Three Orange County gang members were sentenced Wednesday to life in federal prison for carrying out the 2017 execution-style killing of a fellow gang member who had fallen out with an imprisoned Mexican Mafia leader, federal prosecutors announced.
According to evidence presented at trial, the victim, a member of a Costa Mesa street gang, trafficked drugs and collected “taxes” from Orange County gangs on behalf of imprisoned Mexican Mafia member Johnny Martinez, also known as “Crow.”
Prosecutors said Martinez ordered the killing after the victim twice stole drugs and money under his control…