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 ...

A La Verne woman described as a secretary for an imprisoned shot-caller in the Mexican Mafia who controlled Latino gangs in Pomona was sentenced to seven years in federal prison on Monday, Feb. 5.

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 ...