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Luis Felipe, the Latin Kings leader convicted of murder and racketeering, is about to join Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski for conversation in the exercise yard at the federal "Super Max" prison in Florence, Colo.
Then he was arrested for stalking his former mistress, Joy Silverman, and charged with extortion, interstate racketeering, and blackmail, among other crimes.
USA Today and the Washington Post lead with a Chicago jury's finding in a lawsuit brought by NOW that anti-abortion groups violated federal racketeering laws by conspiring to close abortion clinics through violence, and hence could be subject to damage claims.
In more than 15 other racketeering cases, the government filed the case in court and ultimately took over control of the union.
Back in 1987, Newt Gingrich and other Republicans were among 245 House members who wrote a letter to Attorney General Ed Meese specifically opposing a federal takeover of four unions including the Laborers, and protesting the use of federal racketeering laws against the unions.