Lawyer accused of enabling Mexican Mafia rackets could avoid prison with guilty plea
Gabriel Zendejas Chavez leaves the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. Indicted in 2018 in an investigation of the Mexican Mafia’s rackets in L.A. County jails, Chavez pleaded guilty in federal court to a rarely filed charge called “misprision of a felony.” (Meghann Cuniff / Law & Crime) A lawyer accused of helping members of … Read more