9 <|llgg" *5"Salinas area. "1 think it would be an you re deallni wl wage;fair to say some Salinas aame people have riot to be I. . fwd-¢ - - but ereceive f ,lt's not an 08.87'~".s.;;,g>;*,;g,=g§;';=mm,s,5,t§i5i.,§i§l3£"ll n;§lg¢t;;3 §3{?--r{>"£»»=- ~ -"_ ' ro ° l n:wgtabllshing a self~su ortlng mm: {hm 11:5: tame tor l;1~ Mmiamilia iregimentljlac a area " e Author:pqqg, mama 0|
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, The deaths of seven one ingit?" pm "811! montg in theN mas "Q3 are believed to beKlegitra Farmha NF! hits TheWings have reportedly come inan effort by NF to u weak:':.:':'.":';.*.. =25, Jew?-eaestablishing a racketaeexgiggbagé. '",f."°°"°"ndnrosntution.92 , {'19 growth of gng.i;,nueme¢ggltl Ill the linas Valleywhich :5 it sm° "d° ' °"control is F attempting to gainI1 San Jose. FresnoStockton and other Central and
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are keenly aware of rumors ofromrtggégginvolvement ltl thegalinas a . But for the most
part, the rumors are un-
corroborated by hard facts. _
Monterey County Asst. Dist.
Atty. Dean Fllppo acknowledges
y that there IS possible gang activity in our area - in the
Salinas-county area - and the
information that we are
receiving, again uncorroborated, is that the gangs are involved in
various crimes. I don't think
s
iwe've received any information
that there's a war going on
between rival gangs in the
Salinas area.
Letters reccived by the
Californian express growing fear
on the streets. One woman wrote.
lFerro'rlS rampant in the streets
and barrios of Salinas and l fear3 .v,_=ii?i,e¬t'?.§é§. »i§£ti; 7. §li2 i°il
i_our family"! and the N-ch.rival Mexican Mafia, also km as the Eme ._ um 3-"mm,'3P¢11i8 Of the letter "|n' dot221.12%:-'.:::.i::::s" '~i'"~~
ware Mexican Mafia is basicallyn ad is 92'9Il01t8dty um.
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afamlizgear-old Donald LeeJ08 h l92;1asEme-lmkql, Dawg er "Bl. 8 37-year-ot=.:i.';a".:vt:*".;'i=~-;'glieutenant. 8 cum
Area law enforcement officials
if left unchecked. this organized
violence may overcomuerill to
the point where we may have to
pay these gangsters for
protection to live here."
Street talk has it that NF isseeking lo control the valleys
heroin traffic. a potentia lylucrative groposition.""With t e Salinas Valley being
on the main road from San
Francisco "to L.A.. there's a
tremendous amount of narcotics
that comes through and we get an
awful lot of information about an
awful lot of people being in-
volved. Some say people from the
gangs, but l dont think we can
estimate at all." about how manyalleged Fgang-nrcrrrlirs are in
volved, lippo
Information has reached law
enforcement that Nueslrano peqo, mane of
~ novopcpor, city one n92ote.li ii11oVaIIe§g ... '
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. . . ti . -mill! 1""? "°"'92" t° m° 'i" also had a history oi narcotics~°.,$angnyle gm om Law en. F . ' _- -iil?ltl l0D Ild !lll digit _s~vili'rs. ihtwmlamd an. |8_l"|il:_l_;%,Q91$55- ",1 av i "11"" "Pi _ Larry Thomas Randall, as,wt . 1'l_||y i1I"i"""""Y ma-1°" oi Salinas, a known narcoticscnnfriinlzgion bf"liWl_ ;fk°:en%3|£I>§ um;-, vim :1;-asriaoand shot Oi" '81! 23 On an I _ time; n g mom 3 Qshim. It appears that 1""! re Plaza l-iotel, so E. Market St.,
alliiivolvl . early March 5. Randall hadTherv have 50°" '°P°"s 9! reportedly been fired at while onPas! f°92"' ""°"""- '3? NF '5 E. Market Street about a weekattemptinf to move into the eagel-_ -lower So cdad _Streei area to _ Adam cemeno 30, of
control prostitution. _ _ pnm¢da|¢_ whose body was"We have to stress "*8! "Fdiscovered on Old Natividad
921l181lb8i=mll8lPd- 5°m"b°dY "_ Road across from the Sheriff'ssoy something and than '°"lPosseoi-ourids March 12. liediedback ll "ll And We h-'*."°" ' he? from two close-range shotgunable to hack any of it up W_l1.hbtasts_
ditectprooi." saw Smlas P°1'°° Toxicolo reports by theT38---Cali R0l'"=!""=* a coroner's gyfice show that onlyMe crimes which have dis aeiiim had a positive drugtheinosl attention have been ihemmen test Whig, showed mm-.FAl92lll-Y ===¢'>=¢'l* Pm giine and nsrvoii in his system.' _arcotics paraphernalia was
found at the scene of the Randall
murder and several of the other
victims had needle tracks.
'lai;feted Some oi the ctims knew they
were targeted for death. One
woman wrote, Alejandro
Moreno! had known or the
threat to his life for some timeyet for 8 little while he had dared
to believe, to hope in our future
together, only to have his dreamshattered by the shadows of his
past.
The problem in making cases is
that potential witnesses aren't
talking.
"We are having an extremedifficulty in having peoiple comeforward and testify n court.
Why? l suppose we could
speculate as to whether they've
been threatened or are
frightened for their own safety orwhatever. It's extremely difficultfor police agencies in ese type
of cases because the witnesses
are not coming forward," Flippo
says.
"What we're trying to do is that
vie e e ex nt
-that we're tryin to c bo t
iNeiit: l-rom the prisons to the
streets!,orcenient officials won't com
iiient on pending cases but street
tails links the following murders
to the prison-based gang:
Victims
- Jack Samuel Rice Jr., 27. of
,Saiinas, who was shot at the
Foley and Btli'k.Cai'ltlV8l July 18,1976. He died from brain damagepaused by two bullet wounds tohe head. '
Raul Ralph Flores. M, ofSalinas, was convicted by aMonterey Countiy Superior Courtlury of second agree iniirder inzhe Rice case on Nov. 3, 1976.
Despite rumors linking theslaying to a NF hit, no motivewas brought out in the.- trialbecauseo acli of solid evidence.- Richard Cano Hernandez.
21. of Salinas, who was stabbed to
death Oct. i7. 1976, in his Soledad
prison cell. l-Iernamlez, who was
serving a term for attem tedrobbeg, was 'to have 'iI:eenparol Dec. iii. Two men are
awaitingtrial in the case.
Gavino "Porky" Valdez, 30,of Salinas who was stranglediet. 29. 1976 in Monte:-ey Countyla . Valdez, whohad a history of
irug violations, had been housed
en an eight-man cell. Reluctance
it any of the i7_inmates on the
entire cellblocli to speak has led
nvestigators to a dead-end as far
is an_arrest is concerned. it washe first murder in the jails
iistory. 5
- Alexander Moreno, 37, who
also had served prison time forirug violations. was stabbed toieath in the bathroom of a Fontes
Lane laborpcamp Dee. 22, 1976where he apparently was lured tobe executed. Potential evidenceit the scene was accidentally
iamaged by ambulance at-
.endants who responded to the
:ail_ and ar-rived before in-
V8$ll58l0!_S.
loria Rocha Rice, iii.
stabbed 94 times in an alley
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