3 Mexican Mafia Members and 28 Associates Charged in Racketeering Indictment That Alleges Murders, Drug Trafficking and Gun Offenses

Press Release on April 27, 2022

SANTA ANA, California ? A 33-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed today charges 31 members and associates of the Orange County Mexican Mafia with racketeering offenses, two murders and six attempted murders, and related drug and gun charges. The indictment includes charges of conspiring...

San Fernando Valley Man Indicted on Federal Charges Alleging He Sold Pound Quantities of Meth and Dozens of ?Ghost Guns?

Press Release on April 26, 2022

LOS ANGELES ? A federal grand jury today charged a San Fernando Valley man with selling a total of nearly 16 pounds of methamphetamine and 89 firearms, including dozens of ?ghost guns,? or firearms that lack serial numbers. Julio Ernesto Lopez-Menendez, 26, a.k.a. ?Iroe,? of Reseda, was charged...

Hollywood Man Prohibited From Possessing Firearms Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Having 19 Firearms & Possessing a Fraudulent Seal

News Release on April 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES ? A Hollywood man, who was previously adjudicated as a mental defective was sentenced last week for possessing firearms and a fraudulently made seal on a law enforcement badge bearing the Department of Homeland Security seal, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...