Sixteen alleged members of the Azusa 13 street gang were arrested this morning as part of a federal indictment in which 51 alleged members are charged.
Federal prosecutors charged the alleged gang members with racketeering and with violating the civil rights of black people, who the gang targeted in racially motivated attacks between 1992 and 2010, according to a news release.
Read the news release here (PDF): Azusa13CivilRightsRICOCase.pdf
Read the 112-page indictment here: azusa-13-rico-civil-rights-indictment.pdf
Two alleged members of the Azusa 13 street gang are charged with murder in the execution-style shooting in Pomona of Roberta Romero, who was a witness against an "enforcer" for the gang who was sentenced to death.
Read past coverage of Romero's 2009 killing here, here and here.