HAMMOND-A 23 year-old Chicago woman has been sentenced in Federal court in Hammond to five years in prison for conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity.
A news release from Acting U.S. Attorney Gary Bell says Tiffany Barragan plead guilty to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as an associate of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang,
The members of that gang have been charged with crimes involving in excess of 50 victims, including 15 murder victims.
In June 2017, at the direction of a Latin Dragons Nation member, Barragan and another gang associate provided a firearm previously used to commit a murder to another Latin Dragons Nation member, with the intention that he would dispose of the murder weapon.
In November 2017, Barragan accompanied gang members when they shot at a rival gang member’s residence, after which Barragan concealed drugs from the police during a traffic stop. In that case, 19 members and associates have been charged with racketeering conspiracy for their participation in Latin Dragons Nation activity. Of those, 15 defendants have pled guilty and 8 are awaiting sentencing.
