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This file concerns the FBI's 1977 investigation of Nuestra Familia, a California prison-based gang, for possible racketeering, extortion, prostitution, narcotics, robbery, and related violent crime. Sacramento and San Francisco records describe the bureau's effort to develop extortion cases and informants, with a proposed 90-day initial investigative period. The released material includes airtels, a San Francisco Strike Force report, organizational charts, descriptions of gang symbols and tattoos, a request to recover erased notebook entries, and newspaper articles about conflict with the Mexican Mafia. The documents characterize Nuestra Familia as having a formal hierarchy, a constitution and bylaws, and financial arrangements intended to channel illicit proceeds into businesses.

FBI file number: 183-HQ-1030 | Documents span: 1977 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Robert Sosa, Danny Reyes, Ronald Reyes
Subjects: Nuestra Familia, RICO, prison gangs, extortion, organized crime, Mexican Mafia