<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So outraged were the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mexican-mafia-busted-for-running-crime-in-la-county-jails/0a4a622f-2ce9-4d2a-9d28-85c0bdda3a84" rel="" target="" title="Mexican Mafia"><span>Mexican Mafia</span></a><span> over the release of a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/hollywood" rel="" target="" title="Hollywood film"><span>Hollywood film</span></a><span> on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/today-in-history" rel="" target="" title="March 13, 1992"><span>March 13, 1992</span></a><span>, they committed a series of murders in retaliation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>American Me</span></em><span> told a fictionalised story of the founding of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mexican-mafia-busted-for-running-crime-in-la-county-jails/0a4a622f-2ce9-4d2a-9d28-85c0bdda3a84" rel="" target="" title="Mexican Mafia"><span>Mexican Mafia</span></a><span> in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/inside-the-us-pay-to-stay-prisons/b7c30314-f332-40f1-83a2-7a85a09fcd9b" rel="" target="" title="Californian prisons"><span>Californian prisons</span></a><span> in the 1950s.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The film was directed by and starred </span><a href="https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/edward-james-olmos-throat-cancer-diagnosis/da7c9b4a-ac0d-414b-9ac5-0e230962ac65" rel="" target="" title="Edward James Olmos"><span>Edward James Olmos</span></a><span>, who sought to tell the story of the notorious gang.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-february-25-what-happened-on-this-day-zyzzyx-road/a4c4cbcd-5d42-4ecd-8625-cb9343c93178"><strong><span>Only six people saw the biggest flop of all time</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But one scene infuriated the real-life gang.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The scene depicted the main character being raped while in juvenile detention by another man.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Even though the character was fictional, the gang was incensed by the depiction of a member of the gang participating in homosexual activity, even if it was nonconsensual.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-13-what-happened-on-this-day-american-me/df8aa5e4-409b-47bc-a664-f653f38bb5ca" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Twelve days after the premiere, one of the movie's consultants had been killed. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Charles "Charlie Brown" Manriquez was shot six times in a Los Angeles housing project.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Then in May, another consultant, Ana Lizarraga, was ambushed and killed in the driveway of her home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A federal indictment linked her murder to her contribution to the film.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Actor </span><a href="https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/actor-danny-trejo-says-charles-manson-hypnotised-him-in-prison/ad073503-f6a2-492a-84ad-c0c309f376d3" rel="" target="" title="Danny Trejo"><span>Danny Trejo</span></a><span> said 10 people were killed in connection to the movie.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were four out here, and six in prison," he said in 2019.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You've just got to be real careful about telling the truth."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trejo was not in the movie, but knew many of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mexican-mafia-busted-for-running-crime-in-la-county-jails/0a4a622f-2ce9-4d2a-9d28-85c0bdda3a84" rel="" target="" title="Mexican Mafia"><span>Mexican Mafia</span></a><span> key figures from their time in prison together.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-4-what-happened-on-this-day-nosferatu/8fe0b05e-517d-461d-bdb3-3f847f1dff1b"><strong><span>Judge orders destruction of one of the best horror films ever made</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Olmos himself feared for his life amid rumours a contract had been placed on his head.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Decades later, he is still alive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Upon its release, </span><em><span>American Me</span></em><span> was a moderate critical success but a commercial flop.</span></div></div><div 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