The Mexican Mafia, also known as La Eme, originated in 1957 in the California prison system. According to law enforcement, the gang is splintered into the New Mexican Mafia, founded in Florence ...

Federal prosecutors alleged Ronaldo Ayala, reputed to be a powerful member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, conspired with the Sinaloa cartel and offered to protect its notorious former leader, ...

Prosecutors allege the reputed Mexican ... prison term. According to a transcript of the witness’ interview with the FBI, Ayala carved up the San Diego area with two other alleged Mexican Mafia ...

Estrada controlled a network of underlings who collected money and sold drugs in nearly every prison yard in California. Some ...

Allen Fong, 33, and his co-defendants are alleged members of the Mexican Mafia, also known as La eMe, an organized crime outfit which began in Folson Prison and is involved in extortion, arson, ...

Allen Fong, 33, and his co-defendants are alleged members of the Mexican Mafia, also known as La ... incarcerated La eMe associate inside California State Prison in Vacaville.

The Black Guerrilla Family was founded in 1966 in the California prison system by Black Panther George Jackson. Highly organized with a supreme leader and a central committee, the group operates ...

Times of San Diego will send you the top local and state news at 8 a.m., 365 days a year. Sign up The D.A’.s office announced Tuesday a takedown of street gang members operating in San Diego County.

Mendoza speaks with Insider about rivalry with the Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood ... to 2007 and was incarcerated at various California prisons, such as San Quentin, Pelican Bay, and ...

Instead of facing the gas chamber at San Quentin, the reputed Mexican Mafia member ... Ayala while held at the state prison in Solano. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and ...