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Enclosed to the Bureau and receiving officesare two copies each of an article appearing in the FresnoBee newspaper of 3/ll/77 which synopsizes the currentproblem of the Mexican Mafia and the Nuestra Familia inthe State of California. .

For the information of the Bureau and receivingoffices, Sacramento isinstituting investigation of thecaptioned organizations and individuals, based on theenclosed newspaper article and the following information.

In recent years, there has been an increase inviolence and criminal activity on the part of the captionedorganizations, which had their origins within the CaliforniaPrison System. These groups have now spread to the civilianpopulation outside the prison system and have evidenced ahigh degree of organization. Recent informant informationobtained by state and local authorities indicates wellorganized criminal activity is planned and perpetrated by these groups. Documents seized during local arrests ofNuestra Familia NF! members discuss in succinct form the

intended criminal activity to be undertaken to finance thegangfs operations in the areas of prostitution, narcotics,

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5 2» the Mexican Mafia. During 1971, aconstitution was Xy drawn up setting out the structure and laws of NF. There are

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* 0! Captains, under which are unlimited Lieutenants, andunder which are soldiers. Rank is obtained by being _ a good soldier and making acertain number of "hits" murders!

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Swwmm LaNuestra Familia NF! was formed in 1968 of Mexican-American inmates and is aCalifornia prison based-gang of

'200 to400 operating in the prisons and onthe streets ofCalifornia. NF has awritten Constitution and By-Lawssetting up banks for illegal money to be put in to legalenterprises. The NF is headed by ageneral and has captains,lieutenants, and soldiers. Rank is obtained by killingenemies 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 prostitutesto work in Fresno, CA. Alleged the NF attempting to extortmoney from legal businesses. NF document gives instructionson-using children for illegal activities. NF members allegedto be involved in over fifty 0!homicides since 1975.MEMBERS? on THE NEg__HA'V_EBEEN.~KNOWN1110ENGAGE In vxonsm.AC_'1Si* SOMEMEERSOF THE NF SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMEU END '5ANGEROUS. iW 7 iif ' I . it W

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-on February23. 19v1,|i,_l1n1=~i==111gence, Santa Clara County Sheriff'sOffice SCCSO , San Jose,Ca1if., advised that the La Nuestra Familia NF! is aprison based gang whichis effective within and without the .prison system of California. The center of the NF members lactivities, who are out of prison, is the San Jose, Calif., biCarea. Members of the NF engage in the selling of illegal b7Ddrugs, gun running, extortion, prostitution, and robberies. b7FRobberies and the selling of illegal drugs are the chief g

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On December 18, l973, a U.S. Government House

report No. 93-738, Pages 80-81, 93rd Congress, First Session,bythe 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 MexicansAmerican inmates who are predominantly from the valley areasof California. It was formed in 1968 by a group of MexicanAmericans who banded together for protection against the -'Mexican Mafia. Members of Nuestra Familia have been involvedin the narcotics traffic and are presently at war with theMexican Mafia which resents the encroachment of Nuestra

Familia on its narcotics territory.

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California prison system. Unlike the Mexican Mafia, Nuestra

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The primary objective of Nuestra Familia, as notedin its constitution and bylaws, is ...for the betterment of-members and thebuilding upof the organization on the out-side into astrong and self-supporting family." It was alsostated, "All members will work solely for that objective andwill put all personal goals and ieelings aside until saidfulfillment is accomplished." Another section of the bylawsstated that Nuestra Familia's general will maintain a listof l0 enemies of Nuestra Familia and any Nuestra Familiamember who kills one of these enemies will automatically Vbecome a lieutenant in the organization.

on January 31,1914, the 1914 Report to the California &#39Senate by the Subcommittee on Civil Disorder, Page 12, con-tained the following information: '~ .'

The Nuestra Familia, or New Family, is the secondmost populous and powerful organization in the prison systemFormed originally by Central valley and farming area MexicanAmericans as protection against the Mexican Mafia M!, theNuestra 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 formalbylaws and become members for life. Any attempt to leave _ the group results in death, as does failure tocarry out a command from the group'sgeneral or captains.

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Part oi thespoils 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 reports that Mexican Malia" "soldiers" -have been moving into the San Jose area in recent

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Famiiia NF! controls much 0! the street crime in San Joseand Northern California.

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months, Mercury reporters-,Armando Aeuna,Bil! Ro- hmano and Bob Weaver have probed deep into this under- world and the threat It em- bodies for San Jose andother major California cities.This series of articles is the result of their investigation.

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a team ofMercury reporteig outlines thegang: plans toct.'pand its operations into a sta critnenetwork.

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on- by the top brass of the NF,outlines the gang's secret plansto 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 intole- §itimate_bus_messes to provide S0ld_i.ers withasemi-retire

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The Mercury newsmen also saw a_Q0}?!Of I-heNuestra Families execution list. It callsfor thedeathsof 89gang defectorsin andoutofprison,

Bill the NF;pm-39 bf "8 O ,n warriors may beslowed abit gy

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movingintothearea,"a gang@3991!Said.Whenpeoplelikethat startmovingin, it canmea onlyonething- war,"

Org;of themostrecentclamsbetweenthetwogangs00¢ edonOct.9 in Bakers-field.Anassassinationteam.._ $"$P9¢tedto befromtheMexi-canMafia" "executed"a re-putedNFmemberand hisyounger brother. "

Twomenanda woman held26-year-oldDanny Reyesandhisgirliriendcaptivein hishome.Theassassinswaitedun-til Danny:brother.Ronaldfteges,32.arrivedsevenhours a r.

Thebrotherswerehandcuffedandtiedwithropes.Thegirlwas tied to a bed.

Bothmenwerestabbedre-Iedlyandthe youn hr th-mashotfivetimesgslrhegain-friztdwasnotharmed.Wyersrepresentingthesus-

pectsin thekillingshavetalkedthejudgeintoclosinghearingsin thecase.fearingfor thede-fendantslives

In SanJose,policesuspecttherehasbeen atleast-one83113-relatedkillinganda num-beroistabbings._

ebodyof ayoungmanan neatlythevictimofa gangexemition- wasfoundinanor-cha intheeasternfoothills.

And.in SantaClaraCountyJail.therehasbeena markedincreasein stabbingcases.Ex-perts say someof theseareprobablygang-related.

Tippedoil to thepotentiallfllble.SanJosepolicesaytheyfeelthey'llbeabletokeeptllllelidongangviolenceinthec y.

They sayNFmembershave

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"The existence oi prisongangsis 8"T8!t'."'Capt.LarryStueflotensaid.Manyof thesepeopleare comingout. It is nat-ural to assume they are notgoingto abandontheirpersonal

gangfriendshipsand loyaltiesonce they:-eon the street."

Still.SanJosepolicedontex-pect a shootingwar here in thenear future. Their observationon this point, however. is atoddswith thatof a numberofstateprisongangexperts.

And, Capt. Stueflotcncon-cedesthegangsare"definitelysomethinglaw enforcementhasto reckon with."

One areaof concern is the SanJosedrug scene.A narcoticsoilficer revealedthat a studyofdope usagereveals approxi-mately 4.7.00heroin addicts inthe area. The averagejunkieuses $60 worthof heroin "H"or smack-- eachday.

TheNF isn'tstrongoutsideprison,"he said. "They needmoney togettheirthingtogeth-er."

But. thevastnarcoticsmarketheremayofferthema temptingbusinessopportunity.

Until recently, lawman didn'tknow how big Nuestra Fami-lia was on the outside.

'But today,theyestimatecon-servatively" that San Jose ishome-base for 80 to 40 hard-core NF members.

The Nuestra Familia" mem-bers ~ they have titles thatrange from soldado" or soldierto captain or padre - arecalled iarmers" by the Mexi-can Mafia."

Both organisationsare pre-dominantly Mexican-Americanin membership.

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The NF wasiormed .in 1966insidethewallsoi a statepris-on.lts originalaim wastopro-videthe"farmers."theO na-noswhocamefromSang .Gilroy, Watsonville, _and

the SanJoaquinValley. '8-defenseagainstharassmentbythe .i92/lexicanMalia." -

Fora time there was an un-easy peace between the two Chi-cano groupswithin the prisons.But. then. in 1968, violenceflared and thegangs declaredwar on each other.

Although the war has beenbioody_ - completewith itsMafia-style"contract"killings it hasstayedwithin pris-on system.

Outsidethedetentio facili-

ties. the Mexican a!ia'-"seemedcontentto contmlmostof thestreetcrimein tl_ie"pr_e-dominantly Chicano East hosAngelesarea. _ ' .

But thensomethinghappenedto the "Mexican Mafia." -

The Mexican Mafia metwithleadersoi CassNostrathe Sicilian Mafia! and told

them they plannsdto take overthestate'snarcoticstradeg"oneof thestatestopau ontheprisongangs,said. '-

"TheytoldtheCos: oetra'leaderstheyknewthere 18CosaNostra'peoplein prisoninCalifornia,hecontinued.They told the 'CosaNostra'if theMexicangroupmetwithanyre-sistancein its plansfor a state-wide narcotics-empire, the 15wouldbeexecutedin prison.

Theresult? _ TheCosaNostraapparently

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Authorities hesitate to guessat its total membership, but"conservative" estimates of theMna'smembershipin Califor-nia top 1.000. Sometimes knownas "Ema," pronouncedEm-ay' it holds control of San

mtin and Folsom.

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ChinoandSanLuisOblspoaskind of neutral territory. Bothorganizations have issuedordersfor their prisonsoldiersto killmembersof their oppositiononsight.a movethat hasledprisonan orities to try to avoid es~

, s gangmemberto an in-sti tioncontrolledbya rival.

't'stough to do," one prisonoiciei said. "You have tocate-gorizes manasa possibleFam-ily or Malia member.If youca~tegorlze him wrong. you aresending him to his death.

Sinceboth organizationshavepatterned themselves after the"CosaNostre."thatdeathwill1be klins by-Bsens member " who" been ordered to murderthe' mer. ' _

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tality.They'reacold-bio°t.llLawmenfeeltheapparent

victory over the Mafia has giv-en the gang an expansionistmood and that'swhy they arelooking to the San Jose area fornew territory.

Conict ls not new betweenthe 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 beenstabbings,eiiecntionsand oneincident in November of 1968 inwhich soldiers oi the two rivalgangsclashedin an all-out bat-tle inside San Quentin. Seven-teenccnviciswere hospitalized.

During a two-year period. 5'!personswere murderedand 00stabbedin prison.This y tolate, there have been nineingsand22 stabbingsat ainstitution.

That prison,Deuel VocationalImtitution, is one of the prisonsthat correctionalofficials admitis"controlled by Nucstra Fem»lia,{smaller of the two Chicano8398*- 5

State Senate investigatorshave identified the top man. orNuestro General," oi the NF asRobert Baho! Sosa. an ex-con»vict who lives in San Diego.

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- a handwritten document thatwas smuggled from prison toprison- saysthegangshallbe headedby someonein prispn.lawmen believe Sosa has.re-

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Weknewtheyhadgunssome-wherehut theywerecontinuallymovingthecache,"saidanoiiicer.We think we have the bulk oftheirlonggunsnow.V

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theentireyardandthedirt rain e overtodisguisethehidingplace reportedOfficerRobertJones

At least two oi the gunswe-confirmed as "stolen." taken inresidential break-ins here and inSantaClara, headded.

The weaponswere wrappedinblanketsandpackedin a woodenbox.

Arrestedn suspicionoi - siorots enproperty -iel Ra and Arthur

c NF meme . ato e Blue MountainDrive ad-dress.

Neitherofferedanyresistance.

They were quite cooperative,"Jonessaid.Eight piainclothesmenanduniiorrnedofficerspartlcipa-edinth early-morningraid.

it NuestraFamiiia OurFamlilJis a statewidegangoperatingandoutofcaxuwmrspm:

§tutiom.believedresponsibleforanumberof robberies,burglariesandothercrimes.It is comprisedexcllmivelyof convictsandex-con~victs.. 8an Josepolicebeganinvesti-

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weapons seizures and arresWednesdaywerepart of the con~rmingcrackdown.

The NF has reportedly beenforminga Mafia~likeorganizationin this and other California citiesto controlprison.narcoticstrafficand other prison activitiesthroughoutthestatesystem .

in additionto his hookingatCountyJail onweaponscharges.

plieyeswasplacedundera parolei hold.Hewasdbchargedfrompris-4onlastsummer.authoritiesreel*90I'l- -i

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There have been46 stab-bingsat the Marin countyinstitutionthis year. Prison-er Patrick Duran, 28. "1cgaEuve-yeartermforage;theft.diedSaturdayinthatmost.seriousincident. t

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The two groupsare ealtNuestra Familia or OurFamilia. and the MexicanMalta. whichhasnorelation-ship with the infamousSici-lian group. officials said.

Prison authorities arequestioning14inmate:aboutthe four stabbings.Threesta_bbingsreported_earli' las:week apparently we!notconnectedtothe feud -tw en the rival gangs. anpli-,0!!oiiicialsarestillpuz-ztcd by these earlier as-mulls.

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prisonofficials.We cannottolerate the level of violence we had

last year." he said, referring to the deaths of 35 inmates and the injury otmorethanmin M2.

E We have toughened secuty andthe fatal vi{once isdown thisyear. ~t invariably, such measuresas 24 hour solita iconfinernent forgangleaderswithlonger termsor fewerparoleshas led to chargesof repressionby prisonreformgroups.

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Authoritiesa t SanQuentinandFolsompris-ons were beginning. a "classication"proceduyesterdayto determinethegangwar rolesof40inmatesmovedout at So-l dad prisonover the

geekend..;The40 wereallsentoutofoledad after an incident

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A nonefatally.Twenty-three of the40 were sentto San Quen-tin and 17

wontto Folsom.Authoritiesat Soiedadsaidall40 weresuspectedofbeingmembersof eitherthe MexicanMa-li "or Nuestra Fa-rnllla

iqewl<amilyl_-rivalSpan-is i surnameprisonergroupsinlal.havebeeninvolvedina"bloodfendfor morethan3 year.

KILLINGS

Prison authorities say -19killings in I972 alone wereattrilzmtnbleto the prisont92'urlal't'.'

Prisoner support groups.however.have suggestedthat" authorities are over-renctingand roundingupinmatesconsideredundesir-able ior a variety oi reasonsfromwritingto actualgang

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lt is particularlyapparentat SanQuentin.where last

ci3'unir$astweekwas20.054 more than1200 higherthan the prisonsystemitselfhad anticipatedfor thistimethis year.

Prison authorities. reluc-tant - to b e quoted,butr -

nizingthe trendthemaeijg.saytherisinginmatepgfnoIation is not attributabl yto

niersments. "

Rather. there seem to betwo major reasons- first.

c,.easing_ anincreaseincourtcommit-year. a modernlowof 1426prisonerswerehoused.fo-day. that number is up to

2108.and many of themareseen a s "troublemakers"sent to SanQuentinfor seen-'

Justa year ago.thestateprison system was beingtoutedfor itsapparentlylib-lerat trend in pottingmoreinmates out on the streetsoonerand in leaningawayfrom old bastionsat correc-tions such asSanQuentin.

But that has changed.andrather dramatically. Sixyears ago. at the start of a

corrections.the stateprisonpopulationstoodat an all-,time high of some29.000

imen.i Largelybecauseotamorerelaxed altitudeby theAdnlAuthority in giving men pa-roles anda general.ifvague,policytowardgivinginmates an earlier break.the inmate populationbegan

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modern low- and the talkwasof closingmanyprisoin thestate.Some,partieiariy Illlnimtlm camp fact-

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an increase in parole viola-tions and. secondly.anewerget tough"attitudeby theAdult Authority.

If the prison populationkeeps rising and ispart ofanew more rigid philosophyin state corrections.it couldhave someimplicationsforsome -oi the state'smostelaborateplans. ' ,;

SanQuentin.tor examplit.is stilltechnicallyduetolieclosedin Juneof£975andhereplaced by one oi two600-man maximum-securityprisonsto be built in the

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'Death was attributed to a massive stunt fracture al-t! ugh hecouldhave aseas-ily?diedminthetourdeepkliifeironndsin hisupperilthack.

Around his neck was a 1:;trmto-like instrument t keepthe30§'0l.092tlrobbeii out crying out.

NothingUnusualAbout 50 inmates werein

the gymnasium at the time.Nonereportedseeingany-thing unusual.

TheMay29 killingof Lo-pez was the first inmatelhoftheyearatSantjtide.

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They'llkeep stickineach other until one siwipesoutthe other."saidaMissionDistrict Chicanoex-convictwhosgenttwoyearsat San Quentin.' .. In early August.John

Medina Jr.. a 43 year oIns Angelesparoleviola ,was attacked in broadda -light in thecenterofthoQuentin main exerciseyard.

Secondslater, Medina layonthe hot tarmac with fourdeepslashescloseto vital

-organs in his neck andchest. For two dayshe layneardeathin theprisonhos-

el .. .Prison nnormationofficer

Bill Nvherg termed theMe-CBT.LOPQZ,brlltlI921|-ltd?!- dmaahack"|_~eyeuge_"wasanotherina continuing' A B;-M1...-_ l'F

seriesofhniiings.clubbingsand drug deathscreditedtothe two -tending-Chicanogangsin theCaliforniapenal

system.It is a bloodfueledw- arol

survival,in the-1wordsofPhil Guthre, pu lic infor-

A Department of Correc-tonsinvestigatorexplained:.Hejust.happenedtobetliebrother of Roberto Dari'Medinaandtheytriedtok%lhim."

_ RobertoMedinaisarank-mg lieutelhnt-trrNuestra

awayinanisolationcell inSan Quentln'sadgustmentcenter andis thustemporar-ily safe from Mafia "hitmen."

La Maa de Mexicanoss

describedby Guthrieasemostpowerful111'!-W1E. -Ein thehistoryoftheColl!-nia penal system.Anes-mated 200of the state:21,-50! Inmates are members.

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yiars old.Famllia membersme largely ll't'.;1 rural

jleas ofCalifornia wheremy concentrationsof

can-Americans gatherto harvest crops.

The two organizations rep-resent somethingnew inthecriminalhistory ofthe state.

Reaching StreetsFor the first time, said

Jake Gunn, associate war-

den at Folsom prison,pris-on-hrcd gangs are formingsyndicates thatare reachingthe streets. _

Already the Mafia notlated to the Sicilian crime

rganlzatlon-is seeking toonopolize the heroin trade

horn Mexico. '

According to tI.S. andMexican law enforcementofficials. the Mexican Malianow controls 20 to30 nt

into the state across oursouthern border.

And within every prisoninthe state one or the othergang almost completelydominates the inmate rack-ets -~ narcotics. homosexualprostitution a nd favorsfrom corrupt guards.

iDepartmentofCorrectionsu dercover investigators,$5. Customsofficials, fed-

rnl narcotics officers andpolice from Marin CountytoTijuana all spoke with TheExaminer in athree monthinvestigation ofthe prisonwar and the growing.power

of the gangs. The picture isbleak.Of-theSoinmates whodiedviolently in the Californiaprisons last year..atleast25there casualtiesof the Chi-cano war. .

iilhln 1972.106ofthe21.6 in-ates stabbed. clubbed-or

intentionally poisoned_ivithdrugs were linked to thegang videnoear

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a nee-Nazi,. white racistgroup of violence-proneex-motorcyclists. hasloosely.aligned itself with the Mexi-1can 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 Blackheretics Army cadre ine prison system,The result is an explosive

situation whichhas prompt~ed extraordinary -securitymeasures by Department-oiCorrections officials.

see |ZOutsidethe squalidMexi-can border city of Tijuana,

_l~Iarry Gamboa Buckley.alias Edmundo SanchezPnsa. alias Eduardo Gonza-

Efan the heroins] lez W, and S-alisthrough the bars ofLa Mesa

prison.Buckley faces charges of

killing Roberto R. ParraonAug. 21. 1972,according tothe Mexican Judicial SlatePolice. lie is aiugttlve fromCalifornia where heischarged with possession of80ounces ofheroin. _

_Until last month.Buckley;was "livingopenly inMexico,

lrst in Tijuana andlaterinlAgtl8 Prietain theMexicanistate oiSonora.

Buckley. 52.is believedto

be. oneofthe top membersof the Mexican Mafia southofthe border. As such, hewas a major source for 89percent pure Mexican broomheroin smuggled to the ur-ban centers of California

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Although now in prisonand facing a possible sen-tence ofmore than 20 yearsfor murder, Ca1ifornia.im-es.tigators think Buckley, or -Mexiearmrnerican ancestryl

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despite his,,¢p.nle,,,' haslostnone ofs power in thebrotherhood.

About t50 miles to thenorth. Joe Morgan, a con-victed murderer. counts thedays until his releasefromChino state prison.

._ Morganis notofMexican;

American ancestry. Ne -ertheless. his word, as passesthrough theremarka-bly efficient prison inmate

communication system.. islaw to any MexicanMafiabrother.

Raised in Barrio

lie was raised in Maravll-la. on the edge of the EastLos Angeiesbarrio, largestin the. state. '

"He" talks like a Chicano.

he acts like a Chicano.ltherefore he is aChicano. '.said a Department ofCorrections investigator.

Morgan is considered themost powerfulleader in theMexican Mafiabehind barsin California. I-le is currentlyin Chino as aparole violatorfrom his previous murder

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California prison lave -gators believe Buckley _s paying aboutsso.ooos yearMexican police officials o keep frombeing extraditednorth on the heroincharge.

Mrs. Demerida. accordingto a judicial state policem-port, possesseda Mexican-equivalentof swrit etha-beas corpus. which was

-signed by aMexican judgeand thus prevented her ar-rest on any charge. .

Bad HeroinBuckley's protectiondid

not cover murder. however.On a hot. cloudless sum-

mer day last year, Robe o Parra. at onetime the -est heroin dealer in-the_SDiego area. came tolooking for Buckley. -

"Buckley had cheated-Parra out ofeight onnceaoihad heroin and he Parra!

lost $4000onthe deal," theMexican Judicial Police re-

_ port states. '

Parra and afriend, Gil-com_.k,tion_ " bet-to Guerrero.appeared at

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The convicted robber. ell-

cape artistand dopedealfrhad been last arrested nhos Angeleson July ll. 1971.with a heroin cache worth

Elprices. _ver $220.00!! at street.

the nextday. beforea vartment oi Corrections pa-role oiticer could place ahold on him. Buckley washailed outofthe Lus AngclesCounty jail.

He ed south to the Ti- juana arca. ThPJic.hlumvedinto ahouse with Daniela

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Parra pulled s.38 revolver and red at

Buckley. Buckley,thoughwounded inthe left stomachand rightleg. managed tograb the revolver amifatai-

l-y wound Parra. Mexicanpolice said.

Bleeding heavily.Buckleyfled in annuto with Mrs.De-merida. The uoman wasdroppedoii atalocal policestation an odd place tostop. but unexplained!Buckley drove east toPrieta where hewas treatforhis wounds byfriends.

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"-.he Mexican Maasystem folrunning heroin across the border is simpleand foolproof. it might be de- sclibetl as a self-helppro- gram [or ex-convicts.

A Sout.hernCalifornia D

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"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 andsellit in LA. orFrisco _i:ndthen you return the rhimtotheorganization." The "skim" isusually l0 percent of the money earned from street sales of theher- oiu.narcoticsoillcerssaid.

That money,depositedin bank accountsin thenames of ranking Mafia members.

_tsusedto expand" thedope suutggliugnetworkortopay

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Jim-my Lopez.o$2year old nk: state prisonparo -ee. toun out the hard .way

whatits.like.<i0-lit;-3:16 burn the Malia.

Lopezand"Colorado"Joe Arias.a parotee tiom San Quentin. met in thespringoiI972intheLosAngelesarea They decided that an ideal

marketfor heroinlay inthe San Fernando Valley, home tor a large Mexican-Anton ican community.'

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On Sept. I6. 1972,River- side County.deputiesiound Lopez battered body in some scrub bushesin Reche

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victim in. non-vital areas.Then. while Lopez was kneeling. he was worked over with a screwdriver.Finally. he was shot in the head andheart.

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or ii -money byorganiza onn Emma ma.anyone mm anciers. said a Department ofCorrectionsinvestigator.

In late summer, the pair journeyedto lijuana where theymetAlbertBetoRa- mirez. then another Mafia heroin dealer establishedin the Bullrtng area of the town.

Fugitive Ramirez is a fugitive from

California wanted in San Bcrnardino County for her- oinsales.

Eight-ouncesof the tami- liar brownMexican narcotic was consignedto Arias and

ishment andthat's death, 'a

RiversideCountyinvestiga- tor said.Ariasis sought for the Lopezmurder.

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Mexican Mafia or Ntiestra Familia heroindealers u ork in every major California populationcenter.prisonin- vestigatorsbelieve.

Mafia territory includes SanFrancisco primarilyin the Mission District!, Los Angeles,Sacramento, Fres- 1.

no and Bakerseld.Familia dealers a r e known to serveSanJose,the

Lopez by Ramirez. Arias imperialValleyand0xuard.Likewise. the two gangs and Lopezreturnedto the

San Bernardinoarea where they went into businessIn

August. 1972, investigators say.

in early September,Lopez and a number of other personswere arrestedoutsidea San Berna:-dino drug store for shoplifting.Arias was out or townat thetime.

Thefollowing day,Lopez} wasbailed outofjailand.disappeared inthe1967 Ply-H mouthhe wasusingat the

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In the Plymouth's trunk.investigatorsbelieve. was a cache of three oimces of un- cut heroinand$2000in cash.

Arias. upon returning to town. discoveredLopez had uhscozzded ttlrine-trope and

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of Chinoprison."5-"Ch"YenneCadcna

wasreturningfrom 3 meat whenhis bodysuddenly olurnrneted froma third ter walkwayin theprim 'adjustment center. u8

-Wwesh Cadobisbea smashedinto the con 3001'.he neverfeltit.convictedrobber andin uererwasdeadbefore he "I9 ground.'

Whenguardsreadiedjg there were over so

51118knifewounds from Cadena's head to waist. A

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Quentin prisons are both Mthe time of his deathmembers control rackets in Soledad.DuetVocationaltn- stitute inTracy and Chinos/ rehabilitation center.

Hit is Proof

Control of a prisonlike San Quentin means gztiig leaders run the rackets: dope.canteen ducats, holin- roo Ipressedandstarehedi denims, cigarettes tused as prison currency! andhomo- sexual prostitution.

New inductees in either

Cadena wastryingtoforge an endtohostilities between the MafiaandNuestraFa- milia.As theundisputed leaderoi theMaa,hehad sentwordto dozensof other Malialeaders asking th

stews on a truce.

! _"""i°a">'- whenCaden gdied,investigators le he W85unawarethatmwg brotherhood members were "l°1°""!' pposed toa truce.

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Revenge was not long

On Christmas day, 1972.atSoledad prison,Frank "Cis-co Viilalobos -and Pablo"Bennie" Najera werehacked to death withpris-

on-made knivesin separatebut simultaneous attacks.

Both were ranking Fami-lia lieutenants.

_**'kThe Departmentmotions has taken dra

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Every knownleader oi ei-ther the Maa or the Fami-lia todayis locked in aniso-lation cell in whatever pris-on he is housed. Each indi-vidual is segregated fromthe general prison popula-

-tion and must eat and exer-cise under strict supervi-sion. Guthrie said.

Members of the or-ganiz- tfpns nolonger behindhaal;e beingkept. undersnrvlance. -

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Nonetheless. while fatall-ties are down inside thewalls. inmate attacks contin-ue. At last count, 32inmateshave been beaten or stabat San Quentin since th -

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Other prisonsshow simili1statistics.

A Mafia typein thedeep-est, darkest hole at Folsomcan order the death of a n n anywhere intheslate."nted one ex-convict.

!Son1e Department 0Irrections investigator

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Chicano-run.Malia-styleorganiza-iions.

Their concernwassparkedbythe Feb. l7 murder near the Sac-

ramentoMetropolitanAirportof a South Pasadenawoman. EllenAnneDelia hadbeenshot.gang-land-style.threetimesin thebackof the head. -

- Later. it becameknownthptMrs.Delia.theestrangedwifebftheoperatoroi a halfwayhomeinLosAugeles.wasonher wayhe~eto tell oificials what she knewaboutthe misapplicationof feder-al and statefunds and fraud in so-cial programsin-thebarrios.Abriefcaseof documents,which she

saidsupported-whatsheknew,wasmissingwhenherbodywasfound.No one knowsjust what shehad

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pectinhermurder,laterreported-ly toldhealthdepartmentofficialsandlegislatorsthat shehadpo-sessedcanceledchecksfromtil:operatorsof drug-rehabilitationprogramstogangfigures.

mounting to asmuchas$1.000a monthper counselor.that gointothepocketsof Chicanomobsters.

in addition.methadonereport-edly is beingsiphonedfromdrugtreatmentprogramsandsoldonthestreet. A

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iihehealthandwelfaredollars;_spentintheUnitedStates.Drug-grohabiiitationprogramscurrentlyappeartobethefocusof inter-gangaction.About _$t0millionan-nually,countingfederalgrantsfromtheNationalInstituteofDrugAbuseandtheLawEnforce-

imentAssistanceAdministration.isispentinCalifornia.'

Thepossiblelossoi suchsums

1spurredHealthandWelfareSecre-taryMarioGbledotorequestonFridaythatfederalofficialsaswellas LosAngelesauthoritiesjoina statetaskforceprobingthelossof fundsto mobaction.

Formonthsreportshavecircu-latedin thebarriosthat.for in-stance,theoperatorsof somepre-paidhealth-planprogramsfundedby thestatewerebeing forcedtopaya headtaxtotheinoboneachpatienttheysaw..

Othersourcesin EastLosAnge-iessaythathalfwayhouses.which are meantto providetreatment

fordrugaddictsandeasethetran-sitionfroin prisontonormallife.ar"ebeingstrong-armedintopay-ingghostcounselors"salaries.

attempttowrestcontroloforgan-izedcrimefromtheolderItalianMafia in California.Oneinform-ant,onlyrecentlyoutof prison,saidtheItalian Mafia hadpassedthewordin thestateinstitutionthatNuestraI-amiliaandEMF.couldfightit outforcontrol.andtothevictorbelongthespoiis."- -

The war hasbeenbloody.In1975,accordingto CharlesE. Ca-sey,headof theOrganizedCrimeand intelligenceBranchof theCaliforniaDepartmentof Justice.29murdersweretraceabletoiii-ier-gangrivalry;16ofthoseoc-curredin prisons.Butin 1976therewere75suchmurders,andallbut14occurredonthestreets.

Thathasledto~aclimateoffearin East Los Angeles,where onebarriofigurerefusedto talktore-portersatall,saying.Ifitgoout. it couldgetme killed.I liavhbeenthreatenedandmy famil¥hasbeenthreatened,andif it go ont,Iwouldhaveto leavehereor

theywould kill me.-i "Otherlongtimeobserversin EastLosAngelesreportthatthe

ii _-._._--A.-. ..._,___ leadersof_cornn_inr_iityprograms{formedinCalifornia'sprisonsa ;,'self-protectionunits.Theybega:0$2111OtltOftheprlsnngjn1971tr FfWQlitaingangsare"muss-is°!'_F'emiiri.which

°°mPv-redmainlyof ruralcm-canosfrom CaiiforniasCent;-31

y:"eY»h§_ndEMSpronounced?'"F' asin the3P3rli$hpron-

unciationof theletter com.posed-of urban ChicanosfromEaL 5"B¢|9_$.EME is alsolied theMexicanMafia.orsogmumesEmY$Brothers!i ismgas""199Yearsagooffi-

tr8 s werewarningthat theoi-ga.nizationsweremovingto thes4"=°l5»buttherewasnorealcon."

- mmmail?»whentheyap-p irentlybegana ganglandturf

r over the ti-oitrafficandfmn ofharddmggrams"lid!forsocialprg.

appeartobeintimidatedandarenot;talkingaboutthesituation.

In LosAngelesThursday,PoliceCommanderRay ftuddeilsaidatleastfiveandpossiblymore"mur-ders-arelinkedin GetGoing.thehalfwayhouseoperatedby Mrs.Delia-andherhusband,Michael.Laterpoliceofficialssaidthefig-urecould goashighas10.lieigaidwayhouse.situatedjusta w leeks-southofLosAngelesCity

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inEastl.osAngeles.He wastsireninto custodywith six other Chi-canoMafia figureson Thursday;then was released on $7,500 bail.

chargedwithpossessionofa',3tl-caliber pistolandtwo.bailoons"of heroin. ~.

Ata pressconferencethat day

officers said the six had beenlinked to a series of crimes be-tween '.lan.1'5and Feb. 1

thiioughnutCalifornia.Theoffiw uld not publiclyspeculate g

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Piercesaidauthoritiesbelieveafeudbetweentwogangs,theMexi-can Mafia andLa NuestraFami-lia,to beresponsiblefor a recentchain of crimes in thearea. -

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A man police identifiedasthetopNuestra Familia member in the San Jose area has been

arrestedfor suspicionof attemptedmurder dassaultwitha deadlyweapon.

Arthur Rocko Beltran, 25, of 1368 Du rt Lane.Apt._4,wasarrestedshortlybefore d-.

nightSunday at HackerPasshighway andWat- sonville road west of Giiroy by Santa ClaraCountySheriffsdeputies.

SanJosePolice detectives,whoobtaineda $100,000arrest warrant for Beltran Friday,identifiedhim as a lieutenantandtop-ranking member of the San Jose Nuestra Famiiia.

Beltran was arrested in connection with the

shootingof one man in San Jose Feb 26,andthestabbingof anothermanhere M4.

Both men recovered from their woun

Beltran and two other persons were aftera routinecarstop.

On of th G dal e e passengers was ua u e a,

24,oi 1314Santee Drive.She Ethefe0?In- Thony Rocha,25arrested last-Tuesday withtwo otherpersonsfor suspicion of thegangland-style slayingoi FlavioGarza,25,in MorganHill.

Mrs. Rochawas bookedinto the WomensDe- tentionFacilityat Elmwoodforsuspicion ofcar- rying a concealed weapon afterdeputies repo edfinding a .22-caliber pistolonherwhen ewas arrested.

Alsoarrested withBeltranwasgichagi Cog- §_§3,_11.of 750DelmasStreet,for suspicion of parole violation. fr

San Josedetecitves Dalton Rolen and BuckBallard saidwarrantswere issuedI-riilayfor BeltranandPhillipPabloLopez.25,oil 14090Woodhaven Dr..Jll...llnlInection with thestabbing

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BalconyLoungeonEastJulianstheetjwhenKr-thurHernandezwasshotwitha.80-caliberhand-gun.

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ciousactivity andtheycalled simmediately. A unit in the fieldnearby at the time made the stop."hesaid.

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tention facilities Thursday to de- fusean explosivesituation amongthe 1.200-manpopulation.

Correctional officials earlier had expressedfear of a blood- bath unlessthoseresponsiblefor a ent prison yard fight were

heviolenceleft threepersons h and hasresultedin a prison- wide lockdown for the fourth straight week . ~

Unconfirmed reports indicate the June 0 clash, between NFmembers and white inmates

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separate,self-contained eellblocks.awaytrommostot theother pro- oners.

They were both vacant. both recently renovated and ready to go so we movedthem in there." said Robert Walraven. Reesae- sistmtt.

Another 100 Mexiean-American inmates with no gang afiiliation continueto be housed with the generalpopulation.

Of those transferred. 27 were reputed NF leaders.The remain- der were white prisoners, linked

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GILROY -'-Chargesof conspir-acy tocommitmurderandassaultwith a deadly weaponnamingRuben Ga:-nica, 29,of 4747ElMonte St. Fresno. were dismissed

hereTuesday.Garntca was to have faced e

preliminary hearing on the chargesin GilroyJmtlceCourt.

But the District Attorney: Of-fice was forcedto seek a dismissal

after Gilroypolicewereunableto,servesubpoenasonwitnesseswhowould have testified about the

Aug.25shotgunshoothigofMan-

uel Vacs, 17. Police said the wit-esseasimplyhad"disappeared."Vaeawasshotintheheadinthe

arIy~mornlnghoursat therear of

A N0witness,nocoséa restaurant at 7140 Ch éh St.Vacs has since been missed

fromthehospital. .A woman impllc ed in the

shooting,A elina 1 21.of539E. ar . , wasalso releasedear r from similarcharges '

Garnlca, who has the wordsNuestra Famllla tattooed acrosshisback,wasarrestedby GiiroypolicelastAprllps theaftermathoi an incidentIn which ve shot-gunblastswere pumpedinto a

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. ~ . '.:1 'Cam-om-ia gang "Meme hasuschlcyms lggtlga ti':l§l ?;b|?£SO:lS iIGonzales.Acggrndg '°°mPm°ns' -- Memcaqlhe two gangs have been Dop=1l'"."&of cormare now Evennow umitisbecommgmss-6'7both inthe Prisons and ficcr said both II1e|nV0¢atiomore aglparent that theiangls areentirgtsnas imprisoned at Dot: rmwhichfiliiideagriiehggr 92tligebsstreetg,eni§tE°nlntellireP0i'l'is S?-it will iiiliiigiioiiriiiiéeig Idmi! is estl tors believe the shots orthe Nucstra Farn 13- '°aknu-oiled by NI-.Gonzales w_'e8 :2}; giiiiieiiiiea min lnsidelzgfuggtgrxésotlasiggss-mo: '23ffamfewfaggw sotedad om" p onwas._ '_ six mon- ' mo mdthe SaImh.:lit¥tgllqt'o S1352 miiii? i:llw§92iF constitution in- xSoleggg peitfttiiorities haw: mur ers are _ _ 1;icer . _ beeNuesm Fgmmams in"Memeimd stgiwsltshlzi anti" Ji5is attempted to !d°{'l{fY past eightm°mh§' stmiiursnuestro enerag,who iiliatcs and.Mbemuigm; 3 Nuestra Fainilia whlclimled Y 3 t B

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management control units.He estimated that less than teaper cent oftheprisons 2,400inmate

pogomation isgang-affiliated.Zsdad was considered aNF stron hold,but no longer.We hada lot here torawhile but they've been transferred toDV."aspokesman sag.

Howtheword spreafromthe prisons to thestreets amazes evenlawenforcement personnel.Communications fromhigh- raniging NF members arecarried throuch a varietyof methods suchas visits,codedletters,hone callsorthrough parolees.inside theprisons,com-

nunication isjustassimple.

JoeRodriguez.unit supervisor forthetri-county parole ofli c. t

acknowledges that."over is-c 5gust two years there has been a § efinite increase ofactivity by thisgang intheSalinas urea."'

People onthestreet whose liveshavebeenor mayhe touched by Nuestra I-amilia activities arefrightened evento beasked questions about it

"It's hot,man.".~;i_92's om- "Dontask."

Rodriguez saidthatinthetri- count?area,hisoffice sup:-rviso-.350 teons andslightly rn%than 150 civil addicts who:ire"not considered felons butwhohave GANG

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"ffertainly ourpurpose istodo f_,ailwecantodissuade parolees _frominvolvement incriminality . oranyunproductive behavior.ln thiscontext.weuse 3variety ofmethods tromthedegreeof counseling andcasework tothat of monitoring behavior and takingiorcefuiactionas necessary Forceiui actioncould beplacing theminjailcustody pendinginvestigation and-or pending lurthcr revocation ac- tionbythe."" Authority." Rodriguez sa'

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gttrctié §mgl§§::t§nb::::_ rs.rtlieu:'secondstae °f92°§ée:¬§i¢:uts,,|:: g:9"torThe gaysgoals areset lorthhvtakeover wasto establishspam whohavemsummran hllconstitution: "main banlt. 6 Lawant rcement ageaces on--The rimary purpose offoalsoitill;organization willbe

or the bettermentof its meni-bersand the building usof theorganization on the outsi einto astrong and sell-supportinglamtlla."

-"A larniliano will not bereleased lromhis obligationstothe organization because he isbeingereleased fromprison andwill expected towork twice ashard to see that a famllia isestablished andworks in handwith the organization alreadyestablished behindthe walls."

-A automatic death sentence.will be put on a lamlliano thatturns traitor,coward ordeser-er."And a September, 1975, NF

dbcljament outlines a ol

. t levelshavoThe rumoredmove oithe NPR'°4°."°£:':§mga be eioiwl "I

it§h%%.;s§.'it29292$r'fel. e!ev'=-"*'*="'°B.involvement spreadlnmam §;§§;;::§,gAqmmiguationrmlhigggndnvolvantentofthe 5°"¢d559!Nmam in.

Force which servee 88 BIgangs hasbeen basicallyinthe . em mt; um

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County Asst.131$ MWD?tah|-ignite somebodlust because. "the seem."Té§ni'n:'.:n"s:z::$%'°a gamilia mambo-sare fromthe .°lt's'extrelll9*5"Salinas area."1 thinkitwouldbe an youre deallniwlwage;fairtosaysome Salinasaame peoplehave riotto be I.. fwd-¢ - -but ereceive f,lt'snot an08.87

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git?" pm"811! montgin theNmas "Q3 arebelieved tobe

Klegitra FarmhaNF! hits TheWings havereportedly comeinan effortby NFto uweak

:':.:':'.":';.*.. =25,Jew?-eaestablishing aracketaeexgiggbagé.'",f."°°"°"ndnrosntution.92 ,{'19growth ofgng.i;,nueme¢ggltl Illthelinas Valleywhich :5it sm°"d°'°"control isFattemptingto gain

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are keenly aware of rumors ofromrtggégginvolvement ltlthegalinasa .Butfor themost

part, the rumors are un-corroboratedbyhard facts. _

Monterey County Asst.Dist.Atty. DeanFllppo acknowledges

y that there IS possible gangactivity in our area - in theSalinas-county area -and theinformation that we arereceiving, again uncorroborated,

is that the gangs are involved invarious crimes. Idon'tthink

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we've receivedany informationthat there's a war goingonbetween rival gangs in theSalinas area.

Letters reccived bytheCalifornian express growing fearon the streets. One woman wrote.lFerro'rlS rampantin the streetsand barrios of Salinas and l fear

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ware MexicanMafia isbasicallynad is 92'9Il01t8dtyum.

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ss1l===r¢a.tne1-'3&afamlizgear-oldDonald LeeJ08hl92;1asEme-lmkql,Dawger "Bl. 8 37-year-o

t=.:i.';a".:vt:*".;'ilieutenant. 8 cumArea lawenforcement officials

if left unchecked. this organizedviolence mayovercomuerill tothe point where we may have topay these gangsters forprotection to live here."

Street talk has it that NF is

seeking locontrol thevalleysheroin traffic. a potentia lylucrative groposition."

"With t e Salinas Valley beingon the main road from SanFrancisco "to L.A..there's a tremendous amount of narcoticsthat comes through andwe get anawful lot of information about anawful lot of people being in-volved. Somesaypeople from thegangs, but l dont think we can

estimate at all." about how manyalleged Fgang-nrcrrrlirsare involved, lippo

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cnnfriinlzgion bf"liWl_ ;fk°:en%3|£I>§um;-, vim:1;-asriaoand shotOi" '81!23 On an I _ time; n g mom 3 Qshim. Itappears that1""! rePlaza l-iotel,so E. Market St.,alliiivolvl .early March 5. Randall had

Therv have50°" '°P°"s 9! reportedly beenfired atwhile onPas! f°92"'""°"""- '3?NF '5E.Market Street aboutaweekattemptinfto move into theeagel-_ - lower Socdad _Streeiarea to _ Adam cemeno 30,ofcontrol prostitution. _ _ pnm¢da|¢_ whosebody was

"We haveto stress"*8! "Fdiscovered on Old Natividad921l181lb8i=mll8lPd- 5°m"b°dY"_ Roadacross fromthe Sheriff'ssoy somethingand than '°"lPosseoi-ourids March12. liediedback ll"ll AndWe h-'*."°"'he?from two close-range shotgunable to hack any of it up W_l1.hbtasts_

ditectprooi." sawSmlas P°1'°°Toxicolo reportsby theT38---Cali R0l'"=!""=*a coroner'sgyfice showthat onlyMe crimeswhichhave dis aeiiim hada positive drug

theinosl attentionhave beenihemmen testWhig, showedmm-.FAl92lll-Y ===¢'>=¢'l*Pm giineand nsrvoiiin hissystem.

' _arcotics paraphernalia wasfound at the scene of the Randallmurder and several of the othervictims had needle tracks.

'lai;fetedSome oithe ctims knew theywere targeted for death. Onewoman wrote, AlejandroMoreno! had known or the

threat to his life for some time yet for8 little while hehad daredto believe, to hopein our future

together, only to have his dreamshattered bythe shadowsof hispast.

The problemin makingcasesis that potential witnesses aren'ttalking.

"We are having an extremedifficulty inhaving peoiplecomeforward and testify ncourt.Why? l suppose wecouldspeculate asto whether they'vebeen threatened or arefrightened fortheir ownsafety orwhatever. It'sextremely difficultfor police agencies in ese typeof cases because the witnessesare notcoming forward,"Flipposays.

"What we'retrying to do is thatvie e e ex nt-that we'retryin to cbo t

iNeiit: l-rom the prisons to thestreets!

,orcenient officials won't comiiient on pending casesbut streettails linksthe followingmurdersto theprison-based gang:

Victims- Jack Samuel RiceJr., 27.of

,Saiinas, who was shot at theFoley andBtli'k.Cai'ltlV8l July18,1976.He died from braindamagepaused bytwo bulletwounds tohe head.'

Raul Ralph Flores. M, ofSalinas, wasconvicted bya Monterey CountiySuperior Courtlury of second agree iniirder inzhe Ricecaseon Nov. 3, 1976.Despite rumors linking theslaying to a NF hit, no motivewas broughtout inthe.- trialbecauseo acli of solid evidence.

-Richard Cano Hernandez.21. ofSalinas, whowas stabbedtodeath Oct.i7. 1976,in his Soledadprison cell.l-Iernamlez, whowas

serving a term for attem tedrobbeg, was'to have'iI:eenparol Dec. iii. Two men areawaitingtrialin the case.

Gavino "Porky" Valdez,30,of Salinas who was stranglediet. 29.1976 inMonte:-ey Countyla .Valdez,whohad ahistory ofirug violations, had been houseden aneight-man cell. Reluctanceit any of the i7_inmates ontheentire cellbloclito speakhas lednvestigators to a dead-endas faris an_arrest is concerned. it washe first murder in the jailsiistory. 5-Alexander Moreno, 37,who

also hadserved prisontime forirug violations.was stabbedtoieath inthe bathroomofaFontesLane laborpcampDee. 22,1976where heapparently waslured tobe executed.Potential evidenceit the scene wasaccidentallyiamaged by ambulance at-.endants whoresponded tothe:ail_ and ar-rived before in-

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