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Authorities say Manuel Quintero is a notorious Mexican Mafia figure nicknamed Snuffy long suspected of running rackets for the prison-based syndicate. The latest case against him involves an alleged plot to murder a rapper who survived a stabbing last year while jailed.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 prisons because of a statewide surge in violence.
Authorities charged a reputed member of the Mexican Mafia with plotting to kill Swifty Blue, a rapper who allegedly crossed the prison-based syndicate.
In a war for control of L.A.’s Armenian underworld, federal authorities say rival crews of gangsters engaged in a series of dramatic shootings and kidnappings across the San Fernando Valley.
Scenes of mayhem and violence have emerged from the protests in Los Angeles. Who are the people clashing with law enforcement and fueling the unrest?
An ugly night of vandalism, burglaries and clashes in downtown Los Angeles left city officials struggling to get the upper hand after three days of scattered unrest over immigration raids.
The California Department of Justice will investigate the police shooting of Ronald Gainer Jr. as a potential case involving an unarmed person, despite LAPD claims he was armed.
The man accused of fatally shooting two people including a Baldwin Park officer and wounding another has been identified, law enforcement sources told The Times.
