Breaking news: East L.A. gang sweep: 25 arrested, 5 at large, weapons seized

East L.A. gang sweep: 25 arrested, 5 at large, weapons seized Los Angeles Times | December 10, 2014 | 11:45 AM Twenty-five members of an East Los Angeles street gang were arrested and five more were being tracked as fugitives today as hundreds of law enforcement agents swarmed the Eastside in an operation authorities said was aimed at weakening a gang that has been rooted in the community for decades. At least 38 members of the Big Hazard gang, alleged to have "deep ties" to the Mexican Mafia prison gang, were named in an indictment under federal organized crime statutes.