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Former Mexican Mafia General Turned Informant Receives $25,000 from GEO Group, 20 Years in Prison from Feds
Loaded on Sept. 3, 2018
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2018, page 30
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Prison Gangs,
Informants,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Informants (Failure to Protect).
Location:
Texas.
by Matthew Clarke
After former Mexican Mafia general Raymond S. “Indio” Tellez agreed to testify against the gang, two gang members stabbed him multiple times in a secure area of a private prison operated by the GEO Group. He filed suit and, following a bench trial, received $25,000 in damages ...
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