Law Enforcement News After 18 Years In Prison, He Took Over His Old L.A. Gang. A String Of Murders Followed Ezequiel Romo had been gone a long time. He went to prison in 1996. When he returned to Panorama City 18 years later, he didn’t like what he saw. He was going to “clean out house,” Romo told another veteran of his gang. He would rid the neighborhood of rivals, of