LA Weekly Breaks Real Story of Labor Boss's Death: Long-time Editor Disgusted

David Zahniser has a red-hot story in the LA Weekly regarding the death of labor leader Miguel Contreras. Contreras, the executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, died in May, 2005 in a botanica on Florence Ave, of a heart attack. The LAPD raided the place on a prostitution sting later that year.

One official story was that Contreras died in his car, after getting a card reading at the store-front–other stories had him dying

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