Alonzo G. Horta, Murder and Racketeering Conspiracy, Illinois 2020
A member of a violent Chicago street gang, Alonzo G. Horta, 23, of Hammond, Ind., has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for engaging in a pattern of racketeering activity that included murder.
According to a federal indictment, Horta conspired with leadership of the Latin Kings street gang to use violence and intimidation to protect the gang’s purported territory in Chicago.
Horta admitted in a plea agreement that he murdered Alfonso Calderon on the Southeast Side of the city on April 9, 2017, because he suspected that Calderon was a member of a rival gang.
The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall on September 4, 2020, after a hearing in federal court in Chicago.
Horta was indicted in 2018 along with more than 30 other alleged members of the Latin Kings. The indictment charged numerous acts of violence allegedly committed by the gang’s members, including murder, attempted murder, and arson.
The investigation was led by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and involved the FBI, Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, and Hammond, Ind., Police Department.
“Acting through the gang’s manifesto and constitution, members of the Latin Kings have infested the Southeast Side of Chicago and elsewhere with violence, drug-dealing, and witness intimidation,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys John D. Cooke, Ashley A. Chung, Brian J. Kerwin, and Grayson S. Walker argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum.
The government emphasized that carrying and using a gun can land you in federal prison for a long time, and shooting a person to death will keep you in prison for decades.
Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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