Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
SAN DIEGO – Two teenage gang members pleaded guilty in federal court today to murder and attempted murder charges, admitting they were acting as hired hitmen for the Sinaloa Cartel when they made two attempts in five hours to kill the cartel’s target. Two people were wounded and one was fatally shot during the incidents, first at a Chula Vista restaurant and then at the target’s nearby luxury apartment. According to their plea agreements, on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vista, where their target was dining with his family.