19 MEMBERS OF MEXICAN MAFIA PRISON GANG CHARGED IN MURDER CONSPIRACY

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Nineteen members or associates of the Mexican Mafia Prison Yang
were charged in murder conspiracy targeting a well known rapper.
Let's look at this story. The conspiracy to murder the
victims alleged to have been coordinated by a member of
the Mexican Mafia and several ranking associates of the Mexican Mafia.
According to investigators, the Mexican Mafia member, referred to by

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co conspirators in coded language as the Elegant One, placed
the victim on the green light list, meaning the victim
was marked for a hit. An armed Mexican mafia associates
alleged to have gone to the residents of the victim's
family in effort to find and kill him after another
Mexican mafia associate followed the victim on social media learning
of his location. The investigation highlights the far reaching and

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violent influence of criminal gain organizations operating behind bars to
orchestrate attacks that endanger the safety of those in the community.
During the investigation, the Mexican mafia associate learned that the
victim was arrested and incarcerated as an inmate in the
La County Jail. Mexican mafia inmates known as shot callers,
basically leadership positions, in this case, leadership position for the

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Mexican Mafia, are alleged to have called Mexican Mafia shot
callers in a California prison and associates on the streets
to confirm the green light status of the victim. When
the green light status was confirmed, Mexican mafia associates within
the county jail, known as serdanos or soldiers, attacked the victim.
The victim was transported to a hospital for treatment of
his injuries. When the Mexican Mafia shot callers learned the

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victims survived the attack, they are alleged to have begun
a new plan to find and kill the victim. The
victim was released from jailed days later before he could
be attacked again. The DA says we will not tolerate
organized crime using our jails and prisons as havens for violence.
After being released by the county jail, Mexican mafia associates

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are alleged to have continued to try to find and
kill the victim. The Mexican mafia associates continue to follow
the victim on social media to find his location. There
is about one, t four, five, six, seven, seven defendants
that were charged in the case. They were taken into custody,

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and there's another eight or nine that they're still waiting.
So incredible little story here where they targeted the well
known rapper that it seemed at the moment they have
not gotten to him. Doesn't seem like it. That's the
update for now.