A federal jury has convicted four men who prosecutors say control a vast network of street and prison gangs that run drugs and commit violence throughout California.
Prisons are supposed to protect the community from further crime and offer people the chance for rehabilitation, but prison gangs frustrate both goals, Northern California U.S. Attorney Martha Boersch said.
Cervantes' lawyers essentially argued that Cervantes had moved on with his life and was no longer interested in being a gang leader.
Successful prosecutions like this send an unmistakable message that this will not be tolerated simply because it's happening behind prison walls.
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