'Raza Unida' related to La Raza ?to “reconquer” these “lost” or “stolen”...
...territories for “La Raza? An eight-count indictment charging 13 alleged members and associates of the Raza Unida (United Race) street and prison gang with committing violent acts to support racketeering was unsealed yesterday.
"This multi-agency effort will produce a safer community for our citizens," said U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno. "We will continue to aggressively target gangs who prey upon our communities and ensure that they are brought to justice."
The 13 defendants named in the indictment are now in federal custody. They are: Preston Mascorro, 29; Karlos Bouchot, aka Karlos Gustavo Bouchot, 35; Rudy Rodriguez, 31; Martin Guardiola III, 35; Ricky Alejandro, 25; Israel Plazola, 26; Michael Ornelas, 31; Anthony Torres, 34; Jerome Aranda, 31; Johnny Joe Guerra, 33, Orlando Garcia, aka Orlando Amador Garcia, 32; Valerie Botello, 28; and Stephen Ayala, 34.
Guerra and Aranda were arrested Dec. 14 without incident. Both appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge on Wednesday and have been ordered temporarily detained pending a detention hearing. The remaining 11 defendants, already in federal or state custody on other charges, appeared in federal court Thursday morning. All 13 defendants have been ordered temporarily detained pending arraignment and a detention hearing set for December 17.
The United States is seeking an order to detain all 13 defendants in federal custody without bond pending trial on the charges. All of the defendants have been residents of Corpus Christi and all are U.S. citizens, except for Plazola who is a Mexican national illegally residing in the United States.
The indictment, returned under seal on December 8, by a Corpus Christi grand jury, alleges that Mascorro, Bouchot, Rodriguez, Guardiola, Alejandro, Plazola, Ornelas and Torres were members and associates of a criminal organization commonly known as the Raza Unida.
Besides its criminal activity, this group adheres to the Mexican ideology of Reconquista. Mexicans and other Hispanics making these claims seek to reconquer states such as Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico by taking the land away from the United States and returning it to Mexico. The goal of the Reconquista is to “reconquer” these “lost” or “stolen” territories for “La Raza” -- the race indigenous to Mexico.
http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/raza-unida-gang-members-charged-with-racketeering-texas
...territories for “La Raza? An eight-count indictment charging 13 alleged members and associates of the Raza Unida (United Race) street and prison gang with committing violent acts to support racketeering was unsealed yesterday.
"This multi-agency effort will produce a safer community for our citizens," said U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno. "We will continue to aggressively target gangs who prey upon our communities and ensure that they are brought to justice."
The 13 defendants named in the indictment are now in federal custody. They are: Preston Mascorro, 29; Karlos Bouchot, aka Karlos Gustavo Bouchot, 35; Rudy Rodriguez, 31; Martin Guardiola III, 35; Ricky Alejandro, 25; Israel Plazola, 26; Michael Ornelas, 31; Anthony Torres, 34; Jerome Aranda, 31; Johnny Joe Guerra, 33, Orlando Garcia, aka Orlando Amador Garcia, 32; Valerie Botello, 28; and Stephen Ayala, 34.
Guerra and Aranda were arrested Dec. 14 without incident. Both appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge on Wednesday and have been ordered temporarily detained pending a detention hearing. The remaining 11 defendants, already in federal or state custody on other charges, appeared in federal court Thursday morning. All 13 defendants have been ordered temporarily detained pending arraignment and a detention hearing set for December 17.
The United States is seeking an order to detain all 13 defendants in federal custody without bond pending trial on the charges. All of the defendants have been residents of Corpus Christi and all are U.S. citizens, except for Plazola who is a Mexican national illegally residing in the United States.
The indictment, returned under seal on December 8, by a Corpus Christi grand jury, alleges that Mascorro, Bouchot, Rodriguez, Guardiola, Alejandro, Plazola, Ornelas and Torres were members and associates of a criminal organization commonly known as the Raza Unida.
Besides its criminal activity, this group adheres to the Mexican ideology of Reconquista. Mexicans and other Hispanics making these claims seek to reconquer states such as Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico by taking the land away from the United States and returning it to Mexico. The goal of the Reconquista is to “reconquer” these “lost” or “stolen” territories for “La Raza” -- the race indigenous to Mexico.
http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/raza-unida-gang-members-charged-with-racketeering-texas