Code words, smuggled phones, $50 tips: Mexican Mafia micro-manages drug deals from prison
When an imprisoned gang member used a contraband cellphone to ask Miguel Maciel Jr. if he wanted to make some money, the 18-year-old jumped at the offer.
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When an imprisoned gang member used a contraband cellphone to ask Miguel Maciel Jr. if he wanted to make some money, the 18-year-old jumped at the offer.
The syndicate once relied on associates on the streets, but court data showed that smuggled phones have given imprisoned leaders greater control over drug deals.
Gabriel "Sleepy" Huerta is an alleged member of the Mexican Mafia's three-man "commission," a governing body that settles internal disputes. But he was charged this month in a more mundane matter: the beating of a Wilmington gang member who lost a gun.
Gabriel "Sleepy" Huerta is an alleged member of the Mexican Mafia's three-man "commission," a governing body that settles internal disputes. But he was charged this month in a more mundane matter: the beating of a Wilmington gang member who lost a gun.