A note that was written on a small scrap of paper known as a kite, smuggled out of prison and then recopied in larger print, lays out specific rules for Mexican Mafia members on the street. Click on ...

LOS ANGELES -- Leaders of the notorious Mexican Mafia were charged Wednesday with running a conspiracy to control drug trafficking and carry out violence ordered from inside Los Angeles County jails.

Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of Puente-13 — a violent San Gabriel Valley-based gang known for carrying out killings "greenlighted" by the Mexican Mafia, kidnapping enemies and ...

6:56 a.m. Sept. 27, 2025: The original version of this story misstated Landa-Rodriguez’s sentence. He will serve two more years in prison, not seven. To hear prosecutors tell it, Jose Landa-Rodriguez ...