SANTA ANA, Calif.—Federal and local authorities announced on April 27 that three leaders of the Orange County Mexican Mafia—as well as 28 of their associates—have been charged with racketeering, murder, and trafficking drugs and guns.
“The indictment reflects a sustained team effort to bring people who terrorize our communities to justice for their years of violence and narcotics trafficking in Southern California and beyond,” David Jaffe, Chief of the Organized Crime and Gang Section of the United States Department of Justice, said in a news conference.
