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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A member of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys who helped run the street gang\u2019s drug trafficking operations has been sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison<\/span> for federal racketeering and narcotics crimes, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

United States District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald sentenced <\/span>Mark Anthony Espinosa, 43, of Lancaster.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Espinosa pleaded guilty on April 7 to one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and one count of conspiracy to distribute drugs, including methamphetamine.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"\u00a0 According to court documents, from November 2015 to November 2019, Espinosa was a member of the Peque\u00f1os clique of the Vineland Boys. <\/span><\/p>\n

Espinosa conspired with other Vineland Boys gang members to sell drugs throughout the gang\u2019s \u201cterritory.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Espinosa also acted as a drug supplier and sell drugs within Vineland Boys territory, operate drug and firearms stash locations, and enforce the gang\u2019s extortion of <\/span>drug dealers, including through violence, the evidence indicated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In his plea agreement, Espinosa admitted to committing a series of criminal activities, including a March 2016 meeting in which he discussed an incident in which he and another Vineland Boys gang member held a gun to the head of a person in a back-alley confrontation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"Espinosa also admitted to engaging in a drug deal in June 2016, in which he and a co-defendant sold approximately 112 grams of methamphetamine to a buyer who paid $700.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 2019, a federal grand jury indicted 31 Vineland Boys members and associates. <\/span><\/p>\n

So far, federal prosecutors have secured 29 convictions in this case, including 14 convictions that have resulted in prison sentences of at least 10 years. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"One of them, Vineland Boys gang member Jesus Gonzalez Jr., 29, \u201cLil Chito,\u201d \u201cGunner\u201d and \u201cChuy,\u201d of Sun Valley, is serving a\u00a031-year federal prison sentence<\/a>\u00a0for committing multiple felonies, including the attempted murders of three rival gangsters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This case\u2019s lead defendant, Mario Alberto Miranda, 31, of Sherman Oaks, an alleged Vineland Boys shot caller, and Ulises Botello, 46, of Palmdale, are scheduled to go to trial in October 2023 on racketeering conspiracy and narcotics charges.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the Los Angeles Police Department investigated this matter. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer Chou and Sara Vargas of the Violent and Organized Crime Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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