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. Days later, Big Smiley sent Lizard his own wilas, as well as books on Chicano history. 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. 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. As evidence, family members said, he had a large Aztec goddess tattooed atop the Nuestra Familia logo on his back. 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. This may be called Tools or use an icon like the cog. Snow-locked Highway 29 between Calistoga and the Lake County border will likely stay closed through the weekend, CHP announced Friday afternoon. 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. 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. Blacks sided with the Black Guerrilla Family or the Five Percenters. Prisoners are permitted reading materials, including legal documents in manila folders, which are hands-off to the guards who routinely search the cells. Outside for the first time in decades, he was fashioning a new life in suburban Campbell with his wife and two sons. To test his allegiance, he was ordered to move on his cellmate, Johnny Huero-T Fernandez. It sold, and he knew why. The Apprehension Teams scrutiny proved to be Sir Dynos downfall. Arresting the majority of the defendants was easy; they were already in prison. After the informant completed his undercover work, I discovered that the informant had engaged in unauthorized drug deals, Agent Ragan wrote. And in every fashion when necessity called for it, I wanted the NF hierarchy to recognize my loyalty and dedication to NF. He said he felt no jitters, nor did he question his loyalties to the brothers he was betraying. He kept a stable of flashy cars, but favored a cherried-out 1969 Impala with a vanity license plate that read NORTENO.. CD, Lewis and Helton say. Transferred to Chino State Prison, he celled with two Texas gang members whod been banished for terrorizing their own prison system. Looking to score one night in early 1994, Lizard headed to an intersection known for the sale of chiva. 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. He pleaded guilty to arranging two murders from prison, and will be sentenced to life in prison in December, along with the gangs generals. I had to.. One of the gangs living legends had recently been paroled. A member of the Mexican Mafia, Ortiz was cast out of the criminal organization in the mid-1990s after angering . He took the gangs oath, Blood in, blood out, and rose to the rank of captain within a few years. The federal indictment named 13 members, including Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, the boss who greenlighted Viramontes, and the two other reigning La Mesa members, James "Tibbs" Morado and Cornelio "Corny" Tristan. 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. The former leaders include James "Tibbs" Morado, Joseph "Pinky" Hernandez, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, Cornelio Tristan, and Tex Marin Hernandez. Gratton knew nothing about the music business, but he had bricks of cash and a simple plan: to produce a rap CD that would work as a recruiting tool for Nuestra Familia and also serve to launder the gangs drug money. But within a few months, Nato got pinched for robbery, and with his long rap sheet, he got 39 years. Once paroled, Lizard then served as Nuestra Familias highest-ranking member outside prison. I didnt realize lyrics could be taken so seriously, he now says, claiming that he rapped for shock value on G.U.N. With the prison population growing so fast, they had their pick, Lewis said. David Rochas arrest report depicts a guy caught off guard. Nato had worked his way up in the ranks from Norteo street thug to membership in the Nuestra Familia prison gang. One morning this past August, Sir Dyno sat in his Dodge Caravan, stuck in I-580 traffic, knowing hed be late for his court hearing in San Francisco. Thats it. with his boss while in prison, and took it out of prison with him, after the idea was ratified by the NF leadership. He estimated the CD had netted about $80,000 and that hed sent only $5,000 to a bank account in Boise, Idaho, where a female accomplice transferred the money into a separate account for NF prisoners. Cuete arranged for the new hotshot to move into his cell. Cuete had gone power mad. Crazy Girl translated the letters and passed them along to gang members on the outside. He was more than just a studio rapper, he says. It is my hope the federal prison system is better equipped to derail the violence.. This arrest data includes all information on current and previous arrests for . Lizard had been hiding out along the East Coast, a snitch buried deep inside federal protective custody. All those guys didnt want to see me up there. 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. 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. interacts online and researches product purchases At first, Sir Dynos lead attorney Rosalind Manson thought she had a slam-dunk, a bring-on-the-First Amendment, lets-end-it-now case. The theory went, if we separated the two gangs, wed have less problems, Vasquez said. 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. Its just the way it is, Sir Dyno says. If you ever want to help yourself, you can. Then he waited. But rumors about G.U.N. The cases were spread across Northern California. But if we want to prepare these people for integration to society, maybe we need to integrate them in the prison first, get them used to living with different peoples.. From the prisons to the jails, all over California, you have to claim a side, Vasquez said. The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida Anti-Castro Cuban exiles who have been linked to bombings and assassinations are living free in Miami. A small star on his forehead suggested hed killed someone in prison, even though, in truth, he hadnt. It wasnt worth it to me anymore., Yet the claim that the rapper was blissfully unaware of Grattons gang connections doesnt pass the sniff test for law-enforcement guys like Jared Lewis. I didnt have a choice, he recalled. When Lizard asked Goose about protection for the rings, the underling said, Ill produce the manpower [and] the weapons to facilitate our needs and firepower to lay the motherfuckers down.. 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. Rubalcaba is accused in court papers of ordering Not only had he given up his post on the street, but now theyd be suspicious that he was a narc. gang activity in Northern California about six years ago. Shortly thereafter, his client pleaded guilty for a chance at parole, but remained adamant that Lizard had given him the green light. He was a criminal too. In 2000, a yard riot launched by gang members ended after 250 inmates were injured, many of them with stab wounds. It is a form of psychological torture." Perez says that, after the initial arrests of the five, attempts were made to persuade them to plead guilty or inform on their co-defendants and on Cuba by . You have entered an incorrect email address. 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. 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. and manufacturers. The "filter," or official paperwork announcing the hit, came down to Jacobs, who, by this time, had developed a close friendship with Viramontes. Man, Im from the streets. The CD had been funded in 1998 from Pelican Bay prison by the top Nuestra Familia general, Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba. 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. Operation Knockout Finally, brothers were required to learn sign language so they could make the most of the one hour outside their cells. 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. Henry Happy Cervantes spoke to Lizard alone. Ramirez confided to Lizard that his own boss, Heredia, who would later be Zilversmits client, wanted to go to war. What to do? Now, at 22, Frias has been sentenced to a prison term of 29 years to life for the gang-ordered execution of Raymond Sanchez at Cap's Saloon in downtown Salinas. Like a religious convert eager to please his superiors, Lizards first efforts impressed his would-be peers. His father sold vacuum cleaners; his mother was a housewife. It was during that interrogation Sir Dyno says he first learned about Grattons connections to Nuestra Familia. Lizard hadnt, so Nato schooled him on the long-standing war. Later, when Heltons team arrested an alleged Nuestra Familia member named Vidal Spider Fabela during a traffic stop, they found G.U.N. ', All of the early motions from Gruel and his team of US prosecutors pointed only to Sir Dynos role in making the album. Years earlier, a young Norteo paroled from Pelican Bay had given a Santa Rosa detective a lead into the prison gang. Gang affiliation in California is often a matter of geography, but for Daniel Hernandez it wasnt that simple. From inside Pelican Bay State Prison, Lizard had served as the brutally violent gangs principal secretary, helping inmates in solitary confinement set up bank accounts in Idaho, direct drug sales across Northern California, and even order murders. But the state prison guards union and correctional officials have argued that to mix inmates now would only bring more violence. 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. You have entered an incorrect email address! Hoping to curtail the violence, wardens stopped putting Anglos, blacks, and Latinos in cells with one another. Im a Northerner, he says, arms wide. You cant smoke everybody that sells dope.. There was Henry Happy Cervantes, built like a fire hydrant, who got caught on an FBI wire offering to murder two Santa Clara County district attorneys. [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. Copyright 2023 The FBI believes the exchange earned Lizard a quick $3,600. Lo-fi beats backed simple, repetitive keyboard riffs. A huge warehouse complex project is before the American City Council. He and his wife moved to Boise, Idaho, where he hoped the slow pace would help him start over. Lizard wrote Big Smiley a wila, or small letter the size of a gum wrapper. Rap is an exaggeration of life, he says, just like in a movie. But Wino rejected Lizard. Im just going to wait for the trial.. At Lizards behest, Crazy Girl opened two bank accounts and made deposits from gang soldiers who were required to remit 25 percent of their profits. For this outburst, prison administrators shipped Lizard off to Pelican Bay State Prison the last stop for riders. He seems likely to face civil and/or criminal penalties for what appears to be at best mismanagement and at worst blatant corruption that. After a few weeks of writing and recording, the CD was released on Cinco de Mayo of 1998 and found its audience immediately. The rappers story varies somewhat depending on whos doing the telling. Now, the legal definition rests simply on whether a person has a slight connection to the mob. The CD includes Nuestra Familia artwork and a statement that the success of this project has resulted from true Norteo unity we applaud the Carnalismo we would also like to give a special thanks to our family [emphasis theirs] and all the warriors. Trial witness R.G. Its as sensible as that East Coast-West Coast thing. When he entered Corcoran State Prison in 1989 for selling cocaine, he joined Nuestra Raza, a recruiting gang for the more esteemed Nuestra Familia. But one year later, his family moved to Long Beach, the heart of Sureo country. Then, several weeks later, a Pelican Bay investigator intercepted a letter penned by Lizard to one of his superiors. 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. In the eyes of the law, that would make Sir Dyno a real-life gangster. of Tulare County. At the time, norteo street gangs were engaged in red-on-red turf wars, and were giving up overall ground to the sureos, their blue-clad enemies from the south. But on his way out the door, the veteran agent made Lizard an offer. Gratton was shirtless, a large Nuestra Familia tattoo visible in bold letters across his back. It was his way or the highway. These divisions werent just cultural. I even convinced the government that Im this crazy guy.. Whatever you want. That 50 percent looked like gold., Sir Dyno claims he never asked where Gratton got his money, and whether or not the jury believes that could be key to his fate. The rapper says his final meeting with Gratton occurred while the label owner was outside washing his car. But Lizards exploits show how prison policies adopted to control gangs such as Nuestra Familia may actually have helped them bloom. They were Gerald "Cuete" Rubalcaba, my pal Lizard Hernandez, and Robert "Huero" Gratton. Robert Brown Bob Viramontes was 44 and had shared cells with Nuestra Familias founding fathers in Soledad. Then Lizard got lucky. Otherwise, he was free to go about his business. 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. 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. He was born in Pittsburg, which made him a Norteo by birth. It was a hell of an audience to keep waiting. In his FBI interrogation, Gratton never makes it clear whether Sir Dyno knew he was rapping for the mob, or that North Star Records had been set up to launder money. After all, race-based prison gang violence dominates Californias prison system, according to a 2002 report from the California State Department of Justice. Now, nearly all Norte-o soldiers and Nuestra Familia regiment captains across California answer to Cervantes, gang experts say, but re-establishing the gang's control over the streets has not been easy. Ultimately, Sir Dynos fate could come down to whether jurors believe the David Rocha at home on the couch, or Robert Gratton, the snitch on the stand. The unit requires pin-drop silence from its inmates. His words are those of a man still prepared for war. Gratton had been deployed by his bosses to run the gangs Zapatista crew, which operated in the Modesto, Tracy, and Turlock areas. The history of that hit calls into question the governments handling of Lizard. He told them about the codes, the phony law firm, the bank accounts. The quickest way to get money back fast would be to release a norteo album. County./AP. 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. He folded up the missive, stuck it to a piece of gum, and dangled it into Smileys cell using a thread of elastic hed plucked from his waistband. Lizards initial work was flawless. 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. 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. It took 26 years for death to catch up to Donald Ramon Ortiz. Holguin also was searching for evidence that connected Lizard to a larger operation. For the first time in decades, one man sits alone at the helm of the criminal organization that for more than 30 years has called the shots for thousands of Norte-o gang members in the Salinas Valley. No one who got whacked was an innocent man. Sanchez was laying low, but Ramirez expected him to pop up again. On January 24, 2001, at the FBIs prodding, Lizard hosted a junta for local underbosses at a Motel 6 in Tracy. Lexipol. As a captain, he answered only to a handful of higher-ranking capos and the three generals inside Pelican Bay. Lizard said Cuete asked him to establish a line of communication that couldnt be detected by guards. A grand jury indictment was in the works. Most importantly, he showed a willingness to draw sureo blood. 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 Instead, he says, Gratton talked business. 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. Prison gang members set to testify against Nuestra Familia leaders. Its estimated for every NF member, there are seven La Eme. Lizard recalls Nato asking him why he claimed Sureo, and if hed heard the history of the gang conflict. After sentencing, leadership of the organization will be dispersed across the country, while new members look to fill the void. Gratton, Sir Dyno says, wanted him to aim his lyrics at bringing together norteos. Cervantes added that hed already followed the couple to the courthouse. dozens of murders while imprisoned at Pelican Bay, including By now, rumors were swirling that G.U.N. Using confidential informants, investigators said they've who joined the FBI and other agencies in an investigation of street 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. 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. He argued with a dealer and ended up firing three bullets at the man as he ran away. 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. If he stayed in Corcoran, hed have to watch his back for young Norteos. His teen angst surfaced one day when he threatened to kill his vice principal. If he wrote Dear Love, every sixth word mattered. Daniel Lizard Hernandez was awakened by an FBI agent at 4 a.m. a few weeks ago. You wont catch me slipping. Investigators ended Operation Black Widow in June of 2001. 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 following day, Ray Sanchez walked into Caps Saloon, unaware that hed been the discussion of a hit. If Lizard wanted to buy it, Silent would ask only $15,000 cash. One such order last year told Norte-os across Northern California to clean the streets of Sure-os. For the next three months, he made his bones among Norteos by slashing Sureo inmates, brothers hed once shouldered with. 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. Dyno has since expanded his own label, Darkroom Studios, starred in three independent movies, and penned a fictional autobiography about a gangster named Joaquin who takes up arms for the Zapatistas. He told them he could go undercover for them. 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. I said, Yeah, I could rap like that, whatever. Im from up here, I grew up with norteo friends. Any brother who steps outside and then returns is automatically put on probation. The only problem is the limiting of audience outside Northern California., After costs for radio spots and posters and printing, the plan estimated profits of $21,051 on the first 4,000 units. 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