{"id":2452250,"date":"2025-06-26T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-mayor-in-la-county-under-investigation-after-telling-gangs-to-defend-their-hood-from-ice-report\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:54:08","slug":"vice-mayor-in-la-county-under-investigation-after-telling-gangs-to-defend-their-hood-from-ice-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-mayor-in-la-county-under-investigation-after-telling-gangs-to-defend-their-hood-from-ice-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice Mayor in LA County Under Investigation After Telling Gangs to Defend Their &#8216;Hood&#8217; from ICE: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvice-mayor-in-la-county-under-investigation-after-telling-gangs-to-defend-their-hood-from-ice-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2452250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cynthia Gonzalez, the vice mayor of Cudahy, a suburb in Los Angeles County, has come under federal examination after posting a controversial video calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-councilmember-defends-gang-graffiti-as-unsolicited-creative-expression\/\" title=\"Seattle Councilmember Defends Gang Graffiti as &quot;Unsolicited Creative Expression&quot;\">local gang members<\/a> to defend their territory against ICE agents. In the deleted footage, she expressed her frustration with gangs like 18th Street and Florencia, urging them to organize and respond to immigration enforcement. Gonzalez&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >statements attracted criticism<\/a>, with police unions calling for her resignation due to her perceived support for gangs, which are associated with various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-composite-video-of-the-many-criminal-acts-that-took-place-in-the-atlanta-arena-on-election-night-this-will-shock-you\/\" title=\"See Composite Video of the Many Criminal Acts that Took Place In the Atlanta Arena on Election Night - This Will Shock You\">criminal activities<\/a>. following the backlash, she confirmed that the FBI had visited her home in relation to the investigation. this incident has raised questions about the intersection of politics and gang influence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The vice mayor of a county in Los Angeles put out a bizarre video that she later deleted calling on gang members to step up against ICE agents, and she now reportedly finds herself under federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Gonzalez, who is the vice mayor of Cudahy, a suburb of southeast Los Angeles County, expressed frustration with gang members for not claiming their &ldquo;territory&rdquo; against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/priceless-dhs-uses-fieriest-catchphrase-agencys-history-close-new-deportation-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not for nothing, but I want to know where all the cholos are at in Los Angeles,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;18th Street, Florencia, where is the leadership at? Because you guys are all about territory and &lsquo;this is 18th Street and this is Florencia.&rsquo; You guys tag everything up, claiming hood, and now that your hood&rsquo;s being invaded by the biggest gang there is, there ain&rsquo;t a peep out of you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She even called upon gang leadership to be more organized when using their members to resist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-alligator-alcatraz-jail-illegals-will-guarded-alligators-pythons-florida-opening-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration<\/a> enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re not showing up right now trying to, like, help out and organize, I don&rsquo;t want to hear a peep out of you once they&rsquo;re gone, trying to claim that &lsquo;this is my block.&rsquo; This was not your block. You weren&rsquo;t even here helping out,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So whoever is the leadership over there, just f***ing get your members in order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin d the video on social media after it was deleted and laid out the details of the FBI investigation Gonzalez is now facing.<\/p>\n<p>The official is &ldquo;under FBI investigation after she allegedly posted a video to social media in which she appears to call for 18th Street &amp; Florencia 13 gang members in LA to defend their territory,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m told Cynthia Gonzalez posted the video late last week, then deleted it, and that the FBI later visited her home &amp; she is under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/juan-williams-lies-about-hunter-laptop-nobody-said-it-wasnt-true\/\" title=\"Juan Williams Lies About Hunter Laptop: \u201cNobody Said It Wasn\u2019t True\u201d\">active federal investigation<\/a>. Gonzalez posted on her social media that the FBI came to her house, and she needs a lawyer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE: Per federal sources, the vice mayor of Cudahy, a city in southeast LA County, is under FBI investigation after she allegedly posted a video to social media in which she appears to call for 18th Street &amp; Florencia 13 gang members in LA to defend their territory from&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afJfxeSCBb\">pic.twitter.com\/afJfxeSCBb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1937577489099878740?\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Is this what politics has come to? Far-left lawmakers are now calling on criminal gangs to do their dirty work?<\/p>\n<p>If you needed any further proof that liberalism has gone off the rails, look no further than Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>Gangs like the ones she cited are caught up in drug smuggling, human <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dhs-sting-corners-rival-gangsters-wanted-amazon-fraud-kidnapping-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trafficking<\/a>, murder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-la-gangster-shot-paralyzed-16-year-old-girl-free-works-department-public-safety-thanks-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violence<\/a>, illegal firearms, and many other nefarious activities.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m sure this is exactly the type Americans want roaming their cities to dole out street justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Union took notice as well and called for Gonzalez to resign on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/l-a-police-union-calls-for-resignation-of-cudahy-vice-mayor-after-shameful-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTLA<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 18th Street and Florencia street gangs are notoriously dangerous Los Angeles-based criminal enterprises,&rdquo; a portion of the statement said. &ldquo;They rule their &lsquo;turfs&rsquo; through intimidation, violence, and murder, and finance their operations through the sale of narcotics and illegal firearms, prostitution, and protection rackets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez should not only resign in disgrace, but she should be investigated by each and every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-cracks-down-on-businesses-transporting-illegal-aliens-around-the-state\/\" title=\"Florida Cracks Down on Businesses Transporting Illegal Aliens Around the State\">law enforcement entity<\/a> that has even one shred of jurisdiction, to further probe her ties to these gangs.<\/p>\n<p>Because from the way she was talking, you&rsquo;d think she was on a first-name basis with all of them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Cynthia Gonzalez expressed her disappointment that gangs were not defending their &#8220;territory&#8221; against immigration enforcement. She questioned the absence of leadership from local gangs like 18th Street and Florencia, stating that they often claim their areas but are silent when faced with outside threats. Gonzalez called for better organization among gang leaders to mobilize their members against ICE actions. Following the video&#8217;s release, she is reportedly under federal investigation by the FBI for her comments and has acknowledged needing legal representation after agents visited her home. The Los Angeles Police Union has since demanded her resignation due to the dangerous nature of the gangs she referenced, which are involved in serious criminal activities such as drug trafficking and violence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mexico-ICE.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16368,8364,3976,46895,57938],"class_list":["post-2452250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gangs","tag-ice","tag-investigation","tag-la-county","tag-vice-mayor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mexico-ICE.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452254,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452250\/revisions\/2452254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}