A notorious gang leader who headed organized crime and illegal gambling from prison has been slammed with a 9-year prison sentence after ordering the kidnapping of a woman.
The Leader Organized His Gang from Prison
Luis Ramirez, the leader of Westside Riva (WSR), a street gang based in Southern California, has received another prison sentence after ordering the kidnapping of a woman. While the man is already serving a life sentence, his involvement in crime continued as he continued to lead his gang from prison.
Ramirez was sentenced to life in prison due to his attempted murder of three men in 1995. Since his imprisonment, the man has continued to participate in organized crime, serving as the mastermind of the WSR.
The gang is best known for taking “taxes” from local businesses and organizing illegal crime. However, the crime that got Ramirez another sentence was associated with the kidnapping of a woman who lost the gang’s money.
The Kidnapped Woman Lost Some of the Gang Leader’s Money
Although the woman’s identity was not revealed, federal prosecutors clarified that she was handling extortion money for Ramirez but lost $7,000 of it when it was seized during a police traffic stop.
The lost money apparently aggravated the gang leader, who used a smuggled phone to order the woman’s abduction. Ramirez told two of his men, individuals revealed as Jose Jonathan Rubalcaba Alarcon and Gilbert Rey Martinez, to take the woman and make her earn back the money on the adult entertainment platform OnlyFans.
The court understood that the woman had been taken to a Riverside clothing store that was owned by the WSR. The woman was kept locked inside a bathroom for almost five days and was given food irregularly. Luckily, the woman eventually managed to escape after being left alone inside the store.
Remirez pleaded guilty to organizing the kidnapping and was just slammed with a nine-year federal sentence in addition to the one he is already serving.
In the meantime, Martinez received a 41-month sentence due to his involvement in the kidnapping. Alarcon insisted that he had let the woman go since he felt pity for her. He also described his boss as an absolute “evil.” Regardless of his claims, Alarcon was still handed a 46-month sentence.