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A federal judge sentenced\u00a0Joe Anthony Felix<\/strong>, 36, of Modesto, California, to 12 years and seven months in prison for racketeering conspiracy, and Jesus Gomez Felix<\/strong>, 32, of Modesto, to two years and six months imprisonment for assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Judge Lawrence J. O\u2019Neill<\/strong> sentenced \u00a0Gary Anthony Romero<\/strong>, 50, of Stockton, California, last month to 20 years imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank the United States Department of Justice and the hard work of the federal prosecutors who prosecuted this case,\u201d said District Attorney Birgit Fladager for Stanislaus County<\/strong>. \u00a0\u201cWe will remain committed to working collaboratively with our federal partners to pursue criminal gang members who commit violent crimes and pose a threat to the citizens of Stanislaus County.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, Nuestra Familia<\/strong> is a prison gang that originally formed in the California state prison system in the 1960s. \u00a0Nuestra Familia leaders control the gang\u2019s criminal activities both inside and outside of the prison system.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, Romero has been a member of Nuestra Familia for about 20 years and has reached one of the highest levels of leadership in Nuestra Familia. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He ordered various crimes to be committed for the benefit of the gang in Stanislaus County, including aggravated assaults, robberies and drug dealing.\u00a0 Romero ordered a home invasion robbery in Turlock in which the robbers wielded firearms and made off with a vehicle and several other items.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

While Romero was in custody at the Stanislaus County Jail, he ordered the \u201cremoval\u201d of several Nortenos who had violated Nuestra Familia rules.\u00a0 A \u201cremoval\u201d involved assaulting the individuals with homemade weapons, as well as fists and feet.\u00a0 Several of the victims suffered stab wounds, according to officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Romero also directed a gang member to set up subsets of the gang throughout Stanislaus County, to collect money from the members, including from their drug trafficking activities and to put the funds on Romero\u2019s books at Stanislaus County Jail, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe Felix was a Norteno, a gang under the Nuestra Familia umbrella, who was in charge of Stanislaus County and provided direction to other Nortenos to commit various crimes, including attempted murder and drug trafficking in Modesto.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe Felix participated in an assault of two individuals who had dropped out of the gang.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of the attack, one of the victims suffered a fractured orbital bone and injury to his eye.\u00a0 Joe Felix also provided direction to other Nortenos regarding the sales of methamphetamine, and profited from the drug trafficking operation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus Felix went armed to the assault of the two gang drop-outs.\u00a0 He exchanged gunfire with someone from the opposing side during the incident.\u00a0 No one was shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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