Pierre Mercado, a former leader of US'notorious Asian Boyz gang, was sentenced Friday to 218 years in jail by a LosAngeles judge.
Mercado, 38, was sentenced after he was found guilty oncharges of four killings, five attempted murders and two kidnappings committedin what the gang called the "summer of madness" in 1995 in an attemptto make it the most feared gang in Los Angeles, said Deputy District AttorneyHoon Chun.
While most of other crime groups desired to make moneythrough drug trafficking, the Asian Boyz was committed to burglaries androbberies, Chun said, adding that Mercado was the last member of the crimegroup to be put on trial, reported Xinhua.
The Asian Boyz is an Asian American street gang formed in1985 by Cambodian youths in southern California. Its branches spread across theUS.
Mercado, along with his older brother Marvin Mercado - whowas also a key gang member, fled to the Philippines shortly after the violentactivities. They were arrested in 2007 and brought back to Los Angeles to standtrial.
Marvin was convicted of eight murders and last year receivedeight life sentences without the possibility of parole.