Marvin Bonilla, Racketeering Conspiracy, California 2025

OAKLAND – In a shocking turn of events, nine men have been charged with racketeering conspiracy in connection with two murders, three attempted murders, narcotics, and firearms distribution and other related crimes allegedly perpetrated on behalf of two Oakland-based Sureño street gangs.

The nine defendants, Marvin Bonilla, a/k/a “Malandro,” 24; Edwin Cano-Merida, aka “Zombie,” 24; Cesar Rolando Lucas-Pablo, a/k/a “Lobo,” 28; Walfer Mendoza-Mendoza, a/k/a “Shorty,” 31; Gonzalo Pablo, a/k/a “Chalo,” 25; Jeronimo “Orlando” Pablo-Carrillo, a/k/a “Paisano,” 41; Mario Pablo-Matias, a/k/a “Chuco,” 24; Raymundo Pablo-Matias, a/k/a “El Moch,” 31; and Carlos Ramiro-Mendoza, a/k/a “Minch,” 28, were charged in an indictment filed October 9, 2025, and unsealed today.

Six of the nine defendants were arrested this morning in coordinated law enforcement operations. Lucas-Pablo and Pablo-Carrillo were already in custody, and Gonzalo Pablo remains at large. A number of the defendants are unlawfully residing in the United States.

“Like people everywhere, the residents of Oakland deserve safe and peaceful neighborhoods, not ones filled with fear and senseless violence,” said United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian. “The Administration has made it clear that enough is enough.

The indictment charges the nine defendants with racketeering conspiracy, in connection with the Oakland Sureños, a criminal street gang whose members lived in and around Oakland, California.

The Oakland Sureños were part of the larger Sureños criminal street gang, which was organized into “cliques,” smaller groups that typically operated within specific territory. SAP and SSL-502 were among the Oakland Sureños cliques. SAP originally stood for “San Antonio Park,” a public park located between 16th Avenue and 18th Avenue in Oakland, which SAP had claimed as its primary turf before moving to Estuary Park around 2019. SSL-502, which stood for South Side Locos combined with “502,” the telephone country code for Guatemala, originally claimed as its turf the area surrounding the 1300 and 1400 blocks of 72nd Avenue before expanding to Arroyo Viejo Park in approximately 2017. Members of the cliques engaged in criminal conduct for the benefit of the street gang.

The defendants face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

A grand jury indicted the defendants on October 9, 2025. The indictment was unsealed on October 9, 2025.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/nine-alleged-oakland-sureno-gang-members-charged-racketeering-conspiracy-connection