Breaking: Brown denies parole for ex-Mexican Mafia killer Rene Enriquez

Gov. Jerry Brown rejected parole late Friday for a former Mexican Mafia killer who left the prison gang and has spent more than a decade cooperating with authorities and speaking at law enforcement conferences.

Brown acknowledged the “valuable information” Enriquez has provided authorities, but said the “positive steps” were ultimately “outweighed by negative factors that demonstrate he remains unsuitable for parole.”

“When considered as a whole, I find the evidence shows that he currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison,” Brown wrote.

Rene “Boxer” Enriquez, 52, is serving life in prison for two murders committed in 1989. He ordered the slaying of one woman, a dealer whom he suspected was stealing from him, and personally killed a man, a fellow Mexican Mafia member who had fallen out of favor with the gang. His criminal history also includes jailhouse attacks on other inmates, drug sales and a sexual assault.