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'''Gus S. Mijales''' (July 11, 1934 &ndash February 27, 2018) was [[business]]man in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was a confidante of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. His family is the owner of Farmers Seafood Company, which began operations in 1918.
'''Gus S. Mijales''' (July 11, 1934 – February 27, 2018) was [[business]]man in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was a confidante of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. His family is the owner of Farmers Seafood Company, which began operations in 1918.
In the middle 1980s, Mijales and Edwards were co-defendants when the then governor was charged with using his influence to gain state approval for certain nursing home and hospital projects. After a mistrial, all the defendants were acquitted in a second trial in 1986. In 1995, however, Mijalis served twenty months in federal prison for various financial crimes.<ref name=gmij>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/02/28/gus-mijalis-businessman-and-friend-edwin-edwards-dies-83/383396002/|title=Gus Mijales, businessman and friend of Edwin Edwards, dies at 83|author=Sarah Crawford and Nick Wooten|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=March 1, 2018}}</ref> Edwards also later served time in federal prison for seventeen convictions, including [[money laundering]], racketeering, [[extortion]], [[mail fraud]], and wire fraud, stemming from a case involving the location of a prison in LaSalle Parish in north Louisiana.
In the middle 1980s, Mijales and Edwards were co-defendants when the then governor was charged with using his influence to gain state approval for certain nursing home and hospital projects. After a mistrial, all the defendants were acquitted in a second trial in 1986. In 1995, however, Mijalis served twenty months in federal prison for various financial crimes.<ref name=gmij>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/02/28/gus-mijalis-businessman-and-friend-edwin-edwards-dies-83/383396002/|title=Gus Mijales, businessman and friend of Edwin Edwards, dies at 83|author=Sarah Crawford and Nick Wooten|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=March 1, 2018}}</ref> Edwards also later served time in federal prison for seventeen convictions, including [[money laundering]], racketeering, [[extortion]], [[mail fraud]], and wire fraud, stemming from a case involving the location of a prison in LaSalle Parish in north Louisiana.