Over the next four years, Lizard and Cuete masterminded and penned more than three thousand letters, according to an FBI report. If he wrote Dear Love, every sixth word mattered. With the prison population growing so fast, they had their pick, Lewis said. Using racketeering statutes to bust the organized crime ring, the indictment carried six charges of murder or attempted murder, as well as charges of assault, conspiracy, drug trafficking, and arms dealing. He told Ramirez there should be no bloodshed. But then he added: If something comes at us, you cant help it. In June, one California prison experimented with another solution to the Norteo-Sureo war. Sicc OG. Of the 21 original defendants, nineteen are already certified as Nuestra Familia through the state Department of Corrections. Till Eternity which most people simply call the G.U.N. Almost two decades later, Lizard still recalls the clarity of that moment. Ultimately, Judge Charles Breyer denied Zilversmits motion. While awaiting sentencing for armed robbery, he said, he knifed a member of the Aryan Brotherhood in self-defense. All norteos must unite with the determination to fight and challenge all those who oppose our unity and advancement toward equal justice. gang activity in Northern California about six years ago. If it read Hello Love!, it was every eighth word. Its founding fathers adopted the phrase Blood in, blood out, and wrote a fifty-page constitution setting out the organizations bylaws. Thousands bought the album in the major record chains like Sam Goody's. Hed been Cuetes right hand for four years. Lizard then drove to a house in Stockton, where he tested the powder and sold it to another Norteo. In the logic of the Chicano intrastate rivalry, there are norteos and sureos, and even if youre not running with the corner gang, youre still vulnerable to getting whacked by your enemy. He was born in Pittsburg, which made him a Norteo by birth. Lizard said that during that time, he heard two Norteos disrespecting Smileys name and took the initiative to stab them both. You could see he was nervous, Holguin said. In an interview last year, Zilversmit said Lizard and his FBI handlers were culpable in the death of Sanchez. The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. Lizard said he attacked Huero-T as he slept, pummeling him into a bloody mess until guards pulled him off. Police1 is revolutionizing the way the law enforcement community Inside the state prison system, norteos side with Nuestra Familias syndicates, and sureos with La Eme, aka the Mexican Mafia. 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. In 1968, in response to La Emes overwhelming power, a group of Norteos bonded together in the exercise yard of what was then named Soledad State Prison. Lizard still takes pride in that: What the law didnt know was that Lizard had an escape plan and a handcuff key, but more importantly, he had influence on the streets, he recalled in a letter. He arrived on time, with one of his friends waiting in the lobby. Now, for a CD he cut five years ago, for a guy he claims he barely knew, for a dollar he never made, David Rocha faces a life sentence on a single count of conspiracy. He was a long way from his former East Bay stomping grounds, and hadnt dared visit his wife and children, who still lived locally. In the aftermath, some of the gang's thousands of Norte-o associates -- street-level soldiers who answer to Nuestra Familia -- stayed loyal to the exiled generals and captains, while others looked to Pelican Bay because the gang's written constitution said its leaders must reside there. He already was serving a life sentence for murder in Pelican Bay State Prison, but now he was under indictment for ordering a hit on an underboss named Miguel Mikio Castillo. Chalk it up as a loss, just let it go, and move on. Lizard and Nato were both soon paroled. If you continue to listen to them, then youll be in there for life, too.'. These divisions werent just cultural. gang's leaders communicated by some form of secret code within the If he stayed in Corcoran, hed have to watch his back for young Norteos. The more shock you had in your raps, at the time, the more you sold. Nearby cops heard the shots and pulled in quickly. In 2004, when the prison gang's top five leaders were transferred from California to a federal supermaximum prison in Florence, Colo., a struggle for the gang's top positions brewed in Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, the Nuestra Familia's traditional headquarters. He told them about killing Brown Bob. In fact, the 31-year-old gangsta rapper, whose real name is David Rocha, wanted nothing more than to distance himself from his codefendants. In the eyes of the law, that would make Sir Dyno a real-life gangster. 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.. Sir Dyno claims Gratton stiffed him on payments a few months after the CD hit the streets, and that he never worked with the dude again. A general named Art Big Smiley Ramirez was transferred from Pelican Bay to the cell directly below his own. But Lizard hadnt exactly gone straight. For that reason, he explains, he turned to dealing methamphetamine. He makes drug deals here, he caps sureos there, he disses cops everywhere, all of it in the name of norteo supremacy. In a memo to his colleagues, Helton talks about spotting G.U.N. His FBI handlers had been clear: Talk down violence at all costs. 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. 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. Inside Corcoran State Prison, Lizard reported to the ranking commander and heard some troubling news. This was our college, Lizard said. The amount of violence attributed to the men inside the courtroom and their associates on the outside was staggering: fifteen killings, eighty conspiracies to murder, ten attempted murders, ten felony assaults, one hundred assaults, and two drive-by shootings. He suggested that gang members cook our own shit to gain control, saying he could make twenty pounds of raw meth in one batch. Hed began his criminal career as a teenage norteo gang member, pulling off smash-and-grab robberies of jewelry stores. When it concluded in April 2001, after a $5 million investment, it was one of the largest takedowns on a prison gang in US history. Grattons information cast a domino effect, eventually leading to 21 cooperating witnesses for the government. At home, Sir Dyno says hes just waiting for the truth to come out, but the phrase emerges like one thats been worn out, a fortification against the harsher truth: He stands to lose everything. He argued with a dealer and ended up firing three bullets at the man as he ran away. posters and CDs in his car, again cementing a link between the prison gang and local norteos. He said that was where he picked up the nickname Lizard, from friends who admired his clandestine nature.. Still, the gang has been dealt a serious wound with Lizards help. interacts online and researches product purchases Later, when Heltons team arrested an alleged Nuestra Familia member named Vidal Spider Fabela during a traffic stop, they found G.U.N. But government agents said that Brown Bob actually had pulled away from the gang. crimes from Salinas to the Oregon border. At the time, the $5 million price tag and networking of thirty different law enforcement agencies made it the most expensive and largest investigation into a California prison gang. And one critic of his tenure as an informant even charges that the FBIs leash on Lizard was so loose that the government turned a blind eye to the killing of a Salinas drug dealer. Arnold Schwarzenegger protested the fact that the five were not scattered across the federal prison system, as former U.S. Attorney Robert Mueller's staff had promised. It sold, and he knew why. It was his way or the highway. Within minutes, the gang member confessed his role in Nuestra Familia and offered to trade information for leniency. Just dont go out looking for it and doing anything., Ramirez replied, Its in motion. What if you get away with it? You have permission to edit this article. Lizard first went to prison when he was nineteen. 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. The strings of evidence crossed, and the investigation grew, joined by the FBI and dubbed Operation Black Widow. As a kid I didnt know anything but religion, he said. The cases were spread across Northern California. I could rap political, I could rap street, it doesnt matter, Sir Dyno says. December 12, 1976. I was getting my game back, Lizard said. But one year later, his family moved to Long Beach, the heart of Sureo country. [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. His wife had declined to enter witness protection until the trial arrived. A federal grand jury in San Francisco handed down 21 indictments against gang members, including the three generals and captain Gerald Cuete Rubalcaba. Not only does Rocha appear on the cover of the CD wearing the norteo colors (red), reads one motion, but he is seen giving gang signs for the norteos. This was the place where we took all of our training to the next level. In early 1998, fellow La Mesa heavyweight Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba ordered Viramontes dead. Instead, he says, Gratton talked business. 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. 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. While Sanchez sipped beer, Frias met Martinez at his car. Roy Morales. He seems likely to face civil and/or criminal penalties for what appears to be at best mismanagement and at worst blatant corruption that. But one day on the yard, he was approached by Juan Nato Gurule, a long-lost cousin from the East Bay. One of the gangs living legends had recently been paroled. How could he go back in with Cuete wanting him dead? One by one, the street commanders paid their respects. Im not sure you can undo it.. The large XIV across his throat represented the fourteenth letter of the alphabet, N, for Norte. He wanted gang members to start cooking the drug themselves. Cuete arranged for the new hotshot to move into his cell. But the state prison guards union and correctional officials have argued that to mix inmates now would only bring more violence. But in a coup d'etat of sorts, Gonzalez and Perez have been "demoted" to "Category 1," the lowest level of the Nuestra Familia, investigators say. I see the reality of things now and now that Ive gone through that, theres, like, no glory in it, you know?. Transferred to Chino State Prison, he celled with two Texas gang members whod been banished for terrorizing their own prison system. I wanted to get out of there, to come to California and do what I needed to do.. They werent following what NF was about, he said. If he was going to hold the case together, hed need to account for his own alleged crimes as a snitch. Hes turned his attention to rapping about what he knows, rather than what he fantasizes. Gang affiliation in California is often a matter of geography, but for Daniel Hernandez it wasnt that simple. In NF, they dont want you to be friends in case you have to do something down the road, Lizard wrote. The guys I played with didnt care Norteo, Sureo, or what side you were on. But I knew more about Cuete and his family, and he did about mine. Im wearing a wire. Lawyers for the eight defendants, however, are likely to attack David Rochas arrest report depicts a guy caught off guard. Any brother who steps outside and then returns is automatically put on probation. 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. I did it because I was ordered to do it. He told them he could go undercover for them. He and his team of agents tore through Lizards hotel room, looking for evidence to send him back to the clink a bag of pot, a letter to a carnal, a bag of speed. I didnt have a choice, he recalled. They formed their own gang: Nuestra Familia our family. Lizard says the drug was merely Vicodin, a pain reliever he took after strenuous workouts at the gym. Along with Crooked and other Bay Area rhymers, the Darkroom Familia took off as a twelve-member supergroup, touring across the West on their own dime, all of them touting the street thug lifestyle. But recently, Lizard spoke on the phone with her, discussing their new lives. So far as you can trust anyone in a gang, hed trusted Cuete. 15 year old Carlos "Casper" Silva a Preston parolee is arrested murders 3 people witin a seven week span on behalf of Nuestra familia. Despite the governor's complaints, all five are still housed in the same supermax unit. Well, if youre upset with the content, the First Amendment says Too bad. Even now, he talks about the incident with the distance that soldiers put between themselves and their wartime deeds. They made their beds, and so did Bob. The theory went, if we separated the two gangs, wed have less problems, Vasquez said. 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. Rank and file morale plainly sucked under Parks. Now, for a CD he cut five years ago, for a guy he claims he barely knew, for a dollar he never made, David Rocha faces a life sentence on a single count of conspiracy. Nineteen-year-old Armando Frias was shooting pool when he recognized the wanted man. Its not like her life used to be.. Shortly thereafter, his client pleaded guilty for a chance at parole, but remained adamant that Lizard had given him the green light. As a kid growing up in this small town, David Rocha was a freestyle BMXer who bounced along on one wheel during Fourth of July parades. Nuestra Familia's new leadership General: David "DC" Cervantes Top Commanders: Daniel "Stork" Perez, of Salinas; Anthony "Chuco" Guillen, of San Jose; George "Puppet" Franco, of San Jose Demoted: Jose "Huerito" Gonzalez; James "Conejo" Perez Copyright 2008 Monterey County Herald. If the underbosses suspected that he was the target of an investigation, they might shun him or worse. I cant muscle the guy because I dont know what hes involved with, he reasoned, so either I make an issue of it and make an enemy I dont want, or just let it go. Lizard said that whenever brothers were allowed into the law library, they used sign language to swap information, trade intelligence reports, and even assign homework. The consequences that the gangs have caused in society have given rise to two effects, which are the most outstanding: gang violence and citizen insecurity. Lizard was charged with attempted murder, and sent back to jail. Special Agent Kelly explained to Rocha that he was being placed under arrest for violation of RICO conspiracy, the report states. 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. Still, the accusations put Lizards conduct under scrutiny. There were three-way calls, where inmates from two different prisons called a gang member known as a gente on the outside, who held the phones together so they could talk. After all, race-based prison gang violence dominates Californias prison system, according to a 2002 report from the California State Department of Justice. 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. A few years earlier, the two attorneys had nailed former general Pinky Hernandez for ordering a murder, and Cuete wanted to offer their coffins as a gift to Pinky. You wont catch me slipping. Investigators ended Operation Black Widow in June of 2001. FBI reports show that while on the federal payroll, Lizard performed unauthorized drug deals. We shared a common goal, and that goal was to be the very NF members who put the organization back on track.. He just happened to have this talent, and he put this talent to use.. Lizard recalled feeling nothing in the aftermath of the hit. Cuete was among the final holdouts. On seven of the CDs fourteen tracks, Sir Dyno raps as hired: Hes a heartless gangsta with a nihilistic agenda. For the next three months, he made his bones among Norteos by slashing Sureo inmates, brothers hed once shouldered with. You dont have a choice. By the time he turned 25, Dyno had carved his own niche as a Chicano gangsta rapper, mixing Spanish with English. 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. Frias, a 22-year-old Salinas native, maintains that Hernandez, the informant, approved the "green light," the execution order, on Sanchez while working for the FBI. He did not return letters seeking comment for this article. According to prison officials, gang leaders could arrange such deals by offering to keep the peace. I told him, I know exactly who you are,' Holguin recalled. I told him, Listen. Since prisoners cant mail one another, Lizard began writing Kayln Santiago, a friend from Boise. Theyre dwarfed by La Eme, but decided to become highly organized.. He always offered to learn more and do more to serve the organization. Im from up here, I grew up with norteo friends. Rocha then asked for what was he being arrested, indicating he did not understand the charge. A few weeks later, the rapper signed a new contract with Dog Day Records and quickly released an album called Gang Stories. The policy eventually trickled down to county and city jails and even the California Youth Authority. There are 150,000 pages of discovery to sort through, photographs from dozens of crime scenes, audiotapes from hours of hidden wires, and hours of surveillance videos. To avoid raising suspicion as a frequent mailer, she set up post-office boxes and had inmates write to other Norteos, who forwarded the correspondence to her. The cells are bone-white and feature little more than a chrome toilet and cement platform with thin mattress and pillow. 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. It would bring the most attention and the most sales. Rudy Del Real and Rudolfo Quilon complete the order. Rubalcaba is accused in court papers of ordering CD to argue that Sir Dyno knew Gratton was affiliated with the mob. Lizard brushed aside Holguins offer. Symbols and culture The system certainly creates you, makes you decide. I also learned the informant was skimming money from the Nuestra Familia street leaders and not reporting this to me.. This was reported to the informants state parole officer. They, in turn, approved hits and issued directives, while prison censors were prevented from reading the supposedly legal correspondence. Then he waited. Not with NF.. And what had germinated inside the prisons was now blooming all across California. Copyright Weeklys All rights reserved. Gratton was also using heroin, another mistake in the eyes of the gang. On one slow-burn track, Sir Dyno raps in a stoned vibrato: Today when I got up I knew it was a good day/Got on my red shirt, Dickies, and Im on my way., After the initial press run, Gratton restocked stores with an additional 1,000 CDs. She disguised her own missives as legal mail from a fictitious San Francisco attorney and sent them directly back into the Secured Housing Unit, where all three gang generals were locked up. That night, Holguin led a three-car caravan of police investigators, federal agents, and prison investigators to meet Lizard. 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 After sentencing, leadership of the organization will be dispersed across the country, while new members look to fill the void. Released from the Secured Housing Unit in August 1995, Lizard was chiseled and fit as a warrior in heart and mind. Hed picked up an ounce of weed at Rohnert Park and smoked a few joints with his buddy Israel Silent Mendoza. The only way to sell was to shock, he says. The official list of charges, which included more than thirty drug-related crimes along with acts of extortion and robbery, simply ended with the open-ended clause and other numerous crimes.. You have entered an incorrect email address. I said, Yeah, I could rap like that, whatever. Sir Dyno believed hed just made a wise career choice. Rocha did not seem to understand the reason for the arrest or the charge. Its the life story of a petty hood who reached his full criminal potential only afterentering the California prison system. A from-the-top down, command and control, rigidly structured operator who wouldn't let subordinates exercise any personal initiative. was drawing the attention its makers craved, and then some. According to Lewis, the gang grew from about a thousand members in the late 80s to more than two thousand just six years later. Quoting the prophet Jeremiah from the Old Testament, Bishop Manuel Cruz, a Cuban emigre himself, passionately said: "Woe to me if I do not care for my people and hear their cries." "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. Everybody knows that. FBI agents did not respond to interview requests. , With that, let each of us as norteos recognize the true purpose of this album and come together, henceforth, presenting a strong united front, que viva puros norteos unidos.. Thats it. I didnt know the guy was selling drugs, too. To test his allegiance, he was ordered to move on his cellmate, Johnny Huero-T Fernandez. I did what I had to do, he says. In his role as head of security, Cuete was responsible for stashing the groups original constitution among his legal papers, and keistering the gangs master hit list in his rectum, according to FBI documents. Eager to shore up his status in Nuestra Familia, Lizard said, he soon stabbed Sureo Rudolpho Castillo in the throat, nearly killing him. The three ounces found in Sir Dynos car, Gratton was claiming, came from him a statement which, if true, puts Sir Dyno squarely within the gang conspiracy. Theres blood on the governments hands here, he said. Lexipol. When the cheerleading coach broke the news to Katrina Kohel that she was the only one left on the cheer squad, Kohel was determined to compete anyway. The gang's new constitution says the five should still be respected as former leaders, but has stripped them of their power in California. If Sir Dynos case were only about lyrics, its likely the First Amendment would swiftly end the debate in his favor. Brown Bob brought it on himself., It was just like the Nuestra Familia constitution said: Blood In, Blood Out., By the time Lizard exited Pelican Bay, prison guards had nicknamed Nuestra Familia The Blooming Flower for its astonishing growth. Cuete had gone power mad. Even though the project had cash potential tomorrow, Sir Dyno still needed money today. But once youre in the gang, you have a choice as to how high you want to go. Man, Im from the streets. Lizard hadnt, so Nato schooled him on the long-standing war. The album would preach the unification of norteos Chicanos born north of an invisible border located somewhere around Fresno who, once inside the prison system, were eligible to join Nuestra Familia. At any one time, an estimated two to three hundred members are incarcerated there, including the gangs top three generals. Lizard was paroled to the outside world on May 18, 2000. It gives you a sense of purpose. You can cancel at any time. When you look back, it didnt help us like we thought it would. The Nuestra Familia trial is expected to last four to six months, and the government will call seventy witnesses. Lizard said he was forced into performing the unauthorized drug deals after an investigator from Santa Clara County nearly blew his cover. But a year into the case, the governments complaint against Sir Dyno shifted course. Police surmise that the order was responsible for many of the shootings in Salinas in 2007, which increased by 50 percent over 2006 levels. One month later, he was visited by Louie Holguin, a special agent with the Department of Corrections who monitored parolees and prison gangs. Three days before Christmas, Lizard called Holguin. According to Lizard and FBI informants, the accounts held up to $25,000. They also hardened into gang boundaries on the streets. I know theres some things you dont ask., Dyno claims thats the moment he realized hed been duped and would never see his cash. CD, Sir Dyno says. Then he helped the FBI take the gang down. 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. Theres no reason Id want him to go down.. When his handlers shook him from his slumber, Lizard felt relieved, not irritated. 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. But at the time, it seemed like the right thing to do. The California Supreme Court is now reviewing a case that questions whether inmates can be segregated for their first sixty days at reception prisons such as San Quentin. Prosecutors say the Californias most fearsome prison is located near the Oregon border, a windswept fortress surrounded by three walls and two barbed-wire fences. And frankly, heres a guy whos committed numerous violent crimes, and hes getting a free pass. In August 1998, the CD appeared on the radar of Tim Helton, an investigator on Modestos Street Terrorism and Apprehension Team. Even though theyd heard about the hit in advance, FBI agents never told Sanchez he was marked for violence. The images leave no doubt the rapper supports norteos. I fear no organization. Lo-fi beats backed simple, repetitive keyboard riffs. He took a job at a golf course and used his access to the links to reclaim his swing, sometimes playing 36 holes a day. One day two months ago, federal agents arrived at her home, and she was swept into the program. At a hearing last month, Steven Gruel, US assistant attorney and Chief of Major Crimes, told the court that Sir Dynos limited role with Nuestra Familia made no difference under the law: It doesnt matter if you associate with a RICO enterprise for five years or five minutes; it still makes you part of the conspiracy.. Nuestra Familia members in the Secured Housing Unit kept to a punishing daily regimen of crunches and push-ups, followed by makeshift weightlifting with a barbell fashioned from pillow cases filled with books and magazines. It's the most comprehensive and trusted online destination for law enforcement agencies and police departments worldwide. 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