Two years ago, a federal grand jury indicted 41 members of El Monte Flores. Federal officials said the gang conducted illegal activities out of the Boys & Girls Club of America/San Gabriel Valley Club facilities on Mountain View Road.
A 30-year-old El Monte man will be serving 17 years and six months in federal prison for crimes he committed as a member of an El Monte gang.
Christian “Bossy” Lafargo was sentenced Thursday in a Los Angeles federal court. He had pleaded guilty to several charges that include conspiracy, committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, according to a statement by Wesley Hsu, executive assistant at the United States Attorney’s Office.
He said Lafargo, who belongs to the El Monte Flores gang, participated in drug distribution, extortion and other crimes on behalf of the gang.
Lafargo beat and kicked someone in the head in 2009. Lafargo had a 9mm gun and was carrying marijuana for distribution when he committed the assault, according to Hsu.
The next year, he said Lafargo tried to kill Jose Salas because Salas had instructed another gang member to sell drugs in the same area where Lafargo was selling drugs on behalf of Mexican Mafia members.
Even while in state prison, he said LaFargo continued to participate in criminal activity on behalf of El Monte Flores and the Mexican Mafia.
LaFargo is the latest member of the El Monte gang to be sentenced.
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