The Mexican Mafia

MayorSam reports:

Tony Rafael’s debut book, The Mexican Mafia, went on sale last Wednesday. Many Mayor Sam readers already know Rafael as Wally Fay, editor of In The Hat, a popular, long-running expert narrative on Los Angeles gangs, crime, cops, and politics.

Described as the first book ever published on the subject, The Mexican Mafia documents the inner workings of the largely mysterious prison gang that controls a “40,000-strong street army” responsible for 100 homicides each year in Los Angeles alone.

In a radio appearance Saturday, Rafael described how La Eme is now expanding its system of “protection” levying beyond street corner drug dealers. Suffices to say, you’ll never see the weathered face of the lady selling churros at the corner of Beverly and Vermont the same again.