Two Los Angeles-area 15-year-old gang members have pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges, admitting they were acting as hired hitmen for Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel ...

The Sinaloa cartel hired two 15-year-old boys from a Los Angeles street gang to carry out a hit on a rival early last year.

The leaders and two members of an alleged cult-like religious organization in Southern California have been charged with murder in connection with the deaths of a 4-year-old boy and a missing ...

The Treasury Department notes that the boss of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel manages the group’s operations from prison and ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday her government is not currently planning another large-scale extradition of ...

The documentary 'Selena y Los Dinos' premiered on Nov. 17 on Netflix Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Food and ...

Over 30 years after her death, Selena Quintanilla continues to be a top-selling recording artist, and members of her band Los Dinos are still involved in the music industry. Eventually, other ...

Five MS-13 members were all found guilty Tuesday of participating in a string of gangland killings to advance their standing in the gang in which the victims were beaten, strangled and sometimes had ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --A jury in Los Angeles convicted five members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang on Monday for participating in a string of violent murders in order to improve their status in the ...

Five members of the notorious international gang MS-13 have been found guilty of partaking in violent crime activity in Los Angeles County, including at least six gang-motivated killings. The five ...

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