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. According to grand jury testimony, Lizard sent a coded letter that eventually reached Antonio Chuco Guillen just before he was paroled from San Quentin. Outside prison walls, the reach and violence of Nuestra Familia had only grown. The rappers story varies somewhat depending on whos doing the telling. And then I told him, You know who I am. Its as sensible as that East Coast-West Coast thing. That wasnt what I signed up for.. 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. I wanted to get out of there, to come to California and do what I needed to do.. 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. But paid parking could return, in some form, this year, as the city works to pu. 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. 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. 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. Holguin also was searching for evidence that connected Lizard to a larger operation. December 12, 1976. As evidence, family members said, he had a large Aztec goddess tattooed atop the Nuestra Familia logo on his back. Hes 31 now, soft-spoken and contemplative, a Papa Bear figure, a Chicano Dr. Dre; hardly the guy who would urinate on a dead mans plot. Man, Im from the streets. He argued with a dealer and ended up firing three bullets at the man as he ran away. Lizard prepared to take the stand against Nuestra Familia. Back among the general prison population, Lizard reported to his ranking captain, Gerald Cuete Rubalcaba, one of the gangs most revered members. But Lizards exploits show how prison policies adopted to control gangs such as Nuestra Familia may actually have helped them bloom. He was as bright and loyal as they came, so Cuete could trust him.. SANTA ROSA Several members of the notorious Nuestra Familia After the gang member sent word to his people on the street, the witnesses to Lizards crime were persuaded not to show up for trial. In the eyes of the law, that would make Sir Dyno a real-life gangster. Theres blood on the governments hands here, he said. But since prison officials scanned all mail that wasnt legal mail, Lizards challenge was to create an even more surefire way to communicate. At night, he ordered rows of Nuestra Familia inmates to recite aloud Aztec war chants to rattle guards and enemies. In a way, its a compliment to me. 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. I also learned the informant was skimming money from the Nuestra Familia street leaders and not reporting this to me.. We aint gonna whack no prosecuting attorney, Lizard said. The rapper denied this new accusation. He said he felt no jitters, nor did he question his loyalties to the brothers he was betraying. There was also the lean and smooth figure of Gerald Cuete Rubalcaba, the gangs most powerful captain, whose job inside Pelican Bay, a fellow gang member told the feds, was to keister the syndicates constitution in his rectum, along with the master hit list which, by now, read fifty names long. They didnt care about agendas like that.. Kids everywhere were listening to it, and closely. According to his informants, Lewis says, Sir Dyno was indeed just as the rapper portrays himself before Gratton came to town: broke, and desperate to get famous. Hernandez never belonged to either group until he ended up in prison. I was all ready to go, Lizard recalled later. He is the most significant witness and cooperators in this prison gang/organized crime family in history. 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 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. Lizard hinted in his early letters that hed be sending more important documents for his legal case. In actuality, he sent a list of code names using Aztec and Spanish words. The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. The policy eventually trickled down to county and city jails and even the California Youth Authority. A federal grand jury in San Francisco handed down 21 indictments against gang members, including the three generals and captain Gerald Cuete Rubalcaba. 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.. In September, the final eight defendants pleaded guilty, following the first thirteen members indicted. Frias was not indicted in the federal case but was convicted of murdering Sanchez in a state case built on the FBI's investigation. He arrived on time, with one of his friends waiting in the lobby. Thats when I started pulling away, he says. His teen angst surfaced one day when he threatened to kill his vice principal. Ultimately, Judge Charles Breyer denied Zilversmits motion. He told them about the codes, the phony law firm, the bank accounts. Lizard recalled feeling nothing in the aftermath of the hit. It was again explained to Rocha that Kelly was an FBI agent, and that Rocha was being placed under arrest for RICO conspiracy. So far as you can trust anyone in a gang, hed trusted Cuete. We are not going to whack no DAs!. He suggested that gang members cook our own shit to gain control, saying he could make twenty pounds of raw meth in one batch. According to court documents, Gratton says he regularly fronted Sir Dyno four ounces at a time. One by one, the street commanders paid their respects. In the early 1970s, gang fights which were called race riots then became more common inside the prisons. Since his first arrest, hes produced a new CD nearly every month. 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. But government agents said that Brown Bob actually had pulled away from the gang. All norteos must unite with the determination to fight and challenge all those who oppose our unity and advancement toward equal justice. His wife had declined to enter witness protection until the trial arrived. Time to go, the agent said. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Even though hed participated in many stabbings and beatings in prison, hed avoided detection for most of his crimes. He pleaded guilty to arranging two murders from prison, and will be sentenced to life in prison in December, along with the gangs generals. Weeks later, the general was attacked by Sureos and landed in solitary confinement. After he was expelled, his parents sent him back north to live with an aunt in Pittsburg, where he continued to carouse. Hed been Cuetes right hand for four years. Sir Dyno believed hed just made a wise career choice. You dont have a choice. They moved together into a Pittsburg apartment, and Nato continued his cousins indoctrination in Nuestra Familia. During his time with Nuestra Raza, Gratton learned the boot camp basics: how to make shanks, decode letters, and memorize the NF Constitution. And I was part of that policy. Its estimated for every NF member, there are seven La Eme. 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.. 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. In the meantime, Holguin had talked to Lizards sister and made a plea: Tell Danny to change his life. The images leave no doubt the rapper supports norteos. Zilversmit represents Armando Suave Heredia, a gang member arrested for ordering a successful hit on Salinas heroin dealer Ray Sanchez. Symbols and culture In the months since federal officials brought indictments based on the evidence he helped them gather, Lizard told his tale from within the confines of protective custody via letters and telephone interviews. 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. Since prisoners cant mail one another, Lizard began writing Kayln Santiago, a friend from Boise. All rights reserved. Three days before Christmas, Lizard called Holguin. It's the most comprehensive and trusted online destination for law enforcement agencies and police departments worldwide. He kept a stable of flashy cars, but favored a cherried-out 1969 Impala with a vanity license plate that read NORTENO.. Lawyers for the eight defendants, however, are likely to attack He was a loyal and merciless soldier until a foolish parole violation threatened to send him back to prison, where his own safety was in question. Jacobs told Viramontes he was marked, but promised he wouldn't let it happen in his yard. Nobody expects you to rap exactly what your life is. [Gratton] said he was sick and tired of going to prison, he didnt want to go back, he wants to be legitimate, Dyno recalls, so he wants to sell cars and start a record company. They were much smaller than the Mexican Mafia, so they used it to their advantage, gang expert Jared Lewis said. Even though he was broke and sleeping on friends couches, Sir Dyno felt he was on the cusp of the big time, ready to break. The only way to sell was to shock, he says. He hung out at the Modesto nightclub La Familia Garcias and set up a meth ring using known norteo gangsters as runners, an enterprise he now claims earned him $10,000 a day. Cuete had gone power mad. The rapper says his final meeting with Gratton occurred while the label owner was outside washing his car. Lizard wrote Big Smiley a wila, or small letter the size of a gum wrapper. To Sir Dyno and his attorneys, the report demonstrates his utter confusion under unbelievable circumstances. He returned to San Quentin in June of 1994 to begin his sentence. I wanted to be that NF member who the people could count on, Lizard recalled. Of course, once the hit list is reactivated, Lizard knows that his name will sit at the very top. Im not sure you can undo it.. But a year into the case, the governments complaint against Sir Dyno shifted course. Not just in rap, but everywhere. Snow-locked Highway 29 between Calistoga and the Lake County border will likely stay closed through the weekend, CHP announced Friday afternoon. 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. Its not easy.. So Lizard flipped. 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. These divisions werent just cultural. If it read Hello Love!, it was every eighth word. Robert Brown Bob Viramontes was 44 and had shared cells with Nuestra Familias founding fathers in Soledad. In hindsight, the move only solidified the stature of race-based gangs, said Daniel Vasquez, a former San Quentin prison warden and gang investigator. You arent just talking about some poor criminal who was abused by the NF and got drawn into the criminal net. The "filter," or official paperwork announcing the hit, came down to Jacobs, who, by this time, had developed a close friendship with Viramontes. A small minority within the gang has not transferred loyalty to Cervantes, Santa Cruz County's Morales said. Each day, the ranking member might assign a topic to his subordinates; by days end, a 1,500-word written essay was due. 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. [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. Zilversmit said the feds were preoccupied with preserving their investigation instead of saving lives. Daniel Hernandez sends a red line to several imprisoned (NF) leaders recommeding the impeachment of (NF) General Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba and lieutenant Sheldon Villanueva. He is also a consultant to a number of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in this ever-changing war against gang violence. If you ever want to talk, call me. who joined the FBI and other agencies in an investigation of street In April 2001, FBI agents, along with assistance from 24 local and state agencies, ended Operation Black Widow. And I got caught what I was doing. But at the time, it seemed like the right thing to do. It gives you a sense of purpose. He told his commander that hed received an order from Cuete to kill two deputy district attorneys, a husband and wife team in San Jose named Kitty and Charles Constantinides. Do Not Sell My Personal Information, If you need further help setting your homepage, check your browsers Help menu, Copyright 2013 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 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Together, Nato and Lizard robbed drug dealers, committed petty crimes, and raised funds for their carnals back inside. After a few meetings, he told Sir Dyno he wanted to finance a project, but instead of using the rappers already-established label, Gratton opted to launch North Star Records. Lizard said Cuete asked him to establish a line of communication that couldnt be detected by guards. Sir Dyno wanted to make a name for himself, Lewis says, so he sold his soul to the devil. The strings of evidence crossed, and the investigation grew, joined by the FBI and dubbed Operation Black Widow. The following day, Ray Sanchez walked into Caps Saloon, unaware that hed been the discussion of a hit. That what I decided to do.. I was getting my game back, Lizard said. Lizard and the government deny this accusation. Lizard had been hiding out along the East Coast, a snitch buried deep inside federal protective custody. If Sir Dynos case were only about lyrics, its likely the First Amendment would swiftly end the debate in his favor. and manufacturers. I could rap political, I could rap street, it doesnt matter, Sir Dyno says. But rumors about G.U.N. Monday. But as his FBI handlers dug further into Lizards tenure as their employee, they unraveled other disturbing facts that threatened to compromise the credibility of their star witness. To the broke and ambitious rapper, the deal sounded too good to refuse. Nuestra Familia prestige is now generational, passed from father to son, uncle to nephew. Its rise even exceeded the mushrooming growth of the greater California prison population. But on his way out the door, the veteran agent made Lizard an offer. I said, Yeah, I could rap like that, whatever. We shared a common goal, and that goal was to be the very NF members who put the organization back on track.. 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. Till Eternity which most people simply call the G.U.N. At the time of Operation Black Widow, law enforcement officials had estimated that Nuestra Familia was responsible for at least 600 murders in the previous 30 years. Then, several weeks later, a Pelican Bay investigator intercepted a letter penned by Lizard to one of his superiors. On his first day of freedom, according to Grattons account, a norteo named Big Smokey met him at the bus terminal, set him up with $5,000 in cash, a 9mm pistol, and a condom. Prison gang members set to testify against Nuestra Familia leaders. The next rung of leaders in Pelican Bay includes Daniel "Stork" Perez of Salinas; Anthony "Chuco" Guillen of San Jose, who was involved in the murder of a Nuestra Familia member there and is serving a 25-year sentence; and George "Puppet" Franco, 39, from San Jose, responsible for the gang's activities in Stockton, Tracy and Fresno. Click here to read the Nuestra Familia constitution. Right after the CD came out, red-on-red violence all but ended, he says. Gratton was shirtless, a large Nuestra Familia tattoo visible in bold letters across his back. Copyright 2023 Police1. Despite the governor's complaints, all five are still housed in the same supermax unit. I mean, I would think not, but you better have some realness to it if youre going to rap that way., Despite his marketed image, Sir Dyno now claims hes never known anyone who died from gang warfare, never had anyone close to him go off to prison. Big Smiley immediately ordered his soldier to enforce gang law back in C-Facility. If he went back to Pelican Bay, his elders would be upset to see him. The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. According to Lewis, gang members have been linked to an estimated three hundred homicides across Northern California. 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 13 defendants, six of them from Pelican Bay, are currently housed at a maximum security prison in North County Jail in Oakland where . It remains to be seen ultimately whether this prosecution was warranted, he said in accepting the guilty pleas. As a captain, he answered only to a handful of higher-ranking capos and the three generals inside Pelican Bay. 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. That autumn, according to testimony from a fellow gang member, Lizard ordered seventeen stabbings. Police1 is revolutionizing the way the law enforcement community Even now, he talks about the incident with the distance that soldiers put between themselves and their wartime deeds. This arrest data includes all information on current and previous arrests for . Therefore John Ashcroft is a chicken.. 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. All rights reserved. He found his man in David Sir Dyno Rocha, then a 26-year-old budding rhymer and producer from Tracy. Its founding fathers adopted the phrase Blood in, blood out, and wrote a fifty-page constitution setting out the organizations bylaws. Ultimately itll be a jurys role to sort out the truth, but this much everybody can agree on: In 1997 an NF captain named Robert Huerito Gratton was paroled from Pelican Bay State Prison, moved to Modesto, and started a label called North Star Records. 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. This was the place where we took all of our training to the next level. I fear no man, he said. Theres nothing to prepare. 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. The young guys trying to make their name were always the craziest, just as Lizard once had been. Jared Lewis, a former Modesto gang investigator, says the impact of G.U.N. Meanwhile, Daniel Lizard Hernandez is just one step away from his own day of reckoning, and from possibly reentering the outside world. It probably aggravated the situation, and forced people to align, pick a side. Jan 27, 2005. In NF, they dont want you to be friends in case you have to do something down the road, Lizard wrote. New soldiers became captains and generals by stabbing or killing people. Lizard says the drug was merely Vicodin, a pain reliever he took after strenuous workouts at the gym. At the end of the trial, after Mr. Rocha spends four to six months sitting with other Latin males, the rest of whom are chained to the floor, how will jurors see him as an individual and judge him fairly in light of the limited evidence against him? they argue in one motion. Looking to score one night in early 1994, Lizard headed to an intersection known for the sale of chiva. Assistant US Attorney Steven Gruel responded in court papers that federal agents couldnt be blamed for failing to notify the victim, since Sanchez already knew that he had serious problems with Heredias gang (in fact, he had been hiding). Gruel also offered four instances in which Lizards testimony did lead FBI agents to inform Norteos they were marked for death. Both were steeped in the Jehovahs Witnesses faith. Every day we prepared for war., Lizard speaks about his gang membership with such conviction and authority that one law enforcement official jokingly compared his oratory skills to those of Fidel Castro. Hes turned his attention to rapping about what he knows, rather than what he fantasizes. 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. His shackled codefendants didnt even look at him as he took his seat among them. Lizards letters were sent to code breakers at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. 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. Rocha still did not understand the charge or why he was being placed into custody. Then he waited. Any brother who steps outside and then returns is automatically put on probation. Now he had to prove he had a mind to match. People like the extreme., He was one of the few who really got off their butts and did it, says Eduardo Crooked Quiroz, a rapper and filmmaker who has known Sir Dyno for ten years. And in every fashion when necessity called for it, I wanted the NF hierarchy to recognize my loyalty and dedication to NF. Prosecutors say the If you wish to change your alliance, you will still have to prove to Norteos you are worthy, and the Sureos will want to kill you for switching sides.. Roy Morales. A judge will decide in December whether his cooperation as an informant outweighs his considerable criminal past. If Nuestra Familia invested in meth labs, a network was already in place. According to prison officials, gang leaders could arrange such deals by offering to keep the peace. He oversaw battalions across the greater Bay Area, and relayed their progress to his bosses back inside. In May of 2001, Lizard met with Martin Ramirez, a gang member from Salinas. walls at Pelican Bay State Prison to carry out the crimes. Sir Dyno had only been to jail once, following his drug arrest. By 1965, Sureos outnumbered Norteos by roughly seven to one inside the prison system. They taught him to grind down plastic shampoo bottles into shanks for knifing an attacker, and to roll up the pages of National Geographic as makeshift spear handles. Lizard said Bob was marked because hed stuck his nose into matters that didnt concern him. Lizard was charged with attempted murder, and sent back to jail. It was during that interrogation Sir Dyno says he first learned about Grattons connections to Nuestra Familia. Salinas underboss Alberto Larez estimated that over the last ten years hed sent Cuete and the generals 40, 45 thousand dollars.. In her written response, she pointed out the governments logical error: All NF members and associates are norteos; David is a norteo. Request a quote for the most accurate & reliable non-lethal training, Get Curious Before Getting Furious: How Cynicism Impacts Behavior On Scene, Authorities say Nuestra Familia's revisions mean more violence in streets By Julia ReynoldsThe Monterey County HeraldMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. Monterey County's deadliest gang has new leadership and a new constitution, forcing changes that law enforcement officers say is translating to increased violence in the streets. His FBI handlers had been clear: Talk down violence at all costs. Lizard already knew all the old tricks. And what had germinated inside the prisons was now blooming all across California. For instance, if Lizard wrote Hey Love, that meant that every third word was part of the real message. If you continue to listen to them, then youll be in there for life, too.'. For now, at least, the final guilty pleas appeared to have pruned back the Blooming Flower. 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. 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. The risks had Lizard thinking. 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