Mexican Mafia member who ran Ventura County rackets is killed in Baja California, authorities say
LOS ANGELES — Martin Madrigal Cazares, a fugitive Mexican Mafia member who controlled gangs in Ventura County from a base in Mexico where he developed a drug-trafficking network and brought California-style prison politics to Mexican lockups, was gunned down earlier this month in Baja California, law enforcement sources said.
Details of his death remain scarce. The sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the ongoing investigation, said they had not yet been informed by Mexican authorities where or when Madrigal, 53, was killed.
Deported in 2006 after serving a six-year federal prison term, Madrigal, nicknamed "Evil," was known to travel between Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada in Baja California, the sources said. Under indictment in the United States on drug trafficking charges and subject to extradition, Madrigal was twice released from Mexican custody under circumstances that are not clear.
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