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  • Vice mayor in California calls for 'Cholos' to defend 'streets' amid ICE raids

    06/24/2025 9:19:02 PM PDT · by Schatze · 51 replies
    Fox 11 Los Angeles ^ | June 24, 2025 | Matthew Seedorff
    Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez is under federal investigation for a video in which she challenges local gang members to defend their territory against federal immigration agents. In the video, Gonzalez calls out gangs like 18th Street and Florencia 13, questioning their silence and urging them to organize and defend their blocks. Gonzalez confirmed the investigation in a Facebook post seeking legal support, while the city of Cudahy distanced itself from her comments, stating they reflect her personal views. LOS ANGELES - A city official in a small town within Los Angeles County is now believed to be under federal...
  • LA County official allegedly urged gang members to defend territory from ICE, triggering FBI probe

    06/24/2025 5:53:57 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 38 replies
    Fox ^ | By Sophia Compton , Bill Melugin
    Cudahy vice mayor allegedly told gang leaders to 'get your f***ing members in order' FOX EXCLUSIVE: A Los Angeles County official is allegedly being investigated by the FBI after she posted a video to social media calling on gang members to defend their territory from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Cynthia Gonzalez, the vice mayor of Cudahy in southeast Los Angeles County, allegedly shared a video on social media late last week in which she appeared to encourage 18th Street and Florencia 13 gang members to protect their turf from ICE agents. "Not for nothing, but I want...
  • Sheriff Baca recalls 200 badges given to local politicians

    07/11/2012 8:05:34 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 22 replies
    LA Times ^ | 11 July 2012 | Robert Faturechi and Jeff Gottlieb
    A photograph of a smiling woman in a Cudahy nightclub brandishing two handguns and wearing a councilman's badge may have played a role in Sheriff Lee Baca's decision to recall about 200 badges the department gave to local politicians. Baca's decision came two weeks after the FBI arrested three Cudahy city officials on bribery charges, and in support of those charges, the U.S. attorney's office released the photo. One command-level sheriff's official briefed on the badge recall said the move was prompted by the revelation in Cudahy. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, however, said that the timing was a coincidence and...
  • The Town the Law Forgot [L.A. suburb mired in gangs resembles Mexican border town]

    02/28/2007 11:08:16 PM PST · by XR7 · 23 replies · 1,819+ views
    LA Weekly ^ | 3/1/07 | Jeffrey Anderson
    The first sign of trouble for Cudahy City Council candidate Tony Mendoza was a pair of thong panties mailed to his wife, with a note telling her to watch her husband’s back. Then came the phone calls — and the death threats. A political novice in a tiny city of Mexican immigrants that hasn’t had an election since 1999, Mendoza had expected dirty tricks. But to his dismay, the caller, who spoke poor English and called every day for three days, said Mendoza would be killed if he did not leave Cudahy, a 1.2-square-mile city 10 miles southeast of downtown...
  • The Town the Law Forgot ("resembles a Mexican border town more than it does a Los Angeles suburb")

    02/27/2007 3:44:35 PM PST · by ruination · 182 replies · 4,030+ views
    LA Weekly ^ | February 21, 2007 | Jeffrey Anderson
    The first sign of trouble for Cudahy City Council candidate Tony Mendoza was a pair of thong panties mailed to his wife, with a note telling her to watch her husband’s back. Then came the phone calls — and the death threats. A political novice in a tiny city of Mexican immigrants that hasn’t had an election since 1999, Mendoza had expected dirty tricks. But to his dismay, the caller, who spoke poor English and called every day for three days, said Mendoza would be killed if he did not leave Cudahy, a 1.2-square-mile city 10 miles southeast of downtown...