Alleged MS-13 clique leader sentenced to federal prison for gang assault in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — A younger guy who allegedly led a San Francisco MS-13 clique has been sentenced to five a long time in federal jail after pleading guilty to racketeering and assault, court docket documents clearly show.

Evert ““Talentoso” Galdamez Cisneros, 24, was sentenced last thirty day period by U.S. District Choose Richard Seeborg. Galdamez Cisneros was indicted together with 16 other alleged MS-13 customers in 2020, in a prosecution that accuses the gang of murders and assaults that furthered a rivalry with the Norteño gang and established drug turf for the gang.

Galdamez Cisneros served as the chief of a San Francisco-based clique of the gang for around a yr, and was current in the course of a 2017 murder in San Francisco, among the other gang assaults. He pleaded responsible this yr to assault in furtherance of racketeering, stemming from an incident when MS-13 associates attacked a household of 4, putting a 15-12 months-aged and throwing his mother to the floor, mainly because somebody in the family was considered to be a  Norteño, prosecutors claimed.

“(Galdamez Cisneros) taken care of speak to with leaders of the clique dependent in El Salvador he collected funds from other clique users and wired the funds to El Salvador to guidance the gang’s things to do there, and also gathered revenue from users to help incarcerated associates of the 20th Road clique,” assistant U.S. Lawyers wrote in a sentencing memo requesting a 5-12 months jail phrase. “He has also admitted to selling medication for the clique throughout a a person yr period of time, and employed proceeds for other illicit pursuits these as buying extra prescription drugs or firearms.”

Brian Berson, Galdamez Cisneros’ attorney, wrote in his sentencing memo that his shopper arrived at the assault just after it had by now taken spot. he said Galdamez Cisneros’ is most regretful for how his conviction has harmed his relatives, and included various letters of assist from his beloved kinds.

“These letters existing a facet of Mr. Galdamez that is fairly distinct from the man or woman described by the offense perform. Mr. Galdamez has been a great husband, father, brother, son, son-in-legislation and personnel,” Berson said. “He is a superior guy, who did some poor factors.”