Authorities arrest 43 Mexican Mafia members in Southern California drug and murder cases.

Federal authorities in Southern California arrested more than two dozen members and associates of the Mexican Mafia in a coordinated early morning operation across about 30 locations, primarily in Orange County. The indictment charges 43 individuals with murder, kidnapping, extortion, and drug trafficking, while law enforcement seized 120 pounds of methamphetamine, over eight pounds of fentanyl, and 25 firearms. Prosecutors allege a jailed leader directed criminal activities from a prison cell using contraband cell phones.