“Street Boss” of the Chicago Outfit; convicted of racketeering, participating in 18 murders, and directing criminal activities including extortion, illegal gambling, loan sharking, and bribery.[63][64]
Leader of the New York chapter of the Latin Kings gang; convicted in 1996 of murder conspiracy and racketeering for running a criminal enterprise whose members engage in murder, assault, armed robbery, and drug trafficking; Felipe is known as “King Blood”.[65][66]
Aryan Brotherhood prison gang founder; was transferred to ADX in 2006 after being connected to violent gang activities in prison; convicted of murder, murder conspiracy, and racketeering for ordering the killing of two inmates at USP Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.[67][68]
Serving a 68-year sentence; scheduled for release on October 14, 2044.
Founder of the El-Rukn (Black P. Stones) gang in Chicago; convicted of drug trafficking in 1983; convicted of terrorism conspiracy in 1987 for plotting to commit attacks inside the U.S. in exchange for weapons and $2.5 million from Libya.[69][70]
Leaders of the Nuestra Familia gang, which engages in drug trafficking, extortion and murder inside and outside of prisons in California; arrested as part of Operation Black Widow in 2001; pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in 2004.[71]
Serving a 50-year sentence; scheduled for release on May 23, 2044.
Founder of the United Blood Nation gang, also known as “O.G. Mack”; convicted in 2002 of racketeering and murder conspiracy, as well as narcotics and weapons charges.[72]
Serving a life sentence, commuted from the death penalty. Originally sentenced to death on June 3, 2013.[73]
Philadelphia drug kingpin; convicted in 2013 of 12 counts of murder in aid of racketeering for ordering six drug-related homicides, as well as fire bombing the home of a federal witness, which killed two adults and four children.[74][75] Commuted from the death penalty by President Joe Biden on December 23, 2024.
Serving 12 consecutive life sentences plus 105 years.[76]
One-time Brooklyn rapper, Ronald Herron AKA Ra Diggs was tried and convicted in 2014 on 21 counts, including three murders, racketeering and drug trafficking in connection to running a violent drug gang in New York City.
Cousin and former business partner of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Beltran Leyva was the leader of the Beltran-Leyva Organization that operated out of Sinaloa, Mexico. Between the 1990s and 2000s, Beltran Leyva was responsible for the wholesale shipment of cocaine and methamphetamine between the United States, Mexico, and South America. On November 15, 2014, Beltran Leyva was extradited to the United States to face trial for shipping at least 27.9 tons of narcotics into the US. On February 23, 2016, Beltran Leyva pled guilty to charges of international narcotics trafficking conspiracy and was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 50 years in 2017. Beltran Leyva was also ordered to forfeit US$529 million in profits made from his organization.[78][79]
Peter Rollock also known as “Pistol Pete” was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2000 for six murders he committed while operating the Sex Money Murda (S.M.M.) street gang in the Bronx, New York. The S.M.M. gang became one of the largest street gangs involved in drug-trafficking in the New York area during the mid-1990s.[81][82]
One of the founders of the Dead Man Incorporated prison gang. In 2013, Roark pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, murder and trafficking charges related to running the gang alongside members Bryan Jordan and James Sweeney. Roark and Sweeney were subsequently sentenced to life in prison.[83]
Serving a 45-year sentence; scheduled for release on February 27, 2060.
Former leader of the Golf Clan, he was one of the most wanted drug lords in Colombia before he was captured on October 23, 2021, and later extradited to the United States in May 2022. He was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison, and was fined $216 million. US Attorney General Merrick Garland said Úsuga “ordered the reckless execution of Colombian police officers, soldiers, and civilians,” during his time as leader of the Golf Clan.[84][85][86]
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