{"id":63672,"date":"2026-04-24T16:32:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63672"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:32:57","slug":"the-cartels-come-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63672","title":{"rendered":"The Cartels Come To America"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The Gateway Pundit<\/a> posted an article about an Orange County, California, arrest.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The FBI on Thursday arrested 43 Mexican Mafia gang members in Orange County, California.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the feds, the gang members committed various crimes such as kidnapping, extortion, trafficking drugs, running gambling businesses, and murder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The defendants were charged with 66 counts, including racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, trafficking narcotics such as fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, and using firearms during a crime of violence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cGang members who murder, extort, kidnap, and traffic drugs and firearms are a menace to our communities and our way of life,\u201d said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. \u201cToday\u2019s arrests highlight the continuing cooperation between federal and local law enforcement against violent felons and our unyielding determination to crack down on organized crime in our prisons and our streets.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

From his prison cell, Cardenas (Luis Cardenas, 48, a.k.a. \u201cGangster,\u201d \u201cPops\u201d and \u201cTio,\u201d an inmate at Ironwood State Prison) used an encrypted messaging application on contraband cell phones to direct Alvarado in the operation of the Mexican Mafia\u2019s activities in Orange County.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cardenas directed others to kidnap and assault people in bad standing with him, and Alvarado, Cesena, and others carried out his directions. Defendants operating for the Mexican Mafia shot at and assaulted victims.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The gang also sold narcotics \u2013 including fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine \u2013 via slap houses (illegal gambling houses), gangs, and drug dealers in Orange County.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It ran illegal gambling businesses within commercial strip malls and private residences. The gang collected extortionate taxes and provided security, including the use of violence, to protect the illegal gambling businesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Justice under President Trump is quietly doing what they should have been doing for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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