INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) - Sixteen members and associates of the Mexican Mafia-linked Puente-13 street gang were arrested Wednesday (December 17th).

They included Victor Sanchez, 24, a.k.a. “Pollo” and of San Bernardino and Dominic Ornelas, 23, a.k.a “Lil Speedy,” of Rancho Cucamonga.

Federal criminal complaints allege their involvement in one kidnapping, two shootings, illegal firearms sales, and trafficking of narcotics, including methamphetamine cocaine, fentanyl, and carfentanil. That is a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl.

The street gang is based in the San Gabriel Valley.

Story Date: December 24, 2025