The imprisoned Mexican Mafia kingpin accused of calling the shots for Southern California’s sprawling “gang of gangs” oversaw everything from drug dealing and kidnappings to murder from his cell nearly 200 miles away,

Patel announces major Southern California raids targeting La Eme, the Mexican Mafia group known as a powerful “gang of gangs.”

Federal and local authorities arrested 25 alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia in a sweeping Southern California operation tied to a two-year investigation. The arrests stem from three federal indictments charging 43 defendants with crimes ...