in a Texas small town’s streets after the sentencing of two Sinton residents, the United States Department of Justice announced.
On Monday, Senior U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey sentenced Olbera to 78 months in federal prison, while Vera was ordered to serve a 60-month prison term. The sentences will be immediately followed by three years of supervised release, the DOJ said. The investigation led to the identification of the Garcia drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani said. Several people in that group were allegedly members and associates of various gangs, including the Calaveras Outlaw motorcycle gang, Texas Syndicate, 59 Bounty Hunters and the Bloods. Investigators said they operated out of a multi-family residence known as “The Compound,” which is located within 1,000 feet of a public park and an elementary school.
The leader of the organization - who investigators identified as Jacob Eli Garcia, 31 - previously received a sentence of 300 months in federal prison. Collectively, the total sentences imposed in this case totals approximately 1,100 months in federal prison.