In April 2021, seven additional members and associates of the gang were charged, including MATEO. In December 2019, 17 members and associates of the Black Mob were charged with racketeering offenses, narcotics conspiracy, and firearms offenses. Three of the deceased’s family members were shot. This violence included multiple arsons and a November 18, 2012, shooting at a gang rival’s funeral that was ordered by MATEO. As the leader of the Black Mob, MATEO oversaw the Black Mob’s operations and also ordered and participated in acts of violence and narcotics trafficking. The fear and power wielded by the Black Mob amplified MATEO’s own personal reputation, making him, at one point, the highest-ranking Latin King in the entire East Coast. Prior to the instant prosecution, the Black Mob had approximately 300 members. He founded the gang in 2002 and then grew the Black Mob into the largest Latin Kings set in the New York area with a power base built on massive amounts of drug trafficking and a reputation for violence. MATEO was the highest-ranking member of the Black Mob. In order to enrich the enterprise, protect and expand its criminal operations, enforce discipline among its members, and retaliate against members of rival gangs, members and associates of the Black Mob committed, conspired, attempted, and threatened to commit acts of violence distributed and possessed with intent to distribute narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, and crack committed robberies and obtained, possessed, and used firearms. The Black Mob is a New York-based set, or “tribe,” of the nationwide Latin Kings gang. Today’s sentencing - along with the other significant sentences that have been imposed in this case - proves that gang life is not glamorous and will lead to years in prison.”Īccording to public filings and statements made in court: He recruited hundreds of young men into his gang and used them to run a massive drug operation that committed countless acts of violence. Attorney Damian Williams said: “For two decades, Mateo ran the largest and most violent set of the Latin Kings in the New York area. MATEO pled guilty on February 23, 2022, before U.S. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DIEGO MATEO, a/k/a “Casa,” was sentenced to 27 years in prison in connection with his participation in the Black Mob set of the Latin Kings and their distribution of narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine.
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