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Chilling Crimes of Mexican Mafia Gangsters Revealed in SoCal Takedown
New York Post ^ | April 24, 2026 | Ben Chapman

Posted on 04/25/2026 9:13:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Fentanyl sales. Arms dealing. Kidnapping. Extortion. Murder.

Court documents from Thursday’s massive Mexican Mafia takedown revealed the terrifying alleged crimes of foot soldiers conducting the gang’s sinister business in Southern California.

The California Post watched Thursday as FBI agents executed a raid on the bungalow of Andrew “Speedy” Hernandez — just one of 43 alleged gangsters arrested in 30 stunning raids targeting the Mafia’s crimes in Orange County.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: andrewhernandez; benchapman; california; crime; mafia; mexicanmafia; mexico; newyorkpost; orangecounty; speedyhernandez

1 posted on 04/25/2026 9:13:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Not sure if Steve Hilton can pull it off...California is at the point though, where non crazy Democrats in the mold of Josh Shapiro (or even better: Senator Fetterman) both of Pennsylvania...would be strong candidates for governor.

Otherwise it’s just....further slips into the dystopia described above depending on how 2026 and 2028 go for D.C. and the White House.


2 posted on 04/25/2026 9:16:26 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🦋🌷🩰)
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To: nickcarraway

Looks like they’re doing to the Mexicans what they did to the mob. Now I’ll go read the article and see if anyone mentions RICO.


3 posted on 04/25/2026 9:40:35 AM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: nickcarraway

Not shocking it’s a blue state nothing works right.


4 posted on 04/25/2026 11:18:49 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: nickcarraway

Throughout the investigation, FBI agents seized 25 firearms, tens of thousands of dollars in cash, four kilos of fentanyl, 120 pounds of methamphetamine, three kilos of cocaine, two pounds of heroin and 5,000 fentanyl pills, according to Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.


5 posted on 04/25/2026 11:27:24 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: nickcarraway

“Speedy” Hernandez; any relation to Speedy Gonzalez (”this won’t hurt, did it?)


6 posted on 04/25/2026 11:54:20 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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To: nickcarraway

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7 posted on 04/26/2026 8:31:04 AM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter in)
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