9 more alleged gang members indicted in Salinas Acosta Plaza RICO case, DOJ says

Feds secure new racketeering indictment, link more murders to Salinas gang

SAN JOSE — Federal authorities have secured a new indictment that significantly expands the footprint of racketeering allegations against a Salinas street gang, including linking them to more murder cases than the initial charges from two years ago. Nine reputed members of the Salinas Acosta Plaza gang, their ages ranging from 19 to 32, were charged with running a criminal gang enterprise out of an East Salinas townhouse complex for which the ga…

9 more alleged gang members indicted in Salinas Acosta Plaza RICO case, DOJ says

A federal grand jury has indicted nine more alleged Salinas gang members as part of a continued crackdown that began with a major 2024 RICO case in which 11 people were charged.

9 alleged Salinas gang members indicted in federal racketeering case

By Tim Fang Nine alleged members of a street gang based in Salinas were indicted by a federal grand jury on racketeering conspiracy charges, prosecutors said. The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of California announced details of the indictment, which was filed on Dec. 18, 2025 and unsealed Tuesday. “For more than a decade, this gang has terrorized the residents of the Acosta Plaza townhomes and East Salinas more broadly.  The violent c…