Member and Associate of Barrio Azteca Gang Plead Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy

U.S. Department of Justice September 22, 2011
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WASHINGTON—A member and an associate of the Barrio Azteca (BA) gang each pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving, among other things, the March 13, 2010, murders in Juarez, Mexico, of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John E. Murphy for the Western District of Texas, FBI Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division Kevin Perkins, and Administrator Michele Leonhart of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Jesus Espino, 43, of El Paso, Texas, and Lorenzo Espino, 51, aka “Lencho,â€