Criminal
Mar. 25, 2009
South L.A. Grocery Chain Owner's Racketeering Trial Begins
George Torres, a blue-collar Mexican immigrant who through hard work and street smarts founded the South Los Angeles-based Numero Uno grocery chain, goes on trial today in federal court, charged with running a criminal enterprise.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - George Torres could be seen as a modern day Horatio Alger, a blue-collar Mexican immigrant who, through hard work and street smarts, founded the South Los Angeles-based Numero Uno grocery chain and went on to amass properties throughout Southern California. But federal prosecutors say Torres' success is built on criminal enterprise that included murders, stolen goods, bribes, undocumen...
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