Members and Associates of Mexican Mafia-Affiliated Street Gangs in San Fernando Valley Arrested by Task Force in Second Phase of Operation “Double Header”
A task force comprised of FBI agents and Los Angeles police officers, formed to address criminal activity in the northeast San Fernando Valley, arrested 14 of 18 individuals who were charged for their roles in a narcotics distribution network and the illegal sales of firearms, announced André Birotte Jr., United States Attorney in Los Angeles; Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, and Chief Charlie Beck of the Los Angeles Police Department. Ten of those charged were taken into custody by task force members during the execution of arrest warrants carried out early this morning. Four of those charged were previously in custody on unrelated charges and four are being sought be the task force. Nine federal defendants were charged in five criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles and the remaining nine cases will be filed with the state of California. Additionally, five federal search warrants and two state search warrants were serv...