Marvin Mercado, 37, one of the founders of the gang, was convicted last month in the attacks that took place in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys in the mid-1990s. Mercado eluded investigators by fleeing to the Philippines.A jury Monday voted for life in prison without the possibility of parole, rather than the death penalty, for a gang shot-caller convicted in connection with eight killings and 10 shootings in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.