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Special Units
Mexican Mafia: Prison Debrief
Rene Enriquez defected from the Mexican Mafia in 2003. As a senior leader in the organization, he had much to offer the authorities and his debriefings with officials were videotaped. Here are excerpts from one session. It was included in a documentary by American RadioWorks.
December 1, 2009
Gangs
The Mexican Mafia: Down But Not Out
Every time law enforcement thought that they had knocked out or retired the Eme organization, they found that the Eme came back again. The Mexican Mafia absorbed the blows and grew stronger.
August 12, 2013
Special Units
Mexican Mafia Boss Gets Life In Prison
A Mexican Mafia prison gang member and longtime leader of the Puente Trece gang was sentenced Wednesday to life in federal prison after his conviction for racketeering that includes murder plots and a brutal stabbing of an inmate designed to deter victims from cooperating with police.
March 6, 2013
Special Units
Texas Mexican Mafia Member Gets Life In RICO Case
A Texas Mexican Mafia member received three consecutive life sentences in federal prison for racketeering and assaulting a federal prison guard, the FBI announced.
April 10, 2013
Special Units
3 Texas Mexican Mafia Chiefs Get Life
Three high-ranking members of the Texas Mexican Mafia implicated in the brutal slayings of 24 men each were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday in San Antonio.
August 4, 2010
Special Units
The Mexican Mafia
In the mid-1950s 13 California Youth Authority (CYA) wards were sent to the Duel Vocational Institute located in Tracy, California. Since the wards were juveniles they were housed in a special section of the adult correcÂtions facility.
February 29, 2000
Gangs
When the Mexican Mafia Takes Out a Pawn
Art Romo's association with high powered La Eme members, his loyal service as a liaison to the drug cartels, his close association to Mexican Mafia lawyers, and his usefulness as a front man, meant nothing when challenged by a real made member.
November 8, 2010
Special Units
Alleged Mexican Mafia Member Given 18 Years by Ariz. Judge
A 39-year-old Phoenix man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison following a trial where prosecutors alleged he was a lieutenant in the Mexican Mafia prison gang.
June 7, 2010
Gangs
Taking Down Mexican Mafia Cliques In the O.C.
Operation Black Flag was another "staggering and comprehensive blow" to California's most powerful gang, according to U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte. However, the La EME prison gang has proved to be resilient to extermination. Mexican Mafia leaders have managed to operate their criminal enterprise from the most secure housing units in the most secure prisons in America.
August 8, 2011
Gangs
Gang Task Forces Take Down Mexican Mafia 'Carnals'
Two recent investigations show us the value of gang task forces that combine resources from law enforcement, prosecutors, and corrections to take down Mexican Mafia "carnals" in Southern California.
March 13, 2013
Special Units
L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Gunned Down Outside Family Home, Investigators Suspect Mexican Mafia
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy gunned down Saturday outside his boyhood home in Cypress Park had been assigned to guard the most dangerous inmates in the county, including members of the notorious Mexican Mafia gang, authorities said Sunday.
August 3, 2008
Special Units
Mexican Mafia Member Gets Life for Prison Narcotics Deal
Jose "Bat" Marquez, who was also a member of San Diego's Del Sol street gang, was extradited from Mexico in January 2007 on other charges. In April of that year, Marquez orchestrated a meth deal from his jail cell that involved several Mexican Mafia associates.
November 1, 2011
Special Units
Feds Charge California Officer with Tipping Off Mexican Mafia, Armenian Gangs
According to the complaint, Balian was interviewed several times by federal agents last year where he repeatedly made false statements and misrepresentations about his alleged links to local criminal figures, including Jose Loza, a Mexican Mafia member and “shot-caller” for the Canta Ranas street gang.
May 17, 2018
Gangs
Mexican Mafia: The Most Dangerous Gang
No matter which big bad bloody band of barrio bad boys you might be dealing with, I'll bet they are taking their orders from prison-gang inmates. And when one prison gang member can walk with immunity into some street gang's turf and order them to murder one of their own, that's a clue.
April 12, 2010
Gangs
History of the Mexican Mafia Prison Gang
It is rare for law enforcement to have an opportunity to hear from the mind of one who lived it. Today, Mundo (with a new identity) continues to assist law enforcement to understand how criminal organizations operate.
July 24, 2007
Gangs
The Mongol Motorcycle Gang and the Mexican Mafia
These outlaw gangs are not known for their adherence to truces and coalitions. When you deal with the Devil you can't expect honesty and fair play. The Mongols had already let the Devil into the deal in the early 1970s.
January 21, 2008
Patrol
LAPD Under Fire for Arranging Meeting with Area Chiefs and Mexican Mafia Member
LAPD Deputy Chief Michael Downing described the meeting as an "LAPD-sponsored event" where attendees listened to the man describe his experience with a "transnational criminal enterprise."
January 29, 2015
Special Units
10 Members of Mexican Mafia-Led Gang Convicted in Drug Case
Ten members and associates of a Hispanic street gang that sought to control drug trafficking in south Los Angeles by targeting blacks were convicted Monday on various criminal charges.
January 12, 2009
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