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Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who oversaw gangs in the San Fernando Valley and controlled drug and extortion rackets in the Los Angeles County jail system, was stabbed to death in prison.
A Mexican Mafia member with a reputation for generating lots of illicit revenue was stabbed to death at a Northern California prison Thursday, in what appears to be an attack from within his own gang.
Deported in 2006 after serving a six-year federal prison term, Madrigal, nicknamed "Evil," was known to travel between Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada in Baja California, the sources said.
Rene "Boxer" Enriquez (born July 7, 1962 in Artesia, California) is a former Mexican-American prison gang member and major organized crime figure. His criminal history also includes jailhouse stabbing attacks on other inmates, drug trafficking, extortion, and a sexual assault.
The night before his death, Cadena had received multiple death threats and knew that when he left his cell in the morning, he would die. On the morning of December 17, 1972, Cadena was asked if he wanted to leave his cell with the rest of the prisoners; rather than avoiding his fate and staying in his cell, he stepped onto the tier of his cell in "Palm Hall" at the Chino Reception center.
On 22 May 2014, Rosales Mendoza was released from prison in Jalisco after fulfilling his ten-year sentence for illegal possession of firearms, organized crime, and drug trafficking. [21] On 5 August 2014, he was arrested again by state authorities at a restaurant in Morelia, Michoacán, [ 22 ] but was released shortly after without charges.
Considered by law enforcement to be the dominant organized crime figure in the San Fernando Valley, Torres, 59, was killed last July at California State Prison, Sacramento, where he was serving ...
Crime was a family affair for Messina Denaro, born to a known Mafia boss in Sicily on April 26, 1962. Among those arrested in the 2009-2010 crackdown was his brother, Salvatore Messina Denaro, who ...