Federal authorities in Los Angeles said a gang interventionist in MacArthur Park was arrested for illegal possession of body ...

Federal agents busted a Los Angeles “Peace Ambassador” known as “Diablo” for packing illegal military-grade body armor at ...

A convicted murderer patrolled LA neighborhoods as a peace ambassador, funded by taxpayers, until federal scrutiny halted the program.

A convicted murderer who federal authorities say was working as a taxpayer-funded “Peace Ambassador” for the City of Los ...

Federal authorities announced charges against 14 alleged 18th Street gang members in Los Angeles as part of "Operation Dead Horse." Eight alleged gang leaders were arrested, while six others remain at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 18th Street or “Barrio 18,” is one of the most notorious and violent gangs in the Western Hemisphere. The group started back in ...

Law enforcement officials are reflected in the image of a gun shown at a news conference announcing the arrests of alleged members of the 18th Street gang. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) When a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a gang member in the Central Valley town of Patterson on Tuesday who tried ...

Members of a Mexican Mafia-affiliated 18th Street gang and associates in Los Angeles were arrested Thursday on federal charges alleging their involvement in the murder of a drug dealer who refused to ...

Three high-ranking leaders of the notorious 18th Street gang have been sentenced to more than a century combined in federal prison. This closes a brutal case tied to a string of murders, shootings and ...

A third gang leader behind the 2016 fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Hempstead boy will spend decades in prison, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, weeks after the other two were also handed lengthy ...