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27-year-old former leader of the Stamford chapter of the Latin Kings gang was sentenced Friday to more than four years in federal prison

 

27-year-old former leader of the Stamford chapter of the Latin Kings gang was sentenced Friday to more than four years in federal prison for conspiring to sell firearms, U.S. Attorney David B. Fein announced in a news release. Santos Zambrana, of Montauk Drive, will serve 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to the sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven federal court. As a condition of his release, Burns ordered Zambrana to not have any contact with gangs. Zambrana, also known as "Inca" and "Pres," was arrested last May and has since been detained at the Wyatt Correctional Center in Rhode Island. On Jan. 6, Zambrana pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to willfully engage in dealing firearms without a license. He faced a maximum of five years in prison. Identified as the former president of the Stamford-based gang, Zambrana's residence was searched as part of a major crackdown on the area Latin Kings. Local and federal police carried out several raids in Stamford and Norwalk at the conclusion of a long-term investigation into drug and firearms trafficking by the gang in southwestern Connecticut. Police said they recovered a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, marijuana, bags used to package drugs for sale, a digital scale, money and Latin Kings paraphernalia, including the book "My Bloody Life -- The Making of a Latin King," inside his house. According to court documents, Zambrana sold, through co-defendent Patrick Uzar, a rifle with five 50-round magazines and one 100-round magazine to a person working with law enforcement. He was also caught on a court-authorized wiretap planning another firearm sale with Uzar. Uzar, of Lafayette Street, Stamford, pleaded guilty on Jan. 26 to one count of possession with intent to distribute and the distribution of cocaine, and one count of possession and transfer of a machine gun. Uzar, 25, will be sentenced April 16 and is facing a maximum prison term of 30 years. Seventeen others were arrested in the raid, and all have pleaded guilty to federal offenses. More than 100 firearms, including machine guns, were purchased during the investigation into the Latin Kings.

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