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\"\"A federal jury in Santa Ana, California, convicted three Orange County men today of murder in aid of racketeering as part of their association with the Mexican Mafia, a prison gang.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to evidence presented at trial, on Aug. 21, 2017, Mike Escobar, aka Risky, 40, a member of the Little Hood gang in Anaheim; James Mendez, aka Buck, 44, a Sure\u00f1o gang member from Garden Grove; and Kevin Trejo, aka Minor, 36, a member of the Jeffrey Street gang in Anaheim, murdered their victim in Orange, California. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Escobar, Mendez, and Trejo tricked the victim into driving with them from the victim\u2019s home in Anaheim to a residential neighborhood near Orange, where they shot him seven times in the back and once in the head. <\/span><\/p>\n

Escobar, Mendez, and Trejo were acting on orders from co-defendant Johnny Martinez, aka Crow, 47, a member of the Mexican Mafia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Martinez issued the order to kill the victim because he stole drugs and money controlled by Martinez on two occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The jury convicted Escobar, Mendez, and Trejo of murder in aid of racketeering. The judge set sentencing for March 25. They face life in prison without parole.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI Los Angeles Field Office, Orange Police Department, Santa Ana Police Department, Anaheim Police Department, Fullerton Police Department, Placentia Police Department, Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Orange County Probation Department, Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorneys Grace Bowen and Christopher Matthews of the Criminal Division\u2019s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Greg Staples and Gregory Scally for the Central District of California are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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