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Trial Begins Against Men of the Mexican Mafia Involved in an Alleged Murder in Placentia

Summary by Telemundo 52
Two Mexican Mafia "soldiers" carried out a robbery that turned deadly against a drug dealer in Placentia for failing to pay dues to the alleged head of the gang's Orange County chapter, a prosecutor told the jury this Monday, but defense lawyers claimed that it was an attack that accidentally "went out of control" and that it was not a murder case. Yrael Jacob Cordova and Ricardo Valenzuela are accused of violent crimes in support of organized c…
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Two Mexican Mafia "soldiers" carried out a robbery that turned deadly against a drug dealer in Placentia for failing to pay dues to the alleged head of the gang's Orange County chapter, a prosecutor told the jury this Monday, but defense lawyers claimed that it was an attack that accidentally "went out of control" and that it was not a murder case. Yrael Jacob Cordova and Ricardo Valenzuela are accused of violent crimes in support of organized c…

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Telemundo 52 broke the news on Monday, July 13, 2026.
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