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a receiying-caded messages in his mail. In the weeks be- fore his death, many per- sqnal letters were withheld. § Revenge was not oe ming. ' “*0On Christmas day, 1972, at _ Soledad prison, Frank ‘“Cis- co” Villalobos -and Pablo “Bennie” Najera were hacked to death with pris- on-made knives in separate but shnultaneous attacks. Both were ranking Fami- tia Heutenants. x & * The Department rrections has taken dra steps. Every known leader of ei- ther the Mafia or the Fami- lia today is locked iz an iso- lation cell in whatever pris- on he is housed. Each indi- vidual is segregated from ihe general prison popitla- -tion and must eat and exer- cise under strict supervi- sion, Guthrie said. pMembers of the organizd- tfons no longer behind ba ave being kept under surv ldnee. : Attacks Continue Nonetheless, while fatali- ties are down inside the walls. inmate attacks contin- ue. At last count, 32 inmates have been beaten or stab at San Quentin since the st of the year. Other prisons show sim Lar statistics. “& Mafia type in the deep- est, darkest hole at Folsom can order the death of a man anywhere in thestate,”, néted one ex-convict. isome Department off . rrections _ investigatorf, who have been close to the past two .yeats complain that many state officials and local police agencies do not realize the power of the gangs. . Wall of Silence Officials are hampered by’ a wall of silence from the Mexican-American commu- nity. usually" Me wrttim of much of the expamitne gang activities. A Los Angeles woman Wo witnessed the death of hir husband at the hands of t Mafia leaders told police she would testify against the pair. Shortly afterwards, her son was murdered. 7 “Now she's like a zur- bie.” said a prison investigp- tor. “She wort’t, talk to any- . eed body.” eae tty ea SAMAR tS nme ama het plat RR NRE NR 168 EME /— two Chi th — ; ° ‘vo Chicago graupetor the Eagle adapted from Mexican emblem; “E ME" is Spanish for “M," for Mais -~ Yo