6. Edward James Olmos – Targeted by Mexican Mafia
Edward James Olmos is one of the most widely acclaimed Latino actors in the United States, having won two Golden Globes and an Emmy, and having been nominated for an Oscar for his movie Stand and Deliver. Olmos is also an important activist for Latino issues in America, traveling to colleges across the country and speaking about Latino rights.
It’s amazing to think this great man would have enemies, but a movie he made in 1992 called American Me gathered quite a lot of them. The movie paints an unflattering portrayal of a Mexican mob boss, so the group in question put a bounty on Olmos’s head. They wanted the actor to pay for the disrespect shown to them by the film, but Olmos seemingly came to an agreement with the group, because they rescinded the bounty before Olmos lost his life.
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