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Manuel Quintero, an alleged Mexican Mafia member nicknamed “Snuffy,” is charged with the 2010 killing of nightclub owner Hermilio Franco.

A detective testified that an informant involved in the killing identified Quintero as a suspect in 2014.

Prosecutors have not explained why more than a decade passed before charges were filed against Quintero.

A mystery has lingered for the 15 years since Hermilio Franco, a small-time actor and nightclub owner, was gunned down in the bedroom of his Downey home.

On Nov. 3, 2010, Franco pulled a chrome-plated .45 from under his pillow and opened fire on two armed intruders. The shootout left Franco dead and one of his attackers paralyzed. The ot

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