The Mexican Mafia, known as "La Eme," is made up of the leaders of different street gangs and is largely run from inside California prisons and jails.

Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who oversaw gangs in the San Fernando Valley and controlled drug and extortion rackets in the Los Angeles County jail system, was stabbed to death in prison.

Extortion and other charges were filed against 19 people, mostly gang members, following a three-year investigation into the Mexican Mafia prison gang, the San Diego County District Attorney’… ...

Extortion and other charges were filed against 19 people, mostly gang members, following a three-year investigation into the Mexican Mafia prison gang, the San Diego County District Attorney’… ...

July 24, 2017, In groups of three and four, 11 people, four men and seven women alleged to be part of the Mexican Mafia were arraigned in Superior Court in San Diego on Monday, July 24, 2017.

San Diego law enforcement filed charges against 19 associates of a Mexican gang known as “Eme,” or “La Eme,” and arrested 10 of them Thursday.

Crime 19 Face Charges in Mexican Mafia Prison Gang Probe by DA by Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego July 21, 2017, 11:15 p.m.

Allen Fong, 33, and his co-defendants are alleged members of the Mexican Mafia, also known as La eMe, an organized crime outfit which began in Folson Prison and is involved in extortion, arson, and… ...

The group, which in Spanish is known as "La Eme" – the "M" – is a Mexican-American criminal organization that began in U.S. prisons. Enriquez, who grew up in South Central LA, joined the ...

San Diego — Mexican Mafia, God, family — in that order. That’s how one expert described the power and influence the notorious prison gang, also known as “La Eme,” holds over people in ...

About two-thirds of the Mexican Mafia’s 140 members are held in California prisons, which are inundated with illegal cellphones. They use the phones to traffic in drugs, collect money and order ...