Michael Lerma, 68, was convicted of racketeering and murder in a trial that showed how he called the shots for gangs in his hometown of Pomona and took over his wing of a federal jail in downtown Los ...

There are almost 140 members of the Mexican Mafia, most incarcerated in prisons or jails, according to the U.S. Attorney’s ...

Federal prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy with smuggling heroin into a jail where he was ...

Federal prosecutors are reconsidering whether to pursue the death penalty for reputed Orange County Mexican Mafia boss Johnny ...

The defendants, Michael Lerma, Carlos Gonzalez, Juan Sanchez, and Jose Valencia Gonzalez, face mandatory life sentences.

A Mexican Mafia member who controlled drug smuggling, narcotics sales and the extortion of prisoners inside the Los Angeles County jail system pleaded guilty on Monday, April 7, to a federal ...