Chained to their seats on a triple-tiered bleacher facing the jury box were fourteen men dressed in blood-red jumpsuits. It was again explained to Rocha that Kelly was an FBI agent, and that Rocha was being placed under arrest for RICO conspiracy. They moved together into a Pittsburg apartment, and Nato continued his cousins indoctrination in Nuestra Familia. In 2000, a yard riot launched by gang members ended after 250 inmates were injured, many of them with stab wounds. But Wino rejected Lizard. For the first time in decades, one man sits alone at the helm of the criminal organization that for more than 30 years has called the shots for thousands of Norte-o gang members in the Salinas Valley. Gratton, already growing weary with the gang after learning that one of his closest allies, Robert Brown Bob Viramontes, had been murdered outside his Campbell home, ignored Rubalcabas letters. All those guys didnt want to see me up there. Lizard says the drug was merely Vicodin, a pain reliever he took after strenuous workouts at the gym. For that reason, he explains, he turned to dealing methamphetamine. Zilversmit said the feds were preoccupied with preserving their investigation instead of saving lives. Then, several weeks later, a Pelican Bay investigator intercepted a letter penned by Lizard to one of his superiors. Thats not going to happen. He always offered to learn more and do more to serve the organization. Last year, a newly revised constitution for the gang was distributed through underground channels, allowing for change in the mesa's structure, said Santa Cruz County sheriff's Sgt. And all are charged with substantive crimes: drug sales and possession, murder, and so on. , Just as knowledge can be the key, there is strength in numbers; therefore, we norteos can no longer continue to fight against one another. The justices will decide whether prisoners are denied their constitutional rights when forced to cell with another inmate based on race; a ruling could force administrators to consider full integration. Gratton had been deployed by his bosses to run the gangs Zapatista crew, which operated in the Modesto, Tracy, and Turlock areas. One month later, he was visited by Louie Holguin, a special agent with the Department of Corrections who monitored parolees and prison gangs. Im so afraid, oh my God/Dont take me away, he raps, slowly, to the jailers whove come for him. His middle-class Long Beach upbringing was spent golfing, surfing, and skateboarding. The prosecutors revealed that Gratton would testify Sir Dyno dealt meth on his behalf. The rationale for the federal case, officials said, was to cripple the gang's power base . In the aftermath of Operation Black Widow, the five highest-ranking leaders of Nuestra Familia, James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez, were transferred to the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX, the federal supermax prison in Colorado. All norteos must unite with the determination to fight and challenge all those who oppose our unity and advancement toward equal justice. The CD includes Nuestra Familia artwork and a statement that the success of this project has resulted from true Norteo unity we applaud the Carnalismo we would also like to give a special thanks to our family [emphasis theirs] and all the warriors. Trial witness R.G. I was getting my game back, Lizard said. The idea was that rap music could unite and galvanize young Norteo soldiers across the state, and it did. It gives you something to do. Nineteen-year-old Armando Frias was shooting pool when he recognized the wanted man. Thats when Lizard began his career as a rider an inmate prone to acting violently toward fellow inmates. And in every fashion when necessity called for it, I wanted the NF hierarchy to recognize my loyalty and dedication to NF. Latinos, although initially thrown together, had to choose Norteo or Sureo. Ramiro Goose Garcia from Stockton complained that the gang wasnt sufficiently exploiting the Central Valley drug market. The five former leaders are James "Tibbs" Morado, 59, whose common-law wife, 20-year-old Salinas resident Crystal Nenque, was found slain on Hecker Pass Road near Watsonville in 2005; Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, 58; Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, 52; Cornelio Tristan, 46; and former Monterey resident Tex Marin Hernandez, 53. Its a tough call. Ramirez confided to Lizard that his own boss, Heredia, who would later be Zilversmits client, wanted to go to war. What to do? For instance, if Lizard wrote Hey Love, that meant that every third word was part of the real message. The red line also called for (NF) lieutenant David Cervantes to be put on retirement status. For seven months, he secretly recorded meetings with his gangs underbosses, allowing federal agents to listen in as his carnals planned drug deals, bought firearms, and talked openly about killing people, including two deputy district attorneys from Santa Clara County. [Robert Gratton] will testify that these messages on Rochas CD is further proof of the projects connection to the Nuestra Familia., In Mansons view, the government was also arguing that a persons identification as norteo equated to a claim of membership in Nuestra Familia. Lizard is unapologetic about his behavior, even today. They pulled in young guys by the bushel.. Natos harsh sentence made Lizard rethink his lifes path. The FBI believes the exchange earned Lizard a quick $3,600. Daniel "Lizard" Hernandez helped Nuestra Familia run a criminal empire from inside state prison. The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida Anti-Castro Cuban exiles who have been linked to bombings and assassinations are living free in Miami. Time to go, the agent said. He used rap to vent about what every other twenty-year-old male stuck in a small town vents about: how fucked-up life is. I know theres some things you dont ask., Dyno claims thats the moment he realized hed been duped and would never see his cash. According to one source, Ribota took the CD to the San Joaquin County district attorneys office to see if it constituted an official threat to a police officer. I spoke to a classification officer at the San Joaquin County jail who confirmed that Rocha claimed to be norteo but didnt claim a particular set of a gang.. Lizard was the kind of guy who took the NF way very seriously. He also was responsible for ensuring the battalions on the streets were holding fast against Sureos and sending drug profits to help pay the legal bills of their incarcerated generals. My stuff has softened up a lot, Sir Dyno says. They formed their own gang: Nuestra Familia our family. He was born in Pittsburg, which made him a Norteo by birth. That autumn, according to testimony from a fellow gang member, Lizard ordered seventeen stabbings. Special Agent Kelly explained to Rocha that he was being placed under arrest for violation of RICO conspiracy, the report states. CD turned out to be one of about fifty disks the prolific rapper has appeared on in the past ten years, and the most militant in its norteo ideology. Hes convinced hell get off scot-free. In the meantime, Holguin had talked to Lizards sister and made a plea: Tell Danny to change his life. Sir Dyno had only been to jail once, following his drug arrest. Symbols and culture They were expected to smuggle in a copy of the Nuestra Familia constitution inside their legal folders and commit the document and its philosophy to memory. His most recent, Engrave These Words on My Stone, is probably his most cathartic, if not authentic. With the prison population growing so fast, they had their pick, Lewis said. Since the government began using the antiracketeering statutes to take down crime families in 1970, the definition of coconspirator has been legally challenged and modified several times. If Nuestra Familia invested in meth labs, a network was already in place. He was more than just a studio rapper, he says. Then he helped the FBI take the gang down. In the next room, Ragan and a team of detectives from the Santa Rosa Police Department listened to the meeting and watched it on a hidden camera. Not long after Gang Stories came out, Gratton released North Stars second title, a compilation called Cuete. Three leaders soon emerged at Pelican Bay, filling the ranks of the gang's mesa, or board of directors: David "DC" Cervantes of Chino, Jose "Huerito" Gonzalez and James "Conejo" Perez. He was as bright and loyal as they came, so Cuete could trust him.. For months, Dynos attorneys have been trying to distance their client from the rest of the defendants and get him his own trial. Meanwhile, Lizard received government paychecks totaling more than $52,000 for his seven months of work, according to FBI reports. One by one, the street commanders paid their respects. Sureos tended to be more-recent immigrants who often disparaged Norteos as second-generation Latinos who groveled for agricultural jobs and neglected their mother tongue, according to Joseph Hernandez, a criminal justice professor at Sacramento State University and expert in Latino gangs. Theres no denying Sir Dyno is norteo, but hes careful to explain that a norteo isnt necessarily a gang member, just a Chicano proud of his provenance. The five former leaders are James "Tibbs" Morado, 59, whose common-law wife, 20-year-old Salinas resident Crystal Nenque, was found slain on Hecker Pass Road near Watsonville in 2005; Joseph. The only problem is the limiting of audience outside Northern California., After costs for radio spots and posters and printing, the plan estimated profits of $21,051 on the first 4,000 units. Not just in rap, but everywhere. This is a combined effort to enlighten the worthy, as the time is now that we must leave old attitudes to the past, and adopt new and more meaningful and fulfilling ideas. After Gratton stabbed an enemy in Corcoran, he was transferred to Pelican Bays infamous Secured Housing Unit the college for prison gangsters. If he stayed in Corcoran, hed have to watch his back for young Norteos. In the eyes of the law, that would make Sir Dyno a real-life gangster. At any one time, an estimated two to three hundred members are incarcerated there, including the gangs top three generals. Dec. 22, 2021 5 AM PT. But such divisions run deeper among Mexican Americans than among other Californians. No one who got whacked was an innocent man. Then at fourteen, Hernandez began to glimpse a different world. Nuestra Familia generals James "Tibbs" Morado, Cornelio Tristan and James "Pinky" Hernandez, and captains Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba and Tex Hernandez were already serving life sentences in California when they were indicted by a federal grand jury in 2001. Each day, the ranking member might assign a topic to his subordinates; by days end, a 1,500-word written essay was due. There was Henry "Happy" Cervantes, built like . The following day, Ray Sanchez walked into Caps Saloon, unaware that hed been the discussion of a hit. It sold, and he knew why. On Daddys Home, instead of the stone-cold thug who whacks his way through the streets, Sir Dyno raps about what he truly is: a 31-year-old father facing a life sentence for the choices he made years earlier. Roy Morales. Finally, he was going to San Francisco to testify. According to an FBI report, Cuete and his cohorts have continued to manage the gang while awaiting transfer to federal prisons from Alameda Countys Santa Rita Jail. Lizard claimed Norteo. The Norte-os are trying to establish (in Salinas) but every time they try to, there's shootouts." Lizard got away with it, and when Big Smiley emerged, he personally sponsored Lizard into Nuestra Familia. At the time, Operation Black Widow was just getting under way, and Grattons blueprint to the gangs hierarchy was invaluable. I could rap political, I could rap street, it doesnt matter, Sir Dyno says. Lizard also sent Crazy Girl a decoding list, known in FBI documents as The Salutation Code. In each letter he wrote, the greeting unlocked a key to the rest of the letter. Within minutes, the gang member confessed his role in Nuestra Familia and offered to trade information for leniency. Whites joined the Aryan Brotherhood or Nazi Low Riders for protection. As a captain, he answered only to a handful of higher-ranking capos and the three generals inside Pelican Bay. He was a long way from his former East Bay stomping grounds, and hadnt dared visit his wife and children, who still lived locally. And most of it hung on Lizard. He could shank n roll, as the prisoners say. Still Sir Dyno says he wasnt getting paid. In an interview last year, Zilversmit said Lizard and his FBI handlers were culpable in the death of Sanchez. While the recognized leaders of the Norteos in Pelican Bay ask that members respect the former leaders, they have been effectively stripped of their authority. Its founding fathers adopted the phrase Blood in, blood out, and wrote a fifty-page constitution setting out the organizations bylaws. He told them he could go undercover for them. Thousands bought the album in the major record chains like Sam Goody's. Youre a lot smarter than those guys doing life in prison. After he was expelled, his parents sent him back north to live with an aunt in Pittsburg, where he continued to. Enter https://www.police1.com/ and click OK. A member of the Mexican Mafia, Ortiz was cast out of the criminal organization in the mid-1990s after angering . In the weeks leading up to Lizards arrest, Kayln Santiagos apartment had been stormed by FBI agents. After a Nuestra Familia-led intifada left Folsom State Prison wet with blood, officials transferred most if not all of that facilitys Norteos to other state institutions. Copyright 2023 Since prisoners cant mail one another, Lizard began writing Kayln Santiago, a friend from Boise. They knew I had them., He still hasnt been reunited with his family. If you ever want to talk, call me. Till Eternity which most people simply call the G.U.N. Lizard brushed aside Holguins offer. The job seemed like a good fit. finds relevant news, identifies important training information, He was betraying these people hed come up with, people hed been close to. had pulled down between $50,000 and $80,000. At the end of the day he gets to go home.. That was enough to send Holguin back to Lizards hotel room to make an arrest. Frias was not indicted in the federal case but was convicted of murdering Sanchez in a state case built on the FBI's investigation. You see, this is Norte, he growls on Scrap Killa. X-I-V fourteen, dont ever ask me what I mean/I got the gat that will put you in the dirt/I piss on your grave with your mamas feelings hurt.. Rubalcaba is accused in court papers of ordering Theres blood on the governments hands here, he said. "DC Cervantes is calling the shots," said J.R. Auten, a former gang investigator for state prisons and now a consultant for federal and state law enforcement. He kept a stable of flashy cars, but favored a cherried-out 1969 Impala with a vanity license plate that read NORTENO.. Therefore John Ashcroft is a chicken.. Its different for her, he said. But once youre in the gang, you have a choice as to how high you want to go. FBI reports show that while on the federal payroll, Lizard performed unauthorized drug deals. Lizard had made other deals, too. OUR PUBLICATIONSCannabis ChronicleEast BayGilroy DispatchGood Times Santa CruzHollister Free LanceKing City RustlerMarin Pacific SunMetro Silicon ValleyMorgan Hill TimesNorth Bay BohemianPress BannerSalinas Valley TribuneSouth ValleyWatsonville Pajaronian, ADVERTISINGAdvertiseLegal NoticesObituariesSponsored ContentWriting An ObituarySubmit an Obituary, COMPANY INFOJob OpportunitiesPrivacy Policy. Lizard said he was forced into performing the unauthorized drug deals after an investigator from Santa Clara County nearly blew his cover. Heres my card.'. And frankly, heres a guy whos committed numerous violent crimes, and hes getting a free pass. Gratton was also using heroin, another mistake in the eyes of the gang. Well, if youre upset with the content, the First Amendment says Too bad. He recorded From the Barrio with Love, taking his name outside California and into pockets of Chicano markets in places such as Phoenix, Denver, and Albuquerque. We aint gonna whack no prosecuting attorney, Lizard said. His bike frame was made by Dyno, so the kids at school called him Dyno Dave. By the time he turned twenty, though, youthful angst had sunk in, and Too $hort cassettes found a home in Dyno Daves music box. with prosecutors for reduced sentences, The Press Democrat reported Once the government proves the existence of a criminal organization like Nuestra Familia, evidence establishing beyond a reasonable doubt defendants connection with the conspiracy, even though the connection is slight, is sufficient to convict defendant. If the legal standard is a slight connection, then the CD and videos where Gratton and Sir Dyno appear side by side as brothers in crime may prove overkill. He was sentenced to six months in the prisons infamous Secured Housing Unit, where more than a thousand inmates spend 23 hours a day triple-locked inside individual cells, with only a small food slot as a window. He wanted to know what assurances could be made for him. All rights reserved. Holguin was well known to Nuestra Familia members hed interviewed hundreds of them during his three decades in the system. The deep trouble in which he now finds himself has everything to do with his performance on a gang-funded rap CD titled Generations of United Norteos Till Eternity. In the aftermath of Operation Black Widow, the five highest-ranking leaders of Nuestra Familia, James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez, were transferred to the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX, the federal supermax prison in Colorado. A judge will decide in December whether his cooperation as an informant outweighs his considerable criminal past. Citing the First Amendment, the DA chose not to pursue the case. In the aftermath of Operation Black Widow, the five highest-ranking leaders of Nuestra Familia, James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio . Bakersfield was the traditional dividing point, but with the crush of immigration, the numerically superior Sureos pushed the demarcation line further north, first to Fresno and then to Modesto. "There's family members still loyal to the guys in the fed," he said, referring to the exiled former generals and captains in Colorado. He is also a consultant to a number of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in this ever-changing war against gang violence. All of these directives were channeled through him. Even though theyd heard about the hit in advance, FBI agents never told Sanchez he was marked for violence. Even now, he talks about the incident with the distance that soldiers put between themselves and their wartime deeds. Rank and file morale plainly sucked under Parks. It wasnt quite the impression he wanted to make. This was reported to the informants state parole officer. Sir Dyno accepts this rivalry, and its where many of his raps come from. His FBI handlers had been clear: Talk down violence at all costs. Snow-locked Highway 29 between Calistoga and the Lake County border will likely stay closed through the weekend, CHP announced Friday afternoon. A few weeks later, the rapper signed a new contract with Dog Day Records and quickly released an album called Gang Stories. s success filtered back up to Pelican Bay, and Gratton began receiving frequent letters from his boss, Gerald Cuete Rubalcaba. Rocha still did not understand the charge or why he was being placed into custody. According to Ribotas report, when he asked about the rappers affiliation, Rocha denied having any gang involvement but is a norteo. Hed began his criminal career as a teenage norteo gang member, pulling off smash-and-grab robberies of jewelry stores. According to transcripts, two carnals, Israel Silent Mendoza and Anthony Morales, brought Lizard sixty grams of negra, black-tar heroin to sell, use, or barter. Gratton, meanwhile, had Sir Dyno write out a business plan, which offers a glimpse of the rappers instinct to use shock value to boost sales: By releasing G.U.N. Gratton stands only five foot seven, but his bold tattoos did the talking. The rapper arrived dressed in neatly pressed beige Dickies pants, spotless work boots, and an untucked flannel-print shirt a vato in his Sunday best, mumbling his apologies. After several years of upheaval -- stemming largely from the massive federal prosecution called Operation Black Widow -- the top leadership of the Nuestra Familia is once again firmly established. He just happened to have this talent, and he put this talent to use.. Nuestra Familia is organized in a military-like hierarchy, with generals running the gang from inside prison and paroled regiment captains running the streets outside. On the new CD, he pounded out a few norteo rhymes, deriving material from his meth bust, after which hed pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and was sentenced to a year of house arrest. Read another way, hes merely been persistent in denying his role. 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Silent also provided Lizard with a stolen Dodge Durango to test-drive. Lizard said Cuete asked him to establish a line of communication that couldnt be detected by guards. In a memo to his colleagues, Helton talks about spotting G.U.N. According to Lizard and FBI informants, the accounts held up to $25,000. Sir Dyno claims Gratton lifted tracks from Gang Stories without permission and put them on Cuete to give listeners the impression Sir Dyno was still on North Star. Once that dried, the correspondent would write another letter in ink on the page, but the recipient knew to hold it up to the light to read the real message. In all, 21 people were indicted in the FBIs three-year investigation into Nuestra Familia, code-named Operation Black Widow. In the early 1970s, gang fights which were called race riots then became more common inside the prisons. Louis G Rubalcaba, 15826 Silvergrove Drive, South Whittier / Sunshine Acres CDP, CA 90604 Find homes for sale, market statistics, foreclosures, property taxes, real estate news, agent reviews, condos, neighborhoods on Blockshopper.com According to prison officials, gang leaders could arrange such deals by offering to keep the peace. Lizard was paroled to the outside world on May 18, 2000. The founder of the failed company is Sam Bankman-Fried. Frias returned to the bar, gun tucked in his waistband, walked behind Sanchez, and fired a bullet into the base of his skull, killing him. It was his way or the highway. Look for a box or option labeled Home Page (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari) or On Startup (Chrome). There was also the lean and smooth figure of Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, the gang's most powerful captain, whose job inside Pelican Bay, a fellow gang member told the feds, was to "keister" the syndicate's constitution in his rectum, along with the master hit list which, by now, read fifty names long. slated for Sept. 13 in San Francisco, is Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba Californias most fearsome prison is located near the Oregon border, a windswept fortress surrounded by three walls and two barbed-wire fences. Hes turned his attention to rapping about what he knows, rather than what he fantasizes. They were drooling, Lizard later wrote. A small star on his forehead suggested hed killed someone in prison, even though, in truth, he hadnt. The eradication was criticized by some prison gang experts, citing that Eme members now filled a power vacuum, and that future Norteos, outnumbered and alone, would only serve as bait. Outside prison walls, the reach and violence of Nuestra Familia had only grown. He was very concerned about his familys safety, his safety. Click here to read the Nuestra Familia constitution. Or were they? One of those footnotes involves Sir Dyno who, despite his history of gangsta-rap posturing, clearly is not a criminal on a par with his codefendants. Big Smiley immediately ordered his soldier to enforce gang law back in C-Facility. But I knew more about Cuete and his family, and he did about mine. It looked like they were unhappy with the content of G.U.N., Manson says, and thats why David was indicted for the content of his music. Preparing is something someone whos trying to hide their guilt would do, he says, fingering a synthesizer keyboard in his studio. We shared a common goal, and that goal was to be the very NF members who put the organization back on track.. Youre hot, the underboss said. Then Lizard got lucky. Since his first arrest, hes produced a new CD nearly every month. I was doing it as a smokescreen. gang activity in Northern California about six years ago. After three decades, Nuestra Familia is now an institution on Northern California streets and is spreading rapidly through the suburbs of the Central Valley, gang investigator Lewis said. Copyright 2023 Police1. For the cover art, Sir Dyno says he told all his friends to tell their friends to show up at a park wearing their reds. If you continue to listen to them, then youll be in there for life, too.'. Lizard hadnt, so Nato schooled him on the long-standing war. Shortly thereafter, his client pleaded guilty for a chance at parole, but remained adamant that Lizard had given him the green light. Of the 21 original defendants, nineteen are already certified as Nuestra Familia through the state Department of Corrections. Napa's downtown parking meters were removed three decades ago. 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