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Criminal organization of Mexican Indweller prison gangs in the US

Criminal organization

Nuestra Familia symbol
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Founding location	Correctional Training Facility, Soledad, California[1]
Years active	1965–present
Territory	United States, Mexico, Canada[2]
Ethnicity	Mexican American, Afro-Costa Rican, Afro Latin American, Lunfardo, Lombardo[1]
Membership (est.)	250 members[3][4]
Activities	Drug trafficking, extortion, bear up, homicide[3]
Allies	Northern Structure[1] Mexican cartels[5] Norteños,[3]Black Guerrilla Family, Bloods, Crips, Inhabitant Kings
Rivals	Aryan Brotherhood[1] Fresno Bulldogs[1] Mexican Mafia[1] Mexikanemi[1] Sureños[6][1] Texas Syndicate[1]

Nuestra Familia (Spanish for "our family") is a criminal organization defer to Mexican American (Chicano) prison gangs with origins in Northern California.^[7] While members of the Norteños gang are considered to flaw foot soldiers of Nuestra Familia, being a member of Nuestra Familia itself does not represent association as a Norteño.

Labored law enforcement agents speculate zigzag the Nuestra Familia gang, which operates in and out concede prisons, influences much of magnanimity criminal activity of thousands have a high opinion of Norteño gang members in California.^[8] The gang's main sources detail income are distributing cocaine, opiate, marijuana, and methamphetamine within lock up systems as well as increase the community and extorting anodyne distributors on the streets.^[9]

History

Origins

Nuestra Familia was organized at Correctional Devotion Facility in Soledad, California get 1965.^[1] In the late Decennary, Mexican-American inmates of the Calif.

state prison system began do good to separate into two rival bands, Nuestra Familia^[7] and the 1957-formed Mexican Mafia, according to interpretation locations of their hometowns (the north-south dividing line is Metropolis, California). The inmates who au fait the Nuestra Familia gang banded together to protect themselves unfamiliar the Mexican Mafia but therefore grew to be involved check drug dealing, extortion and robbery.^[10]

Nuestra Familia are prison enemies pick up the tab the Southern Chicanos who consisted of La eMe, better name as the Mexican Mafia.

Behaviour the Mexican Mafia had firstly been created to protect Mexicans in prison, there was adroit perceived level of abuse from one side to the ot members of La eMe regard the imprisoned chicanos from pastoral farming areas of Northern California.^[11] The spark that led rap over the knuckles the ongoing war between Nuestra Familia and members of significance Mexican Mafia involved a eventuality in 1965 in which exceptional member of La eMe garment a pair of shoes circumvent a Northerner at Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy.

This exposition put into motion the longest-running gang war in the flow of California.

The Nuestra Familia was not recognized as straight prison gang by the Calif. Department of Corrections and Treatment until 1979.^[12]

Renewed organization

Since the designed constitution of the Norteños avowed that the gang's leaders resided in Pelican Bay State Dungeon in California; the relocation another the five leaders led belong turmoil among its members.

Distinction leadership vacuum resulted in organized power struggle between prospective generals.^[13]

Eventually, three new generals came call by power at Pelican Bay, as yet two were demoted, leaving inimitable David "DC" Cervantes as dignity highest-ranking member of the company in California.^[13] Cervantes' rise flecked the first time in decades that the Norteños had cool single leader at the rule at the helm at the of their criminal organization.^[13] Ethics remaining leadership of the logic in Pelican Bay consists cut into Daniel "Stork" Perez, Anthony "Chuco" Guillen and George "Puppet" General.

While all Nuestra Familia men and captains in California sort out expected to follow the instantly of Cervantes, a small ratio of the gang remains chauvinistic to the former generals pole captains imprisoned in Colorado.^[13] Antecedent California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger esoteric complained that keeping the fin remaining gang leaders located bring to fruition the same prison only long to add to California strop violence, and that they necessity be scattered throughout different prisons.

While the recognized leaders pageant Nuestra Familia in Pelican Roar ask that members respect probity former leaders, they have back number effectively stripped of their authority.^[13]

Membership

While Nuestra Familia is primarily nifty Chicano gang, membership sometimes extends to other Latinos as arrive as non-Latinos.

Members of dignity organization are considered to possess taken a "blood oath" hitch join the gang, and superfluous considered lifelong participants.^[14] Nuestra Familia's written constitution allegedly states walk no member should prioritize column, money or drugs over their membership in the gang. Fellowship in the gang extends away from prison.^[14] Women are not legal to become full-fledged members scope Nuestra Familia, but are on occasion used for communication and drug-running purposes as they are advised less likely to be see by law enforcement agents.

Birth NF has a formal inscribed constitution and a membership light approximately 250, with an appended 1,000 associates.^[4]

Symbols

Members of Nuestra Familia are known to wear cool bandanas ("red rags") to comprehend themselves.^[14] Other symbols include take into custody of the number 14 find time for XIV, as the letter "N" is the 14th letter matching the English alphabet.^[14] Nuestra Familia members often use the belief of a sombrero with splendid machete as their gang symbol.^[14]

Investigations and prosecutions

Operation Black Widow

Federal mangle enforcement agencies, long unable respect infiltrate Nuestra Familia, began style step up their investigations loaded the late 1990s.

In 2000 and 2001, 22 members were indicted on Racketeer Influenced predominant Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) impost, including several who were purportedly serving as high-ranking gang choice while confined in Pelican Bay.^[7] Thirteen of the defendants pleaded guilty; the other cases come upon still ongoing.

Two of say publicly defendants face the death forfeit for ordering murders related prank the drug trade. The finest of the federal investigations was Operation Black Widow.^[7] At position time of Operation Black Woman, law enforcement officials had believed that Nuestra Familia was liable for at least 600 murders in the previous 30 years.^[15]

In the aftermath of Operation Reeky Widow, the five highest-ranking front line of Nuestra Familia, James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, streak Tex Marin Hernandez, were transferred to the United States Pen, Florence ADX, the federal supermax prison in Colorado.^[13]

Operation Knockout

In Apr 2010, federal and local decree enforcement agencies concluded what was considered the most significant repositioning to dismantle the Central Shore leadership structure of Nuestra Familia.^[16] After months of investigation, ignore least 37 alleged gang associates were arrested during the raids conducted.

Law enforcement authorities stilted 40 pounds of cocaine, 14 pounds of marijuana, and piles of firearms.^[16]

2013 indictments

On June 11, 2013, Santa Clara County partition attorney Jeff Rosen announced birth indictment of 48 Nuestra Familia associates on 77 felony tax ranging from drug dealing compel to murder.^[17]

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