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43 Mexican Mafia Gangsters Arrested on Indictments Alleging Racketeering, Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, Assault, and Murder

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Forty-three members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were arrested on federal indictments charging them with various crimes, including kidnapping, extortion, and murder. The arrests demonstrate the commitment of law enforcement to hold accountable those who engage in organized crime and harm innocent people.

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43 Mexican Mafia Gangsters Arrested on Indictments Alleging Racketeering, Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, Assault, and Murder

Media Coverage · April 23, 2026

43 members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were arrested on federal indictments alleging racketeering, drug trafficking, kidnapping, assault, and murder. The indictments charge the defendants with committing scores of crimes in Orange County, including extortion, fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking, and running illegal gambling businesses. The arrests are a significant blow to the gang's

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  • • Mexican Mafia
  • • Kidnapping
  • • Extortion
  • • Murder
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43 members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were arrested on federal indictments alleging racketeering, drug trafficking, kidnapping, assault, and murder. The indictments charge the defendants with committing scores of crime
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Twenty-five members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang -- out of a total of 43 defendants in custody -- were arrested today on three federal indictments charging them with committing scores of crimes in Orange County, including kidnapping, extortion, trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, running illegal gambling businesses, and murdering a victim last year at a gang-controlled Anaheim motel.

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Media Coverage April 23, 2026

43 Mexican Mafia Gangsters Arrested on Indictments Alleging Racketeering, Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, Assault, and Murder

43 members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were arrested on federal indictments alleging racketeering, drug trafficking, kidnapping, assault, and murder. The indictments charge the defendants with committing scores of crimes in Orange County, including extortion, fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking, and running illegal gambling businesses. The arrests are a significant blow to the gang's operations.

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