LOS ANGELES - Some members of the Mongols motorcycle gang indicted on a federal racketeering case already pleaded guilty before the trial begins this summer, according to court records.
Because documents related to the plea agreements and sentencing were sealed, federal authorities on Friday wouldn't say how many of the 79 Mongols members indicted in the case already pled.
The defendants include Mongols Motorcycle Club national president Ruben Cavazos .
Cavazos' attorney, Angel Navarro , said on Friday he wasn't at liberty to discuss the case when asked if his client accepted a plea bargain.
About 61 members and associates of the gang were arrested in a federal nationwide sweep in October.
Half of the 121 search warrants served in the Southland were in the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier areas. Authorities also seized seven pounds of methamphetamine, 71 guns and 70 motorcycles.
The Mongols started in Montebello in the 1970s and moved its headquarters to West Covina.
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