Samuel Villalba became a member of the Mexican Mafia in the 1980s. Police found him shot to death in a homeless camp in 2021 and recently arrested one suspected gunman.

LOS ANGELES (CN) - More than 500 law enforcement officers participated in an operation Wednesday targeting 32 members of the Mexican Mafia who controlled drug smuggling, narcotics sales and the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Prison was Samuel Villalba’s domain. On the inside, he was Negro from Artesia, a Mexican Mafia member whose word was the law to the thousands of Latino gang members who fall under ...

From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California. "Long time no hear, you know?" he told Hugo Montes in Spanish in a recorded call.

A convicted murderer from Los Angeles County may have used a makeshift key to shed his handcuffs and shackles before making a brazen escape last week. According to a report from Kern County radio ...

A reputed member of the Mexican Mafia was wounded in a shooting Saturday that left a second man dead in Los Angeles County, authorities said. At 11 p.m., Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies ...

Academy Award-nominated actor Edward James Olmos and director Gregory Nava add another film to the National Film Registry.

Manuel Medrano is a former member of the Arizona Mexican Mafia, also known as the New Mexican Mafia, a US prison gang. He was in and out of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation ...