Instead of facing the gas chamber at San Quentin, the reputed Mexican Mafia member turned death row into a base of power, law enforcement authorities and gang defectors say, collecting extortion ...

An incarcerated San Mateo man was one of five alleged gang members federally indicted on racketeering and drug offenses that were carried out by the Mexican Mafia prison gang, the U.S. Department ...

Arturo Swadener gives a briefing to reporters Tuesday regarding an operation that netted the arrests of dozens of gang members allegedly linked to the Mexican Mafia. (Christian Martinez / The San ...

From behind prison walls, Mexican Mafia members directed gang members to extort local businesses by ordering owners to pay “taxes,” according to prosecutors. San Diego County District Attorney ...

Criminal charges were announced Tuesday against dozens of defendants who allegedly committed a host of violent crimes throughout San Diego County at the behest of the Mexican Mafia. Prosecutors ...

East Bay man who allegedly extorted sex from teen gets probation, release from jail Allen Fong, 33, and his co-defendants are alleged members of the Mexican Mafia, also known as La eMe ...

Instead of facing the gas chamber at San Quentin, the reputed Mexican Mafia member turned death row into a base of power, law enforcement authorities and gang defectors say, collecting extortion ...

Prosecutors allege the charged offenses -- which include murder, conspiracy to commit murder, extortion and weapons trafficking -- were committed by local gang members acting on the orders of ...