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New Leadership, New Constitution for Nuestra Familia
 Feb 24, 2008 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Gang Leader Took Unusual Route to the Top
 Feb 19, 2008 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Witness Protection Not a Guarantee
 May15, 2007 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Operation Valley Star: Gang Sweeps Net 22 Arrests
June 29, 2007 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Store a Red Flag in Gang Probe
July 1, 2007 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Murder Victims' Families Find Solace in Numbers
 Dec. 22, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Salinas' Missing Kingpin
 Nov 12, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Anti-gang behavior contracts in schools:
How being identified as a gang member affects student life
By George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald March 2006

Part 1; Warning Signs
Students who agree to anti-gang contracts might be unfairly labeled as criminals

Part 2: A Contract's Cost
Teenagers, adults talk gang contracts and student behavior

Gangs Using Women, Girls to Conduct Business
One who balked was killed a year ago Jan 30, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

The Long Arm of the Outlaw
Despite promises from federal officials, gang leaders are still housed together in the same prison Jan 20, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Nuestra Familia Still in Business
Leaders' prison transfers shift, confuse balance of power among feared gang's street operators Jan 20, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Gang leaders in federal hands
Sep 9, 2005 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

FBI informant will soon walk free
Sep 8, 2005 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Gangsters' sentences might be commuted
Jul 7, 2005| By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Slain Woman was Wife of Gang Leader
Nuestra Familia Internal Conflict Possible Motive Feb. 8 , 2005 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Federal efforts fail to contain prison gang
Jun 26, 2005| By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Ashcroft's Dances With Death
Oct 10, 2004 | By Julia Reynolds, MotherJones.com

Nuestra Familia gang members plead guilty
Sep 28, 2004 | By George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

NORTE-SUR: California's War In The Fields
Dec 2003 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, ElAndar.com

  • Part 1 Our Family
  • Part 2 The Sons of Chávez
  • Part 3 A Long Road to Delano

La guerra civil de pandillas mexicanas en California
Dec 2003 - Jan 2004 | Por Julia Reynolds y George B. Sánchez, La Jornada (México)

  • Primera parte Paisanos que se matan entre sí
  • Segunda parte Norteños, los hijos de Chávez
  • Tercera Un largo camino a Delano

Prison Gang Case Puts Role of FBI Informants Under Scrutiny
Nov 29, 2003 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, San Francisco Chronicle

Youths, Gangs and Guns
Oct 21, 2003 | By Julia Reynolds and Dan Noyes, Oakland Tribune and KQED.org

 

 

  

   

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