In an interview last year, Zilversmit said Lizard and his FBI handlers were culpable in the death of Sanchez. In all, 21 people were indicted in the FBIs three-year investigation into Nuestra Familia, code-named Operation Black Widow. Under federal law, its rather easy to be declared a coconspirator in a RICO case. According to transcripts and court documents, Ramirez brought up the touchy subject of Ray Sanchez, a competing heroin dealer who was boasting of taking over the drug game. 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. Following instructions from the generals, Cuete put out a hit on Brown Bob. 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. 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. A federal grand jury in San Francisco handed down 21 indictments against gang members, including the three generals and captain Gerald Cuete Rubalcaba. He faced 25 years to life. He was very concerned about his familys safety, his safety. Copyright 2023 Police1. Theres nothing to prepare. Thats not going to happen. According to Lizard and FBI informants, the accounts held up to $25,000. He seems likely to face civil and/or criminal penalties for what appears to be at best mismanagement and at worst blatant corruption that. Shes not liking it too much. 15 year old Carlos "Casper" Silva a Preston parolee is arrested murders 3 people witin a seven week span on behalf of Nuestra familia. They were expected to smuggle in a copy of the Nuestra Familia constitution inside their legal folders and commit the document and its philosophy to memory. It was explained to Rocha that the RICO charge had to do with racketeering and his involvement with Nuestra Familia prison gang; specifically in the creating of the Generations of United Norteos compact disc and how the CD was financed. What they will do within the federal prison remains to be seen, but investigators said stabbings have increased and communication with the outside has been established through cell phones smuggled into prison. Theres no reason Id want him to go down.. In its fifteen years of operation, at least a dozen inmates have been strangled to death inside its walls, according to lawsuits and published reports. You cant smoke everybody that sells dope.. Copyright Weeklys All rights reserved. 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. Today, the real Sir Dyno has five kids, a home in Tracy, and makes a living off CD sales, which he estimates at beyond 100,000 nationwide. Californias most fearsome prison is located near the Oregon border, a windswept fortress surrounded by three walls and two barbed-wire fences. 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. If youre a norteo, and youre flamed-up in reds a 49ers jersey will do a lone sureo, who might be dressed down in his Dodgers blue, could make a move on you, unprovoked. When the NF trial begins on November 3 jury selection starts this week federal attorneys will use photographs and lyrics from the G.U.N. F. FuckScrapz209. 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. Heres my card.'. 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. Two months later, the leaders met again at the Los Robles Lodge in Santa Rosa. They were much smaller than the Mexican Mafia, so they used it to their advantage, gang expert Jared Lewis said. Nuestra Familia (Spanish for "our family") is a criminal organization of Mexican American (Chicano) prison gangs with origins in Northern California. As gang-on-gang violence grew in the late 1970s, prison administrators also began housing Norteos and Sureos in separate cells. One of the highest-ranking defendants in the upcoming trial, In a corner of his home thats been scribbled on with black markers by one of his kids, Sir Dyno still works daily, mixing beats on a computer, recording new rhymes, diddling on a keyboard. Orders from the generals were arriving on the streets within weeks, if not days. In sealed court documents, Lizards primary FBI handler claimed that he was duped by his informant. Each day, the ranking member might assign a topic to his subordinates; by days end, a 1,500-word written essay was due. 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. Hernandez never belonged to either group until he ended up in prison. If he stayed in Corcoran, hed have to watch his back for young Norteos. Lizard wrote Big Smiley a wila, or small letter the size of a gum wrapper. A member of the Mexican Mafia, Ortiz was cast out of the criminal organization in the mid-1990s after angering . I didnt know the guy was selling drugs, too. Copyright 2023 You have entered an incorrect email address. I wanted to be that NF member who the people could count on, Lizard recalled. Lizard said he shook the tail, but later needed to prove he was clean. I wanted to get out of there, to come to California and do what I needed to do.. Back among the general prison population, Lizard reported to his ranking captain, Gerald Cuete Rubalcaba, one of the gangs most revered members. He said he knows they may try to find him, but that he will not hide. The report counted nearly seven thousand cases of inmate assault in the states 32 institutions, along with nine murders that year, a steady increase over the past decade. Hes had plenty of time to contemplate. 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. 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. For the next three months, he made his bones among Norteos by slashing Sureo inmates, brothers hed once shouldered with. and manufacturers. Im a Northerner, he says, arms wide. 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. And frankly, heres a guy whos committed numerous violent crimes, and hes getting a free pass. According to Lewis, the gang grew from about a thousand members in the late 80s to more than two thousand just six years later. 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. All those guys didnt want to see me up there. Hed proved he had the muscle to ascend within Nuestra Familia. Not with NF.. If the underbosses suspected that he was the target of an investigation, they might shun him or worse. 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. That autumn, according to testimony from a fellow gang member, Lizard ordered seventeen stabbings. They knew I had them., He still hasnt been reunited with his family. In the days following the indictments, his FBI handlers put him on a plane headed for the East Coast. Still, the weekend he got out, he was intent on getting paid. He used rap to vent about what every other twenty-year-old male stuck in a small town vents about: how fucked-up life is. According to one source, Ribota took the CD to the San Joaquin County district attorneys office to see if it constituted an official threat to a police officer. The gang's new constitution says the five should still be respected as former leaders, but has stripped them of their power in California. I had to.. All rights reserved. Lizard recalled feeling nothing in the aftermath of the hit. Gratton was shirtless, a large Nuestra Familia tattoo visible in bold letters across his back. But the rapper has faith the judicial process will work in his favor. Gerald Marvin Rubalcaba of Visalia, age 45, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance Violation Parole: Felony Reckless Driving Evading P.O. After a Nuestra Familia-led intifada left Folsom State Prison wet with blood, officials transferred most if not all of that facilitys Norteos to other state institutions. Lizard swung his weight around hard. What if you get away with it? Its just the way it is, Sir Dyno says. Since at least the 1920s, many California Latinos have thought of themselves in the same way that other residents of the state divide themselves: as Northern Californians, or Norteos; and Southern Californians, or Sureos. I could rap political, I could rap street, it doesnt matter, Sir Dyno says. Lizard initially followed his script and pushed for peace, according to the transcripts. But once youre in the gang, you have a choice as to how high you want to go. Even now, he talks about the incident with the distance that soldiers put between themselves and their wartime deeds. The rationale for the federal case, officials said, was to cripple the gang's power base . His middle-class Long Beach upbringing was spent golfing, surfing, and skateboarding. If Nuestra Familia invested in meth labs, a network was already in place. On April 30, 1997, Robert Huerito Gratton arrived in Modesto, fresh from Pelican Bay. I didnt care, he said later. When Lizard arrived in January of 1995, he checked in with the ranking gang member. "There's family members still loyal to the guys in the fed," he said, referring to the exiled former generals and captains in Colorado. Cuete took a shine to Lizard because Lizard was a stickler for detail, one police investigator said last year. In early 1998, fellow La Mesa heavyweight Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba ordered Viramontes dead. None of these other [Nuestra Familia members] have a thing to say about [Sir Dyno], Manson says. He smoked pot and tasted alcohol. It was a hell of an audience to keep waiting. Then Lizard got lucky. For the cover art, Sir Dyno says he told all his friends to tell their friends to show up at a park wearing their reds. Lizard recalls Nato asking him why he claimed Sureo, and if hed heard the history of the gang conflict. 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. His most recent, Engrave These Words on My Stone, is probably his most cathartic, if not authentic. Prison gang members set to testify against Nuestra Familia leaders. At the time, Operation Black Widow was just getting under way, and Grattons blueprint to the gangs hierarchy was invaluable. promotional posters around town and learning from a confidential informant that Robert Gratton, one of the faces on the posters, was financing North Star from meth sales. But Wino rejected Lizard. dozens of murders while imprisoned at Pelican Bay, including Cuete was among the final holdouts. During his time with Nuestra Raza, Gratton learned the boot camp basics: how to make shanks, decode letters, and memorize the NF Constitution. Im from up here, I grew up with norteo friends. The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. Whatever it is, you gotta go to the extreme. A few weeks later, the rapper signed a new contract with Dog Day Records and quickly released an album called Gang Stories. 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. Sir Dyno had only been to jail once, following his drug arrest. It gives you a sense of purpose. He says theres a street code: You dont ever ask too many questions, and both men stuck to that code. While Sanchez sipped beer, Frias met Martinez at his car. His father sold vacuum cleaners; his mother was a housewife. Ribota declined comment for this story, in light of the upcoming trial. who joined the FBI and other agencies in an investigation of street Gratton is the guy whos going to make the entire case against David; its his word against Davids. I was giving them a taste of something they wanted for a long time. I did it because I was ordered to do it. Sanchez was laying low, but Ramirez expected him to pop up again. FBI agents did not respond to interview requests. To Sir Dyno and his attorneys, the report demonstrates his utter confusion under unbelievable circumstances. Then he waited. Eventually, he returned there, unable to cope with life in the slow lane. Its as sensible as that East Coast-West Coast thing. only to sell records. Years earlier, a young Norteo paroled from Pelican Bay had given a Santa Rosa detective a lead into the prison gang. Theres blood on the governments hands here, he said. I spoke to a classification officer at the San Joaquin County jail who confirmed that Rocha claimed to be norteo but didnt claim a particular set of a gang.. The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. Shortly thereafter, his client pleaded guilty for a chance at parole, but remained adamant that Lizard had given him the green light. The strings of evidence crossed, and the investigation grew, joined by the FBI and dubbed Operation Black Widow. Days later, Big Smiley sent Lizard his own wilas, as well as books on Chicano history. The prosecutors revealed that Gratton would testify Sir Dyno dealt meth on his behalf. He did not return letters seeking comment for this article. 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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Now youre in the gang., Lizard still recalls what Nato told him on that day back in San Quentin: Primo, if the North and South go to war, I cant protect you just because youre my blood. OUR PUBLICATIONSCannabis ChronicleEast BayGilroy DispatchGood Times Santa CruzHollister Free LanceKing City RustlerMarin Pacific SunMetro Silicon ValleyMorgan Hill TimesNorth Bay BohemianPress BannerSalinas Valley TribuneSouth ValleyWatsonville Pajaronian, ADVERTISINGAdvertiseLegal NoticesObituariesSponsored ContentWriting An ObituarySubmit an Obituary, COMPANY INFOJob OpportunitiesPrivacy Policy. 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. Sir Dyno believed hed just made a wise career choice. Hes turned his attention to rapping about what he knows, rather than what he fantasizes. Again, he uses a kernel of truth to anchor his rhyme, and a metaphor to exaggerate his reality. They didnt care about agendas like that.. Gratton, already growing weary with the gang after learning that one of his closest allies, Robert Brown Bob Viramontes, had been murdered outside his Campbell home, ignored Rubalcabas letters. He is also a consultant to a number of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in this ever-changing war against gang violence. Lizard said that during that time, he heard two Norteos disrespecting Smileys name and took the initiative to stab them both. Since flipping for the feds, Gratton is preparing to publish his story in a yet-to-be-released book, The Rise and Fall of Nuestra Familia. The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. He had two daughters to support, and payments from other rap projects were slow coming in. The rapper says hed press Gratton for cash, but the label owner always had an excuse. 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. 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. He told them he could go undercover for them. , 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.. 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. She was nicknamed Crazy Girl and had the moniker tattooed over her right kneecap, according to FBI documents. He was a long way from his former East Bay stomping grounds, and hadnt dared visit his wife and children, who still lived locally. But the state prison guards union and correctional officials have argued that to mix inmates now would only bring more violence. Down one tricep it reads East and down the other, Bay. On the side of his shaved head he has a dragon next to the words Convicted by Insanity.. In the eyes of the law, that would make Sir Dyno a real-life gangster. That was their fuck-up. There was Henry "Happy" Cervantes, built like . The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. There, Gratton was made a full-fledged Nuestra Familia member. That night, Holguin led a three-car caravan of police investigators, federal agents, and prison investigators to meet Lizard. But rumors about G.U.N. Everybody knows that. No one who entered the system could safely walk alone. He complained again that his overhead was too high; he had to charge $3,200 per pound of meth, while his competitors were selling it at $2,600 to $2,800. He took the gangs oath, Blood in, blood out, and rose to the rank of captain within a few years. It remains to be seen ultimately whether this prosecution was warranted, he said in accepting the guilty pleas. 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. uncovered a hierarchy at Pelican Bay State Prison responsible for Grattons information cast a domino effect, eventually leading to 21 cooperating witnesses for the government. 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 total, aside from the five convictions and twenty guilty pleas credited to Lizards grand jury testimony and undercover work, federal officials said Operation Black Widow led to a total of 75 Nuestra Familia convictions. Gratton stands only five foot seven, but his bold tattoos did the talking. 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. He told his interviewers Sir Dyno put out Gang Stories without permission and, for that, was very close to being placed on a hit list.. Lizard had been hiding out along the East Coast, a snitch buried deep inside federal protective custody. Cuete and Lizard proved just how far their reach extended in early 1999. Thats who I am. Inside his Tracy home, he sits comfortably against the oversize cushions on his fluffy couch, with his baby daughter rocking to sleep a few feet away. According to Lizard, the commander had one more piece of information: Cuete says youre a no-good. slated for Sept. 13 in San Francisco, is Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba Like other major prison gangs, including the Aryan Brotherhood and the Mexican Mafia, Nuestra Familia issues orders from its power base in the Security Housing Unit of Pelican Bay. Till Eternity which most people simply call the G.U.N. All rights reserved. Dozens of Napans who are homeless will soon find permanent housing in a former city motel. It sold, and he knew why. He was sentenced to 29 years to life in prison. Cuete had gone power mad. At any one time, an estimated two to three hundred members are incarcerated there, including the gangs top three generals. Hed been Cuetes right hand for four years. I wanted to go face to face with all those attorneys, he said. They also hardened into gang boundaries on the streets. 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. Nobody expects you to rap exactly what your life is. 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. Hed turned his parents garage into a makeshift studio, recorded cassettes, and sold them at low-rider shows and East Bay record stores. They were, according to the government, members of Nuestra Familia, Northern Californias most notorious and ruthless prison gang. The Apprehension Teams scrutiny proved to be Sir Dynos downfall. In June, one California prison experimented with another solution to the Norteo-Sureo war. The following day, Ray Sanchez walked into Caps Saloon, unaware that hed been the discussion of a hit. The more shock you had in your raps, at the time, the more you sold. Special Agent Kelly explained to Rocha that he was being placed under arrest for violation of RICO conspiracy, the report states. He was as bright and loyal as they came, so Cuete could trust him.. In November 1998, he was pulled over on a traffic violation. After he was expelled, his parents sent him back north to live with an aunt in Pittsburg, where he continued to. He was born in Pittsburg, which made him a Norteo by birth. The deep trouble in which he now finds himself has everything to do with his performance on a gang-funded rap CD titled Generations of United Norteos Till Eternity. finds relevant news, identifies important training information, For seven months, he secretly recorded meetings with his gangs underbosses, allowing federal agents to listen in as his carnals planned drug deals, bought firearms, and talked openly about killing people, including two deputy district attorneys from Santa Clara County. But within a few months, Nato got pinched for robbery, and with his long rap sheet, he got 39 years. It would bring the most attention and the most sales. The boss reminded Gratton that the money belonged to the gang, and demanded more deposits into Nuestra Familia bank accounts. After he was expelled, his parents sent him back north to live with an aunt in Pittsburg, where he continued to carouse. Over an ominous keyboard drone, he speaks deliberately, as if issuing a UN speech: The primary purpose and goals of this album is to promote unity amongst each and every one of us as norteos. But government agents said that Brown Bob actually had pulled away from the gang. Meanwhile, Lizard received government paychecks totaling more than $52,000 for his seven months of work, according to FBI reports. 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. If he was going to hold the case together, hed need to account for his own alleged crimes as a snitch. He told them about killing Brown Bob. Rocha still did not understand the charge or why he was being placed into custody. As a kid I didnt know anything but religion, he said. Citing the First Amendment, the DA chose not to pursue the case. But while prosecutors were assembling their final case against the gang, Lizard was drug-tested as part of the terms of his release. The rapper says his final meeting with Gratton occurred while the label owner was outside washing his car. Lizard had made other deals, too. Following his arrival at the jail, Dyno was interviewed by Thomas Ribota, another Modesto detective. They dont want guys to get close; it blurs the lines. Police dogs sniffed through his car and came up with three ounces of crystal meth. I told him, Listen. gang's leaders communicated by some form of secret code within the The five former leaders are James "Tibbs" Morado, 59, whose common-law wife, 20-year-old Salinas resident Crystal Nenque, was found slain on Hecker Pass Road near Watsonville in 2005; Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, 58; Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, 52; Cornelio Tristan, 46; and former Monterey resident Tex Marin Hernandez, 53. He was more than just a studio rapper, he says. The rappers story varies somewhat depending on whos doing the telling. Its estimated for every NF member, there are seven La Eme. 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. But on his way out the door, the veteran agent made Lizard an offer. Blacks sided with the Black Guerrilla Family or the Five Percenters. Gratton had been deployed by his bosses to run the gangs Zapatista crew, which operated in the Modesto, Tracy, and Turlock areas. Right after the CD came out, red-on-red violence all but ended, he says. It wasnt quite the impression he wanted to make. The five former leaders are James "Tibbs" Morado, 59, whose common-law wife, 20-year-old Salinas resident Crystal Nenque, was found slain on Hecker Pass Road near Watsonville in 2005; Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, 58; Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, 52; Cornelio Tristan, 46; and former Monterey resident Tex Marin Hernandez, 53. Gang affiliation in California is often a matter of geography, but for Daniel Hernandez it wasnt that simple. But witnesses corralled by police later refused to work with the district attorney. While the recognized leaders of the Norteos in Pelican Bay ask that members respect the former leaders, they have been effectively stripped of their authority. 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Address: 318 Harrison Street, Suite 302, Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: (510) 879-3700 www.EastBayExpress.com More by Justin Berton Lizard is a Rat new AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story East Bay Express | Justin Berton | 04-21-2008 | Media Tags: media Growing Up Right new Its different for her, he said. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. prison gang are prepared to testify against their top leaders in a At night, he ordered rows of Nuestra Familia inmates to recite aloud Aztec war chants to rattle guards and enemies. Almost two decades later, Lizard still recalls the clarity of that moment. I fear no organization. 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.
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