Notorious Los Angeles drug lord, Ezequiel ‘Wicked’ Romo, has been stabbed to death by three inmates while serving life for eight murders.
WHAT HAPPENED TO EZEQUIEL ROMO?
Ezequiel Romo, 47, was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at Centinela State Prison in Imperial County when officers saw three other inmates attack him inside a dayroom at the prison Sunday night, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
They gave verbal orders telling the assailants to stop but had to use four applications of pepper spray to end the attack, authorities said.
Romo sustained multiple stab wounds and was taken to a medical facility at the prison, where he was pronounced dead nearly two hours later, according to prison officials.
He had been transferred to the prison on Aug. 30 of last year.
THE SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED
The three men suspected of killing him are Cristian Moreno, 31; Johnny S. Garcia, 39, and Christian O. Hernandez, 41.
They all came to the prison from Los Angeles County. Moreno was the only one of the inmates not serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
WHY ROMO WAS JAILED
Last year, Romo was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder following a monthslong trial in LA County, during which witnesses testified he ordered killings of rivals and even followers, according to the Los Angeles Times.
