Instead of facing the gas chamber at San Quentin, the reputed Mexican Mafia member turned death row into a base of power, law enforcement authorities and gang defectors say, collecting extortion ...

Criminal charges were announced Tuesday against dozens of defendants who allegedly committed a host of violent crimes throughout San Diego County at the behest of the Mexican Mafia. Prosecutors ...

Criminal charges were announced Tuesday against dozens of defendants who allegedly committed a host of violent crimes throughout San Diego County at the behest of the Mexican Mafia. Prosecutors allege ...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Two men with alleged ties to the Mexican Mafia were sentenced last week for the attempted murder of a Hemet man who wanted out. Carl Ray Flores Jr., 48, and Brian Ramiro ...

From behind prison walls, Mexican Mafia members directed gang members to extort local businesses by ordering owners to pay “taxes,” according to prosecutors. San Diego County District Attorney ...

The Mexican Mafia, known as “La EME,” is the largest and most established prison gang in the United States. The Mexican Mafia was initially formed in the California state penal system and has ...

Local prosecutors recently filed 20 separate cases in connection with offenses they say were committed on the Mexican Mafia's orders, including a murder in Chicano Park, allegedly committed by a ...

An incarcerated San Mateo man was one of five alleged gang members federally indicted on racketeering and drug offenses that were carried out by the Mexican Mafia prison gang, the U.S. Department ...