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Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

Newly disclosed evidence leads to lenient plea deal for accused Mexican Mafia lawyer

Prosecutors are recommending no prison and no probation for Gabriel Zandejas-Chavez, who pleaded guilty Thursday to misprision of a felony.

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Sep 19, 2024
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Gabriel Zandejas-Chavez leaves the First Street U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles in August 2022. Lawyer Meghan Blanco and investigator Pete Carrillo are behind him. I (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

A lawyer accused of using his access to prisons to help his Mexican Mafia clients extort and murder rivals recently accepted an unusually lenient plea deal involv…

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