Mexican Mafia figure faces new charges

By Greg Gross
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM

6:19 p.m. June 5, 2008

SAN DIEGO – A member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, already in federal prison for trafficking drugs on behalf of the Arellano Felix cartel, faces new charges – this time for orchestrating a methamphetamine deal from behind bars.

The U.S. Attorney's office announced Friday the unsealing of criminal complaints against Jose Alberto “Batâ€