acquitted Rodil Nochez, a leader of a San Francisco chapter of the MS-13 street gang

acquitted Rodil Nochez, a leader of a San Francisco chapter of the MS-13 street gang and the first member to go before a jury. Prosecutors hardly seemed to relish a trial against Nochez, who is a mere minnow in a much larger government trawl targeting the violent MS-13 gang. Trying Nochez meant exposing a key informant to cross-examination, and that record will likely be scrutinized by lawyers representing the bigger fish. Any inconsistencies could be used to cut holes in the net