An associate of the Mexican Mafia prison gang was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for participating in an attack involving a Valencia man on a fellow Orange County jail inmate in 2019, an assault that left the victim with his throat slashed.
Robert Amezcua, 54, a.k.a. “Flaco,” of Santa Ana, was sentenced to 120 months by United States District Judge Fred W. Slaughter.
At the conclusion of a three-day trial, a federal jury in January 2024 found Amezcua guilty of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering (VICAR), specifically, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
At the conclusion of a three-day trial, a federal jury in January 2024 found Amezcua guilty of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering (VICAR), specifically, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon…