SAN JOSE — Five alleged Northern California gang members who are serving life sentences in state prisons are now heading to federal lockup related to a conspiracy case designed to weaken the powerful ...

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 Quentin, ...

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 in ...

Regardless their verdict, a jury of nine women and three men are about to get a serious schooling in the prison gang Nuestra Familia. Wednesday kicked off the first trial day for Vincent “Chente” ...

Federal prosecutors Monday announced they have added more than a dozen new charges to their case against three alleged leaders of a prison gang accused of orchestrating robberies and murders. An ...

Vincent “Chente” Garcia, reputed chief executive officer of Nuestra Familia prison gang, was found guilty of all charges by a jury of 10 women and two men that needed only three hours to return its ...

Nuestra Familia leaders and associates from Monterey County plotted to kill an attorney, according to a government motion filed in the Operation Valley Star trial now unfolding in a Sacramento federal ...

An FBI and Santa Clara County Violent Gang Task Force investigation has resulted in the indictment of 24 alleged Nuestra Familia gang members and associates in San Jose. "They were indicted on 34 ...

OAKLAND — Now that the alleged leaders of one of California’s four dominant prison gangs have been indicted on racketeering charges, they’re doing their best to return to their cells in California’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Federal prosecutors joined with Bay Area law enforcement Thursday morning to announce sweeping action against prison gangs in Northern California, characterizing the bust as ...

SALINAS — Two members of the Nuestra Familia prison gang have been found guilty of engaging in multiple conspiracies to commit assault and murder inside Monterey County Jail. According to the U.S.