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Mexican Mafia member found dead in California state prison cell

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By Matthew Ormseth Verified
| The Mercury News Verified
By Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times Richard Buchanan, a reputed Mexican Mafia from the San Diego area, died in prison Tuesday morning, authorities said. Guards found Buchanan unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison, said Terri Hardy, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Kern County Coroner’s office will determine his cause of death, Hardy said.
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Mexican Mafia member found dead in California state prison cell

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By Matthew Ormseth Verified
| The Brunswick News Verified
By Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times Richard Buchanan, a reputed Mexican Mafia from the San Diego area, died in prison Tuesday morning, authorities said. Guards found Buchanan unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison, said Terri Hardy, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Kern County Coroner's office will determine his cause of death, Hardy said.
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The LAPD busted a secret network of brothels — but hasn’t arrested the owner

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By Matthew Ormseth Verified, Summer Lin Verified
| Lodi News-Sentinel Verified
LOS ANGELES — The woman didn’t have much time to talk. Speaking in Mandarin, she told a police dispatcher she was being held against her will in a Sun Valley home. She pleaded for officers to arrive quickly. If her captors caught her using a phone, she said she’d be beaten. The call for help in 2024 ended up pulling back the curtain on what a Los Angeles Police Department detective called a “spider web” of brothels that operated in plain sight throughout the San Fernando Valley.
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