Pomona wasn’t Lerma’s only fiefdom, prosecutors say. In 2018, they charged, Lerma seized control of the drug trade within a federal jail. A witness testified Lerma called the shots for Latino inmates ...

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 County since the ...

As illegal border crossings drop to record lows under the Trump administration, U.S. attorneys in California are prosecuting ...

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 ...

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

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 charge ...

A Mexican mafia leader who once reportedly offered protection to El Chapo is currently being held in the Washoe County Jail.