The two MS-13 subsets in Mendota are known as the Vatos Locos Salvatruchos and Park View Locos Salvatruchos and often receive instructions from higher-ranking gang members in Los Angeles, Santa ...

MS-13 began to carve its mark in Mendota, CA, with violence and at least 14 brutal murders in and around the west San Joaquin Valley town between 2015 and 2017 that has kept nearly everyone quiet ...

Alvarez-Robles, whose arms and chest are covered in tattoos, then told the law enforcement agent he had joined the Vatos Locos, also known as the Varrio Locates 13 Watts, an affiliate of the MS-13 ...

An MS-13 gang member was arrested last week in Toledo, federal authorities say. ... Asked about his tattoos, Alvarez-Robles said he was a “Vato Loco” in his youth.

Prosecutors say the gang feuded with rival gangs such as Vatos Locos, MS-13 and Latin Pride. Between May and November, the indicted members have been accused of carrying out numerous assaults, a ...

Nearly two dozen reputed members of the bloodthirsty MS-13 street gang -- with nicknames including “Pinky’’ and “Cadaver” -- have been hit with new murder and drug raps stemming from a ...

MS-13 gang leader Melvi Amador-Rios, 32, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of ordering the murder of a 16-year-old boy and orchestrating a shooting that left another teen ...

Elmer de Jesus Alas Candray, 27, was second-in-command of the MS-13 cell that claims Reston, Virginia, as its drug-dealing ...