David Chávez and Jonathan Arias will represent El Salvador in Para cross-country skiing this week at the Winter Games.

Street or “Barrio 18,” is one of the most notorious and violent gangs in the Western Hemisphere. The group started back in ...

A California gang member was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the shooting death of a man in Santa Maria.  Alfredo Junior Alaniz, 25, of Santa Maria, was sentenced for the murder of Mario ...

The suspected Mexican Mafia-affiliated 18th Street gang members in LA blended in to the MacArthur Park homeless population by ...

A federal indictment alleges that members of the gang used MacArthur Park as an open-air marketplace for drug trafficking.

Wobbly water solution Your recent Jeff Davi op-ed touting Cal Am’s wobbly “three-legged stool” argument omitted important details. First, this stool is standing on quicksand and will be rendered ...

Many Mexican Americans have family living in areas afflicted by organized crime and violent outbursts after drug lord's ...

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An East Salinas Norteno gang member known as "Drilla" was given 72 years to life in prison after he was convicted of murder ...

Mexicano’s father was sentenced to 30 years behind bars when Mexicano was just five. Two years later, he saw his stepfather ...

A member of the Salinas-based criminal street gang known as the "Murder Squad" has been sentenced to over 70 years in prison.

An intimate look at life inside one of the largest ICE detention centers in the US – told by the people who lived it.