Nine other killings over three years also have been blamed on 16 alleged members of a notorious Texas prison gang in a federal racketeering indictment unsealed Monday. San Antonio police Capt. Jeff Page told the San Antonio Express-News that the gang was after drugs and a large sum of money it believed to be at the West French Place duplex. De Los Santos would became a murder victim of his own gang after the slayings, the affidavit states. De Los Santos was choked, beaten and run over with a car.
Officials say the gang was born and controlled from inside Texas' prisons.
Gang associates also sold heroin, cocaine and marijuana throughout the San Antonio area, according to police. Perez carried out Huerta's instructions on the street and communicated with his boss via letters, court documents show. Perez reportedly ordered six associates to murder Adames after he challenged Huerta and Perez for leadership of the organization. In all, members of the group are accused of at least 14 murders over three years. Eight others are being sought, but their names haven't been released.