Peter "Sana" Ojeda sat quietly, occasionally rubbing a hand over his wrinkled face, his cheeks drooping down and setting his mouth into a permanent frown. The 73-year-old looked more like a none too happy grandpa than who he was accused of being: the reputed godfather of the Mexican Mafia in Orange County. The gray-haired defendant studied the jury. The 12 men and women seemed to be staring anywhere in the courtroom but at Ojeda. Meanwhile, U.S. marshals in the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana this week kept an eye on the alleged "Eme" kingpin during the early part of a trial that could last about a month. Ojeda is being tried on charges of racketeering and...
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