They spotted the chain around the neck of Arroyos, an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer. Cisneros, Rios and Contreras were sentenced Friday to long terms in federal prison — 50 years for Cisneros, 50 for Rios and 35 for Contreras — after pleading guilty last year to racketeering. Founded in the 1950s, Florencia 13 has grown into one of the largest and most notorious gangs in Los Angeles, with more than two dozen cliques, or subsets, across South Los Angeles, Huntington Park, South Gate and Maywood. Contreras and Rios then picked up Cisneros and Rios’ girlfriend, Grisham. “Let’s get it.”___©2024 Los Angeles Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 22, 2024 18:47 UTC