mexican mafia

Mexican Mafia associate from Santa Ana sentenced to 17½ years in Federal prison

LOS ANGELES – A Mexican Mafia associate who ordered murders and assaults in Orange County’s jail system on the prison…

4 years ago

Mexican Mafia leader who united three gangs sentenced to 25 years in state prison

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Defendant Who Described Three-Gang Coalition As a “New World Order” Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison LOS…

7 years ago

85 suspects were arrested today in a O.C. takedown of the Mexican Mafia

California Attorney General Becerra and Orange County Sheriff Hutchens Announce the Arrest of 85 Individuals in Orange County Gang Takedown…

7 years ago

Santa Ana man who informed on the Mexican Mafia gets a reduced prison sentence

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Case # 05CF3926 Date: December 22, 2017 GANG INFORMANT SENTENCED TO 17…

7 years ago

An O.C. law enforcement officer is challenging Reyna in Ward 5 this November

Santa Ana's Ward 5 City Councilman Roman Reyna voted against hiring more Santa Ana police officers this year - and…

8 years ago

Councilman Reyna opposes hiring more SAPD police officers

City Council members adopted a balanced, $228.9 million 2016-17 fiscal year budget on Tuesday with only one tweak – dedicating…

8 years ago

Mexican Mafia boss Pete Ojeda gets another 15 year sentence as he is convicted again

Peter Ojeda, one of the original Mexican Mafia bosses, was  sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for federal racketeering…

9 years ago

O.C. Gangbanger who snitched on the Mexican Mafia gets a lighter sentence

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 07WF0153 Date: March 4, 2016 GANG MEMBER WHO WORKED AS FEDERAL INFORMANT SENTENCED…

9 years ago

O.C. Mexican Mafia leader Peter Ojeda convicted again and is facing life in prison

Peter Ojeda, the head of an Orange County wing of the Mexican Mafia, and his former girlfriend, Suzie Rodriguez,  have…

9 years ago

Delhi gangbanger pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter of a Santa Ana woman

Jaime Prieto Rocha, 42, pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter. He also admitted a sentencing enhancement for gang activity and a murder…

9 years ago

Does shooting of a 20-year old man mean the West Myrtle Street Gang is active again?

Police are investigating a Tuesday night shooting that left a 20-year-old man injured on the sidewalk at  the 1900 block…

10 years ago

Santa Ana gangs raided as authorities go after the Mexican Mafia again

UPDATE: We have received the official press release regarding this multi-agency gang sweep. It is posted at the end of…

11 years ago

A Year in Review – a look back at Santa Ana in 2011

Our posts about Santa Ana's Cafe Lu and Councilman Bustamante topped the charts in 2011 What a year it has…

13 years ago

Amezcua’s old pal Ojeda, of the Mexican Mafia, gets busted again

A chill must have gone up failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua's spine this morning when he cracked open…

13 years ago

Amezcua has long associated with the same gangs he is now complaining about

I had to laugh when I saw Alfredo Amezcua's latest frantic email newsletter, which arrived in my in-box today.  In…

14 years ago

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