LOS ANGELES -- Leaders of the notorious Mexican Mafia were charged Wednesday with running a conspiracy to control drug trafficking and carry out violence ordered from inside Los Angeles County jails.

A note that was written on a small scrap of paper known as a kite, smuggled out of prison and then recopied in larger print, lays out specific rules for Mexican Mafia members on the street. Click on ...

Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of Puente-13 — a violent San Gabriel Valley-based gang known for carrying out killings "greenlighted" by the Mexican Mafia, kidnapping enemies and ...

A Texas Mexican Mafia leader was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. David Botello, 54, was arrested in July 2020 after police found him with ...

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When a law enforcement crackdown on the Texas Mexican Mafia nearly obliterated the criminal organization's San Antonio leadership in 2004, it created a power vacuum that led to Joe “Pancho” Pena's ...

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