Ezequiel Romo, a gang leader who ordered murders of rivals and followers alike in a bid to maintain control over drug and collection rackets in Panorama City, was stabbed to death Sunday at Centinela State Prison, authorities said.Romo, 47, was serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole after being convicted last year of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
He had recently been transferred to Centinela, a 3,000-man prison in the Imperial County desert. Around 8 p.m. on Sunday, officials said in a statement, three inmates attacked him in a day room.
