{"id":59892,"date":"2025-10-08T20:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=59892"},"modified":"2025-10-08T20:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:46:44","slug":"dozens-arrested-as-authorities-target-rancho-san-pedro-street-gang-in-rico-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=59892","title":{"rendered":"Dozens Arrested as Authorities Target Rancho San Pedro Street Gang in RICO Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"485\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29089 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Los-Angeles-Police-Department-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"485\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><em>Operation nets key figures accused of running drug and extortion rackets under orders linked to the Mexican Mafia.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"485\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Before dawn broke over the Los Angeles Harbor, hundreds of cops and feds moved in on Tuesday\u2014serving arrest and search warrants on the Rancho San Pedro gang, one of the most feared gangs in the harbor\u2019s underbelly, according to the FBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"485\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The raid capped a long, grinding investigation by the FBI, LAPD, and Homeland Security that traced the crew\u2019s bloody fingerprints across years of violence and crime on the waterfront.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"485\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Agents hauled in eight of fourteen suspects named in a federal complaint, along with five others facing state charges from the L.A. County D.A. Teams also hit the streets, executing nine federal and eight state search warrants across San Pedro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6373 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homeland-Security-Investigations-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"A police officer's back with &quot;POLICE HSI&quot; text.\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homeland-Security-Investigations-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homeland-Security-Investigations.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cI\u2019m proud of the years of hard work that went into this case by investigators at the federal and local level to target the upper echelon of this extremely violent gang,\u201d said Akil Davis, the assistant director in charge of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201c(Tuesday&#8217;s) actions will cause a significant setback to Rancho San Pedro and their Mexican Mafia overlords and lead to safer streets for San Pedro residents.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"595\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The RICO crew ran the Rancho San Pedro enterprise from both the streets and the prison yard. 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