Overview

• Authorities executed early-morning raids at 17 locations in San Pedro and Carson, resulting in 13 arrests.
• Eight of those arrested were charged in federal court and five face state charges from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
• An unsealed affidavit outlines RICO and drug-distribution conspiracy counts for 13 federal defendants and a separate felon-in-possession charge for another.
• Investigators say leaders issued orders from prison on behalf of the Mexican Mafia involving taxes, drug sales, firearms transfers and internal gang roles.
• Officials reported seizing nine guns, ammunition, ghost-gun parts and narcotics including fentanyl and meth, and most defendants could face life sentences if convicted.