SAN SALVADOR, May 2 (Reuters) - Los Angeles will work with El Salvador to help combat the violent Central American crime gangs that also terrorize the California city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio ...

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LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced a new policy Wednesday that bans gangs among deputies in the department, an issue county officials have said has ...

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Federal prosecutors arrested and charged the alleged leader of a Los Angeles Crips gang subset who they claim posed as an anti-gang activist, the U.S. Attorney said. Eugene Henley Jr., 58, also known ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three rival Los Angeles gangs united in a rare alliance to conspire to control drug trafficking and carried out crimes that included murder and extortion, federal prosecutors said ...