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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

11 Charged in Operation Targeting Wilmas Gangs & Mexican Mafia for Drug Trafficking & Ghost Guns

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

A mural in Wilmington, California shows rival Wilmas gangs fighting and coming together for a truce.

A joint FBI and LAPD gang task force dubbed Operation Wipe Out arrested seven members and associates of Los Angeles Harbor area street gangs, including from the two largest gangs, Westside Wilmas and Eastside Wilmas, on federal charges alleging the trafficking of firearms and pound quantities of narcotics such as fentanyl. The gangs' activities and deals were being controlled by Mexican Mafia members in state prisons.


Wilmington is claimed by two Latino gangs, Westside and Eastside Wilmas, whose members consider Avalon Boulevard the dividing line between their territories.

Both Eastside and Westside Wilmas are based in Wilmington, a Los Angeles neighborhood located near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Harbor area gangs, including the rival Wilmas, commit their crimes under the direction and authority of the Mexican Mafia, a California prison gang that controls many of the Latino street gangs in Southern California, called Sureños. 



Law enforcement believes the Wilmas gangs are controlled by separate Mexican Mafia members who are each serving a life sentence in a California state prison after being convicted of murder. One Mexican Mafia associate directs firearm and drug sales from prison despite being sentenced to death for murder. Leaders have access to illicit cell phones and other digital devices that they use to communicate with gang members on the outside.


Law enforcement seized 23 firearms, 57 kilograms of methamphetamine, approximately 23,000 fentanyl pills, 2.4 kilograms of powdered fentanyl, and one kilogram of cocaine.


Raul Molina

Raul Molina

One Westside Wilmas member, Raul Molina, is said by law enforcement officials to have been inducted into Mexican Mafia around 2004. Molina was not charged in the complaints unsealed Wednesday. But an FBI agent’s affidavit makes clear that authorities believe the 56-year-old, who has been imprisoned since 1995 for second-degree murder, is directing his old gang’s rackets.

In October 2022, an informant used WhatsApp to call Molina, who apparently had access to a cellphone, FBI Special Agent Hannah Monroe wrote in her affidavit. Although it’s illegal for an inmate to possess phones, they are easily purchased after being smuggled in by corrupt staff or dropped inside the walls using drones.

A few minutes after asking Molina for a drug supplier, the informant got a WhatsApp message from someone who introduced himself as “Speedy,” Monroe wrote. Agents identified "Speedy" as Daniel Nunez, an inmate on San Quentin’s death row.

Daniel "Speedy" Nunez

Daniel "Speedy" Nunez

Nunez, 47, was sentenced to die alongside crime partner William Satele for murdering a black couple, Edward Robinson and Renesha Fuller, in what witnesses described as a racially motivated attack that took place in 1998. He has been behind bars since 1999.

The informant gave Nunez the WhatsApp number of an undercover law enforcement officer who was posing as a buyer of drugs and guns. Over the next five months, Nunez sold the officer methamphetamine, fentanyl, and guns, negotiating prices and arranging delivery through associates on the street.

Outside of a Food4Less in Torrance, a Big Lots in Lomita, a taco shop in South Gate, and a doughnut shop in Paramount; drugs, guns, and money changed hands, all arranged by the condemned inmate with a cell phone, according to Monroe.

Molina at one point made a video call to the informant who introduced Nunez to the undercover officer and asked whether Nunez was “able to make it happen for you guys.” The informant said he had, and thanked Molina for putting them in touch. Molina said Nunez was “the homie that makes it happen” and “puts everything out there.”


Gabriel "Sleepy" Huerta

Gabriel "Sleepy" Huerta

In October 2022, the same informant who contacted Molina sent a message to Gabriel Huerta, a reputed member of both Eastside Wilmas and Mexican Mafia called “Sleepy.” Huerta, 64, has been serving a sentence of 17 years to life since 1984 for shotgunning a man who had underpaid by $4 a woman whom Huerta was pimping in Wilmington, according to transcripts of his parole hearings.

At a hearing in 2017, Huerta said he’d pulled away from gangs two decades earlier and was trying to set an example for younger inmates by participating in self-help groups. “I’ve created new values for myself,” he said.

The informant introduced the undercover officer to Huerta as a drug customer. “What exactly does he want??” Huerta asked. “Black? White? Or what??”

After some discussion of prices for methamphetamine, Huerta told the informant he would “have the homie get at him,” Monroe wrote. Ten minutes later, the informant got a call from someone who introduced himself as “Borracho,” Spanish for drunk.


Carlos "Borracho" Guadalupe Reyes

Agents identified "Borracho" as Carlos Guadalupe Reyes, an inmate at Centinela State Prison serving 54 years to life for murdering his estranged wife Veronica in Carson in 2008. After Reyes agreed on a price of 5 pounds of methamphetamine for $6,500, Bud John Phineas delivered the drugs the next day.


Bud John Phineas "Ghost"

Bud John Phineas, who is a high-ranking Eastside Wilmas member called “Ghost,” was charged with delivering five pounds of methamphetamine in a deal orchestrated from prison.


Bud John Phineas has also been a low-budget movie actor in recent years, including roles in movies and shorts such as Thumper, Loans 'n' $tuff, and most recently the movie Performer, last year.


The full list of federal defendants includes:
  • Patricia Amelia Limon, 53, of Lomita
  • Jesus Chuy Delgado, 46, of San Pedro
  • Jose Francisco Martinez Hernandez, 31, of Paramount
  • Lake Davis Pasley, 27, of Lomita
  • Osvaldo Nicolini, 45, of Lomita
  • Cristobal Aguilar, 29, of the Pico-Union neighborhood of Los Angeles
  • Guillermo Guerrero, 33, of South Los Angeles
  • Bud John Phineas, aka “Ghost,” 42, of Lakewood
Officials are currently searching for three additional suspects who remain outstanding and are considered fugitives. The suspects are Ramon Gonzalez Jr., Fernando Fabio Nava and Iliana Zepeda.

The complaint affidavit alleges from October 2022 to February 2023, reputed Wilmas and Mexican Mafia associate Patricia Amelia Limon, 53, of Lomita, fulfilled seven drug and firearm deals under the direction of the Mexican Mafia associate on death row. Limon personally, and at least once through an intermediary, supplied methamphetamine, fentanyl, firearms, and ammunition to a buyer and collected money on behalf of the Mexican Mafia member.

In one deal on November 2, 2022, Limon allegedly supplied 5,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills to a buyer for $5,300. Fifteen days later, Limon allegedly supplied 1.71 kilograms (3.8 pounds) of methamphetamine and 2,000 fentanyl pills to a buyer for $5,000. Limon told the officer to pick up the drugs in a Gardena shopping plaza from a “gringo” called “Chip." Limon is charged with delivering more drugs and guns in subsequent deals arranged by Nunez. She has yet to enter a plea. 

Lake Davis Pasley, an “associate of a white supremacist gang,” is charged with delivering a bag of pills totaling 225 grams of fentanyl. He has yet to enter a plea.

Cristobal “Stalker” Aguilar delivered guns to an informant at Nunez’s direction, and the LAPD and FBI got a warrant to search Aguilar’s home in South Los Angeles. In a shed behind the house, they found 16.4 kilograms of meth, 2.5 kilograms of fentanyl, 1.7 kilograms of cocaine, a rifle, and two handguns. Aguilar, who has since been imprisoned on unrelated state charges, is charged with distributing a controlled substance and has yet to enter a plea.

Jesus Chuy Delgado, 46, of San Pedro, who reputedly is a high-ranking Westside Wilmas member, engaged in a series of methamphetamine and firearms sales, including several in January and February 2023 that allegedly occurred across the street from a high school and a middle school in San Pedro. Delgado allegedly sold firearms, including semi-automatic weapons lacking a serial number, commonly known as “ghost guns” and 883.9 grams (1.95 pounds) of methamphetamine while on parole.

Molina and Nunez, as well as Huerta and Reyes, were not charged in the case. “They’re already doing life and it’s so much more complicated logistically to prosecute those guys,” Mrozek said. By naming the men in the charging documents, law enforcement was signaling they know of the inmates’ crimes even if they were not being prosecuted, he said.

Sources LA Times, DOJ, ABC7, IMDB, Patch

52 comments:

  1. Anyone know para quien es el corrido de Peso Pluma - 77 ?

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    1. What’s attractive of being in a gang ? Im Mexican American and never been attractive to it

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    2. Idk but he does mention la capi which is culiacan and gdl in the song

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    3. @4:52 same I never liked their clothing style

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    4. 750 dressing a certain way is one thing doing criminals acts is another. I bet you dress all preppie or wear those tight clothes like skinny jeans to not look like these guys here 😆.

      I know guys that wear plain dark colors loose but not baggy clothing and get stereotyped for looking like cholos.

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    5. 8:45
      What you call the guys, that have skinny tight jeans, that fall every 10 seconds, and have their underwear showing? Yes they have a belt on the jeans, but the belt don't hold the jeans up.

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    6. Only in Los Angeles people think they’re in the “American Me” movie set 🤡

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    7. Bunch of cholas sin varrio 8:45

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    8. 1019 those are those swag types the ones that wear skinny jeans while sagging shit is awful looking.

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    9. 10:25

      Nah you read my comment wrong.

      Those that I’m commenting about wearing loose plain dark color clothes but not baggy are just regular people not gangbangers, they just don’t dress with swag style you know like skinny jeans and Jordans 😂.

      They get stereotyped as cholos but they’re not gang members or wannabes.
      These days however you do see a lot of posers everywhere with tattoos sleeves, neck, face, claiming they’re hardcore and speak all ignorant act a fool.

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    10. A relative back in the 80s, when joining the avenues, was something said to be fun, dress like a cholo, buddies for life, if you wanted to leave, you would have to be killed, such dumb honor. The relative, called J, would be in jail constantly, until he got deported to Tijuana, where are his homie buddies?
      The mom sends money from USA, only to be using it on Meth and rent.
      Cholo Life anint what is cracked up to be.

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    11. Gimme some chon chon!

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    12. If your mom sends you money for rent you are not a tough guy you are a freeloader.

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    13. Cholos are posers

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    14. WTF did I just read 😄 “A few minutes after asking Molina for a drug supplier, the informant got a WhatsApp message from someone who introduced himself as “Speedy,” Monroe wrote. Agents identified "Speedy" as Daniel Nunez, an inmate on San Quentin’s death row.😳
      I swear I was thinking the next paragraph was gonna be “ and then next the informant got a WhatsApp message message from cemetery, by a vato who had been executed 20 years prior but somehow managed to get a cellphone in his coffin to message the informant 🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣

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  2. How to be a loser your whole life

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    1. Lol to think how many countless murders throughout the decades, all in the name of “Los Barrios”, which are technically owned by the city… and gradually all becoming gentrified…

      Never mind the other countless deaths attributed solely to a color of all things.



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  3. There are alot of ex felons and gang members on YouTube making videos about their time in jail and or gang life. They supposedly give advice, chisme, trying to be rappers/entertainers calling themselves content creators/social media influencers hahahaha their just really too damn lazy to get a real job trying to get likes and followers and hopefully make a living or get rich from their social media nonsense.

    The worst part is the people who subscribe or follow these clowns.

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    1. There's a lot of "hard" vatos trying to be social media darlings.

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    2. The part I hate the most is how they always claim “this is not to glorify the lifestyle or going to jail and gangbanging” … yet they tell countless war stories (in which they often win) and never claim or display any remorse as well.

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  4. Cada uno de estas mierdas parecen que sus madres los cagaron alv.

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  5. Well done socal love reading about the eme

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  6. I'm telling you El Chapo is still giving orders to Sinaloa associates and upfront of the Chapitos faction

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    1. Ya calmate vato. El Chapo ya salio como Chuck Norris de acuerdo a sus seugidores.
      Chapo no hace lagartijas al igual que Chuck Norris. Ellos empujan la Tierra para abajo.
      Los dos an aventado una sola granada y matado a cincuenta enemigos. Despues explota la granada.
      Las lagrimas de El Chapo y Chuck Norris pueden aliviar el cancer.
      Lo malo es que ninguno de los dos lloran. jajaja de salen

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    2. 9:03 el chapo si llora, o apoco no lo viste cuando lo traian al la USA? Parecia toda una magdalena😭😭😭😭

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    3. Even before he was arrested, he had absolutely no need to give orders to underlings, especially associates…

      When you are the top patron, it’s no different than being a CEO; you are there as the figurehead, and perform activities SOLELY at the highest level — often acts of diplomacy and arranging the corruption of powerful officials… 🦉

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    4. 2:31 AM They caught Chapo negotiating what was it 5 kilos of Heroin for x amount of money. Arranging a ton of cocaine. If he was a CEO as you claim he wouldn't have ever spoken on a phone he would have had a middle man. Mayo operates like a CEO if you listened to Chapos cocaine buy he mentioned Mayo but didn't really mention him Chapo was the middle man in that deal. La EME in this indictment operated more like CEO they got contacted and put someone else to do everything. In their world they can't put someone on to do everything while they chill because they are in prison on the streets a Drug CEO would have people going to his people then they get in contact and things happen.

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    5. @939 — He was in direct contact with the twins for an array of reasons…Remember as well, CDS at the time was battling BLO for the twins’ business (which was enormous)..

      Him contacting them directly was a diplomatic move to fully gain their business and loyalty.

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  7. I know Dudes that started gangbanging in their teens now they’re in their 40’s locked up in a cell with another dude smelling he’s farts and ass missing out being old and still living that teenage life what a wasted and nuisance being a 40 year old dude, glad I’m free.

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    1. It is sad, but to address your farts comment…

      In Cali prisons (I’m sure others as well), it is a common “rule” that you must sit down on the toilet to fart AND the flush after..

      You are also supposed to clean the toilet completely in and out after anytime it’s used… for your pee pees and cacas.

      I have heard stories of guys literally being stabbed for not even following the fart rule…

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    2. @234 and also courtesy flushes which means as your pooping constantly be flushing a few times so it don’t stink up the cell. You’re supposed to be flushing throughout your whole bowel movement instead of just one flush when you’re done pooping

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    3. @552 — Correct!

      Lol.. which reminds me.. I have fortunately not been locked up, yet I do exactly what you describe; multiple flushes throughout my toilet torpedo attacks.. and my wife complains all the time… while never admitting that it’s HER massive chocolate clavos that always plug the toilet… 🦉

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    4. 649 you're the reason the west coast is in a drought!

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    5. @736 — Lmao.. have u forgotten tho??

      HAARP gave us enough rain in one year to end the entire drought!

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    6. "mandatory flush"
      🦎

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    7. 2:34
      Regardless of those rules, you're still stuck in a cell with another pair of low hangers who's farts and bowel movements are spectacularly malodorous beyond all conception.

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  8. Are those mustaches a rule of the gang or something? haha

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    1. 1:23
      "Like kissing a fireman"
      🦎

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    2. @ 🦎 — No joke, my friend from Tamaulipas would tell me all the time that Pancho Villa was secretly gay… a lot having to do with the fact there weren’t any women around him and his men during the whole war..

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  9. L.a is plagued with posers wanna be tough guys

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    1. LA is lame a lot of those trashy people are living in other parts of Cali or other states because they can’t afford to live in LA or got ran out.

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    2. So is Mexico at least these guys don't shoot families they got some morals if you all know what that is ?

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    3. It's not expensive in East los Angeles but since when did the letra.get run out

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    4. 12:46 cholos have morals jajajaja 🤣 So cholos don’t do “Drive-by shooting “ ? You’re delusional

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    5. In California everybody thinks they’re hard this is true

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    6. 12:46 you clearly ain’t from l.a 😂

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    7. 6:52 For real. I was in the Whole Foods in Malibu getting some organic gritz and this Jewish woman rolled in on a rabbit scooter with spinners, grabbed some kosher dumplings then mobbed back to the register full throttle, mean mugging, whacking everyone in the way in their kneecaps with her gold cane like a straight gangster. Then she pulled out a coupon and wrote a check for $3.27.

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  10. 12:46 oh yeah, a lot of morals… Wrong Turn Ends in Deadly Gang Ambush : Violence: Child, 3, dies. Two others are hurt as youths block car’s escape from dead-end street and open fire. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-18-mn-47297-story.html

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  11. 12:46 No arrests had been made in what police are calling a completely unprovoked ambush shooting by Latino gang members in an area between railroad tracks and the hills of Mt. Washington in northeast Los Angeles.

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  12. I was living in Harbor City in the 1940-1980 - so I am very familiar with Wilmeros turf. Due to all kinds of factors (Korean War, labor unrest, immigration, explosive growth in Califas, etc..etc) so gangs evolved all over Califas during this period. In big part, all youths tend to form gangs due to underlying but powerful "territoriality" instinct. It is a DNA encoded "thang" that has scientists think has survival value .... Get "any" 1,000,000 kids (ages 10 to 18) and drop them into Wyoming or Idaho.... come back in 10 years you will find gangs claiming turf. Yeah, North, east, South, West.... rivers, hills, freeways, etc will be demarcations.
    Seen the above process happen time and again....
    It is natural...live with it or just complain.
    Mexico-watcher

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    1. 82-83, must be a Great Grandfather by now

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