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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of Puente-13 — a violent San Gabriel Valley-based gang known for carrying out killings ...

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 ...

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 ...