GANGSTER GETS LIFE VS

A SALINAS GANGSTER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON WEDNESDAY FOR HIS PART IN THE NUESTRA FAMILIA PRISON GANG. GANG MEMBER RICO GARCIA WAS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT FROM EVIDENCE DEVELOPED IN OPERATION BLACK WIDOW. HIS OFFENSES INCLUDE HOMICIDE, AND CRIMINAL RACKETEERING. OPERATION BLACK WIDOW WAS A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION OF THE NUESTRA FAMILIA GANG, AND ITS STREET OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT LEAST 75 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED AS PART OF OPERATION BLACK WIDOW, INCLUDING SPIN-OFF STATE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS.