East L.A.—The county Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to pay $8 million to settle a long-pending lawsuit by multiple sheriff’s deputies who claimed they were pressured to quit or leave the East Los Angeles station by an internal deputy clique known as the Banditos.
The Los Angeles Superior Court suit filed by plaintiffs Art Hernandez, Alfred Gonzalez, Benjamin Zaredini, David Casas, Louis Granados, Mario Contreras, Areila Leums and Oscar Escobedo had been scheduled to go to trial early last year, but attorneys filed court papers just prior to trial indicating a settlement had been reached, although no dollar figure was announced.
After months of review at the county level, the Board of Supervisors approved the $8 million settlement amount on Tuesday…