LOS ANGELES -- In Pomona, Michael Lerma is a “mythical” figure, his attorney says. Lerma, 68, hasn’t walked the streets of his hometown on the eastern edge of Los Angeles ...

According to evidence presented at trial, Lerma, a reported member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, controlled and extorted drug money from Latino street gangs in the Pomona area, and from ...

On Friday, March 28, the following male defendants, were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act, one count of violent crimes ...