Thread: TASK FORCES ARREST 22 NUESTRA FAMILIA/NUESTRA RAZA/NORTHERN

FBI SAFE STREETS GANG TASK FORCES ARREST 22 NUESTRA FAMILIA/NUESTRA RAZA/NORTHERN
STRUCTURE/NORTENO GANG MEMBERS IN "OPERATION VALLEY STAR"
Stockton, Calif.: McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, Drew S. Parenti, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chief Wayne Hose, Stockton Police Department, and Sheriff Steve Moore, San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, announce the arrests on June 27, 2007, of 22 known Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates as a result of a nearly two year investigation by the Stockton Violent Crimes Task Force (SVCTF), a FBI-led Safe Streets Task Force which consists of agents from the FBI and officers from the Stockton Police Department and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, with assistance from the San Joaquin County Metro Narcotics Task Force comprised of officers from the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement and the Manteca Police Department. Other agencies assisting include the Merced County Sheriff's Office, Los Banos Police Department, the Central Valley Gang Impact Task Force, and the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.

Federal arrest warrants within the Eastern District of California were executed in Stockton, Hanford, Merced, Los Banos, Orangevale, Dos Palos and Manteca. Additional investigation and arrests of Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates were made in San Francisco, Castroville, Salinas, Greenfield, Petaluma, and Fremont by the North Central Coast Gang Task Force with assistance from the Monterey County Sheriff's Office, Salinas Police Department, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Watsonville Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, Fremont Police Department Petaluma Police Department, Capitola Police Department and Marina Police Department. One individual was arrested by the Los Angeles Division of the FBI in Moreno Valley. Federal search warrants were executed in eight locations within the Eastern District of California, nine within the Northern District of California and one within the Central District of California.

The investigation focused on the Mario Diaz drug trafficking organization whose members are presently involved in the distribution of large amounts of illegal narcotics, including methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy, throughout the Eastern and Northern Districts of California with supply lines from Mexico and distribution channels reaching to eastern cities, to include Warren, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia. The Diaz organization operates under the umbrella of Nuestra Familia, a violent Hispanic prison gang based within the California prison system whose members exert control over street-level Norteno gang members engaged in drug trafficking and violent crime. Diaz and Manuel Gauna were arrested in Stockton on 5/26/07 in possession of approximately 11.5 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and have since been formally charged in a federal indictment.

The individuals arrested based on federal criminal complaints and indictments were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.

In partnership with local, State and Federal law enforcement agencies, the FBI maintains 134 Safe Streets task forces to address the violent gang problem throughout the United States by aggressively investigating, disrupting and dismantling violent street gangs, criminal motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs.

The defendants will make their initial appearance today at the United States federal courthouse in Fresno and Sacramento.

http://sacramento.fbi.gov/pressrel/2007/sc062807.htm




Dozens of alleged gang members arrested in NorCal sweep (ASSOCIATED PRESS
4:23 p.m. June 27, 2007

FRESNO -- A coalition of local, state and federal law enforcement officials arrested as many as 30 people Wednesday as part of a long-standing criminal investigation aimed at dismantling four gangs.

All of the alleged members of the Nuestra Familia, Nuestra Raza, Northern Structure and Norteno gangs were arrested on drug charges in the sweep, FBI spokeswoman Karen Ernst said.

The alleged gang members were taken into custody in Stockton, Manteca, Los Banos, Merced, Hanford, Salinas, Castroville and Petaluma. The arrests were the culmination of a two-year investigation organized by the FBI's Safe Streets Gang Task Force, Ernst said.

Federal prosecutors have charged the suspects with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana, Ernst said.


FRESNO -- A coalition of local, state and federal law enforcement officials arrested as many as 30 people Wednesday as part of a long-standing criminal investigation aimed at dismantling four gangs.

All of the alleged members of the Nuestra Familia, Nuestra Raza, Northern Structure and Norteno gangs were arrested on drug charges in the sweep, FBI spokeswoman Karen Ernst said.

The alleged gang members were taken into custody in Stockton, Manteca, Los Banos, Merced, Hanford, Salinas, Castroville and Petaluma. The arrests were the culmination of a two-year investigation organized by the FBI's Safe Streets Gang Task Force, Ernst said.

Federal prosecutors have charged the suspects with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana, Ernst said.


WONDER WHERE ALL THE DRUGS ARE COMMING FROM???

So glad to hear it!!! Get these people off our streets