IT TOOK A FEDERAL JURY SEVEN HOURS TUESDAY TO FIND AN ALLEGED PRISON GANG MEMBER GUILTY OF MURDER AND RACKETEERING. FIFTY-THREE YEAR OLD ANTHONY CORDOVA NOW FACES A MANDATORY LIFE PRISON SENTENCE. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY CORDOVA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SYNDICATO DE NUEVO MEXICO PRISON GANG.
HE WAS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MAN IN THE SOUTH VALLEY IN 2005. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS THE GANG WAS INVOLVED IN MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND DRUG AND FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.
