{"id":23632,"date":"2016-05-23T10:22:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=23632"},"modified":"2016-05-23T10:22:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T17:22:32","slug":"federal-judge-sentences-bossy-17-years-prison-gang-related-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=23632","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Sentences “Bossy” to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Gang-Related Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"u.s.DISTRICTAn El Monte man who pled guilty to four separate crimes gang-related to gang activity has been sentenced to serve 17 years and six months in federal prison, federal officials announced today.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt<\/strong> sentenced Christian \u201cBossy\u201d Lafargo<\/strong>, 30, last week after Lafargo plead guilt to multiple charges, including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering -\u2013 Attempted Murder, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering \u2013 Conspiracy to Commit Murder, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case was based on Lafargo\u2019s activities in the El Monte Flores gang, one of the oldest street gangs in Los Angeles County. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the government\u2019s sentencing papers, the street gang has hundreds of Mexican Mafia affiliated gang members, spanning several generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mexican Mafia is a \u00a0violent prison gang that controls drug distribution and other illegal activities within the California penal system and on the streets of Southern California.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"U.S.If a street gang does not comply with the demands of the Mexican Mafia, officials said the prison gang will order the assault or murder the offending gang\u2019s members, whether they are in custody or on the streets.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the indictment, the El Monte Flores gang seeks to control parts of the San Gabriel Valley through violence and intimidation, while deriving profits from its drug-trafficking operations and the scheme of \u201ctaxing\u201d persons within the community. <\/span><\/p>\n

The crimes this gang has committedinclude drug-trafficking, extortion, theft, robbery, assault, hate crimes against African-Americans, and murder.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lafargo, a long-time EMF member, participated in drug distribution, extortion, and crimes of violence on behalf of the enterprise and the most aggravating aspect of defendant\u2019s offense conduct was his violent activity on behalf of the gang, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2009, Lafargo beat and kicked a victim in the head and assaulted this victim while Lafargo possessed marijuana for distribution along with a 9mm firearm. In 2010, Lafargo attempted to kill a co-defendant, Jose Salas, because Salas had instructed an unidentified co-conspirator to sell drugs in the same area where Lafargo was selling drugs on behalf of Mexican Mafia members.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even during his periods of incarceration, LaFargo continued to participate in criminal activity on behalf of the gang and Mexican Mafia, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gang violence like that employed by the EMF gang terrorizes the community and often victimizes the innocent,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker. \u201cLafargo was an integral part of that violence and was unwilling to stop committing crimes, even when in State Prison. The sentence imposed in this case will protect the El Monte community for over 17 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lafargo was the latest defendant sentenced by Judge Kronstadt in the case against the EMF gang:<\/span><\/p>\n