68 Indicted in Los Angeles White Supremacist Crackdown

Federal prosecutors have indicted 68 individuals associated with the Peckerwoods, a white supremacist gang based in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, for a range of criminal activities including drug trafficking, weapons offenses, and financial fraud. The gang is linked to the Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia and is known for using Nazi iconography and maintaining a violent extremist ideology. The indictment includes charges such as racketeering, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and identity theft, with authorities seizing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin. The operation represents one of Los Angeles' largest crackdowns on an extremist group, highlighting the gang's use of social media to coordinate criminal activities and perpetuate their ideology. The group allegedly generated revenue through various illegal activities, including COVID-19 relief fraud and robbing drug dealers. The defendants, if convicted, face maximum sentences of life imprisonment.