More Than 40 Mexican Mafia Members and Associates Indicted in California: DOJ

The Mexican Mafia sold illegal drugs in Orange County and ran illicit gambling businesses in commercial strip malls and private residences, authorities said.

The Department of Justice in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

A total of 43 alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were arrested this week on multiple charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the central district of California said on April 23.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the total includes individuals already in custody, with 25 of them being arrested in Orange County, California, on April 23. They face charges including kidnapping, extortion, fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking, running illegal gambling businesses, and murder.