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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Prosecutors allege the charged offenses -- which include murder, conspiracy to commit murder, extortion and weapons trafficking -- were committed by local gang members acting on the orders of ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the conclusion of a six month multi-agency operation, the San Diego Police Department announced the arrest of 89 suspected gang members from a Mexican mafia crime ring. ...The National Weather ...