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Sureños gang members armed themselves with prison-made weapons and makeshift body armor before launching a deadly assault at Ely State Prison. As a result, two of the three inmates who were killed Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Ely State Prison.
Prosecutors alleged that 20 prisoners charged in the 2024 killings of three inmates at a Nevada prison committed the acts to advance a Mexican Mafia-affiliated street gang, according to criminal complaints.
Inside Ely State Prison, members of the Sureños were armed with prison-made weapons and wore “papers, books, magazines, extra clothing or other material” that acted as “body armor in anticipation” of an attack on rival gang members.
The Sureños, Spanish for “southerners,” are a group of Mexican-American street gangs with origins in Southern California.
On July 30, the inmates linked to the Sureños brandished their weapons, “rapidly approaching the rival gang member or members as a show of force during the attack” and made “statements to encourage another or others,” while blocking “a rival gang member or members from retreating to safety and/or by reengaging or attempting to reengage with the rival gang member or members after they had retreated to the other side of the room.”
Each of the defendants was charged in connection with the attack faces three counts of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon with intent to promote or assist a criminal gang and five counts of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon with intent to promote or assist a criminal gang.
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