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'Character assassination': Reputed Mexican Mafia boss slams federal racketeering charges
Johnny Martinez wants you to know he is not a monster. He has been called many things in the last six years by law enforcement agencies: Godfather of the Orange County underworld. Member of the Mexican Mafia, a syndicate of imprisoned Latino gang members. …