8 NOTORIOUS PRISONERS ADMIT GUILT vs

A NUMBER OF THE NUESTRA FAMILIA PRISON GANG MEMBERS, WITH TIES TO THE CENTRAL COAST, PLEADED GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT MONDAY. 8 GANG MEMBERS WERE CHARGED WITH 35 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL RACKETEERING. AN INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF NOTORIOUS PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON INMATES, ORDERING HITS AND CONDUCTING GANG ACTIVITIES WHILE INCARCERATED. FEDERAL OFFICERS SAY THE PLEA AGREEMENT BRINGS TO A CLOSE THE STATE AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATION CALLED "OPERATION BLACK WIDOW."