OAKLAND — Two of the most powerful people within the secretive and violent Nuestra Familia prison gang have been sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in federal prison after admitting to involvement ...

The left hand had four fingers ... that meant one-four—fourteen—Nuestra Familia’s symbolic number (because N is the 14th letter in the alphabet) and a sign to all that a traitor had been ...

Defense attorneys disputed the charges, taking aim at the multiple former Nuestra Familia members who agreed to take the stand for prosecutors. Cervantes’ lawyers also essentially argued that ...

Salinas >> A Nuestra Familia gang kingpin and his right-hand man were sentenced Friday morning, resolving two of the highest-ranking gang cases to ever hit Monterey County. Vincent “Chente ...

John "Boxer" Mendoza is a former high-ranking member of the Nuestra Familia. He was part of the organization from 1994 to 2007 and was incarcerated at various California prisons, such as San ...

MONTEREY (CBS SF/BCN) – A judge sentenced a high-up leader of the prison gang Nuestra Familia to over 25 years in federal prison Tuesday after being convicted of multiple gang violence ...

Thursday”s Operation Knockout wasn”t the first time the Nuestra Familia gang has been the target of law enforcement. A decade ago, the FBI”s Operation Black Widow targeted the gang”s top ...

The judgments are among the first in the federal and state investigation targeting both gangs, which led to indictments against dozens of alleged Nuestra Familia members and associates.