Operation Gangsta's Paradise in Southern California Leads To Arrest of More Than 40 Mexican Mafia Members

Dubbed as "Operation Gangsta's Paradise," the April 23 raids led to the arrests of more than 40 members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang. (Credit: Via The Guardian/AP)

A series of early morning raids across Southern California on April 23 led to the arrest of more than 40 alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.

In a multi-agency operation, the FBI and local and federal authorities executed search and arrest warrants at about 30 locations, most of them in Orange County, south of Los Angeles.