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TWO LATIN KING GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES
March 18, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Greg Jones, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announce that FREDDY OCHOA, a/k/a “El Kojo,” a/k/a “Shadow,” 22, and JOSE MARTINEZ-GUTIERREZ a/k/a “Angel,” 22, both of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes, on charges of committing crimes of violence in aid of a racketeering enterprise. According to David E. Nahmias and the documents and information presented in court:
OCHOA, a long-time member of the Latin Kings, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his participation in a 2000 gang-on-gang shooting incident. MARTINEZ, also a Latin King, was sentenced to over 17 years in prison as a result of his role in a string of armed robberies that he and several other Latin Kings committed in 2002. Both defendants pled guilty in July 2004.
This case was originally investigated by local authorities and was later adopted by the FBI as part of its racketeering investigation into street gangs active in the metro Atlanta area.
Assistant United States Attorney Robert McBurney prosecuted the case.
For further information please contact David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney or Gentry Shelnutt, Criminal Division Chief, through Patrick Crosby, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney's Office, at (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the home page for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan.