October 19, 2021 — According to a federal indictment filed this week, Mexican Mafia shot caller Michael (Big Mike) Lerma ordered the murder of jail inmate Steve Bencom in the summer of 2020 for refusing to pay “La Eme” a drug debt he accrued behind bars. The 65-year old Lerma is alleged to run the Mexican Mafia’s branch in Pomona, California.
Mexican Mafia members Jose (Swifty) Gonzales, Carlos (Popeye) Gonzales and Juan (Squeaky) Sanchez are charged with strangling Bencom inside his cell at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center on June 28, 2020. All three hail from Pomona and work for Big Mike Lerma, per court filings.
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