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LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"DEA<\/a>A former 18th Street gang member plead guilty Tuesday to federal drug trafficking and admitted that he was the triggerman in the 2006 execution-style of a man who failed to pay “taxes” to a member of the Mexican Mafia, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Eddie \u201cCriminal\u201d Garcia<\/strong>, 39, plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in relation to a case that targeted the San Gabriel Valley-based Puente-13 gang, officials said.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Garcia admitted that he murdered another gang member who failed to pay to make those extortion payments.<\/p>\n

In his plea agreement, Garcia, of Baldwin Park, admitted that in 2006 he and two members of Puente-13 lured another gang member to an apartment complex, where Garcia \u201cshot the victim\u2026in the head with a pistol,\u201d an execution that constituted pre-meditated first-degree murder, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Garcia was acting at the behest of leaders of Puente-13, who targeted the victim, a Valinda man named David Dragna,<\/strong> because Dragna was suspected of taking drug money that was intended for the Mexican Mafia, officials said.<\/p>\n

Garcia\u2019s guilty plea is part of an agreement that allows Garcia to serve between 18 years and 24 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n

Garcia is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 25.<\/p>\n

Two members of Puente-13 have previously been convicted of participating in Dragna\u2019s murder. Angel \u201cSmiley\u201d Torres,<\/strong> 39, and Steven \u201cFlaco\u201d Nunez<\/strong>, 36, each plead guilty in federal court.<\/p>\n

\"Los<\/a>Torres was sentenced to 15 years and six months in prison, and Nunez was sentenced to 10 years. The Dragna murder was unsolved prior to a federal racketeering indictment that was unsealed in June 2010.<\/p>\n

The Mexican Mafia member, who controlled the Puente-13 gang, and his brother were sentenced in 2013 to life in federal prison after being convicted at trial for their roles in leading a wide-ranging Puente-13 drug and murder conspiracy, officials said.<\/p>\n

The investigation into the Puente-13 criminal enterprise and the murder of Dragna was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration<\/strong> and the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/strong>, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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