A previously convicted Mexican Mafia member who ran the activities of one of East Los Angeles’ longest-running street gangs was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison, which will run concurrently with a 20-year sentence he is already serving for an earlier case.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Manuel Larry Jackson pleaded guilty to racketeering and drug conspiracy charges in March 2025.
Five years earlier, Jackson was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a jury in downtown Los Angeles found him guilty of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Court documents show that he had nearly 20 prior felony offenses…