Federal prosecutors in LA charge MS-13 drug suspects linked to Mexican Mafia leader
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles charged 23 alleged members and associates of the MS-13 gang in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, authorities announced Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in downtown L.A., E. Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, called drug sales "the lifeblood" of the gang, which was born 40 years ago in Los ...
by Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times
Nov 14, 2023
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles charged 23 alleged members and associates of the MS-13 gang in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, authorities announced Tuesday.
Speaking at a news conference in downtown L.A., E. Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, called drug sales "the lifeblood" of the gang, which was born 40 years ago in Los Angeles before deported members carried it back to their home countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
In California, prosecutors said, MS-13 answers to the Mexican Mafia, an organization of
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