Three high-ranking gang members with ties to the violent prison gang La Nuestra Familia have been sentenced in federal court.

Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian sentenced 39-year-old Jacenir DaSilva of Moses Lake to 10 years in prison on firearms charges. Prosecutors say DaSilva led the Pancho Villa Loco gang set, served as Nuestra Familia’s “channel” for Grant County, and even promoted the gang’s radical ideology inside a state juvenile detention facility, nicknamed “Gladiator School.”

Thirty-five-year-old Jesus Mirelez of Yakima was sentenced to nearly seven years on gun charges. He has prior convictions, including two drive-by shootings in 2022.

And 47-year-old Thomas Weatherwax of Spokane received more than six years for money laundering and drug conspiracy. That sentence wil

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