LA police union demands resignation of local official who allegedly incited gangs against ICE

The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) — a constabulary national that represents much than 8,900 members of the LAPD — is calling for the resignation and prosecution of a section authoritative aft she seemingly encouraged gangs to support their territory from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Cynthia Gonzalez, the vice politician of Cudahy successful southeast Los Angeles County, allegedly shared a video connected societal media precocious past week successful which she appeared to impulse 18th Street and Florencia 13 pack members to support their turf from ICE agents. The LAPPL said Gonzalez’s video enactment instrumentality enforcement officers astatine greater hazard of harm.

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"It's dangerous," Richard Mendoza, a manager with the LAPPL, told Fox News Digital. "… She should decidedly resign from her position, and the territory lawyer oregon U.S. Attorney should bring charges against her if she crossed immoderate ineligible lines."

The 18th Street and Florencia 13 gangs are based retired of LA and regularisation antithetic areas, oregon turfs, done violence, intimidation and murder. Both gangs besides person a known past of murdering constabulary officers, according to a quality merchandise from the LAPPL.

Cynthia Gonzalez, the vice politician of Cudahy successful southeast Los Angeles County, allegedly shared a video connected societal media precocious past week successful which she appeared to impulse 18th Street and Florencia 13 pack members to support their turf from ICE agents. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

"These pack members are known to beryllium violent," Mendoza said. "They've killed instrumentality enforcement officers successful the past, and it's wholly irresponsible and reprehensible for [Gonzalez] to adjacent prosecute successful that benignant of speech oregon behavior."

In the now-deleted video that Gonzalez allegedly posted online, she appeared to archer LA gang members they request to signifier and assistance retired with section absorption efforts against ICE. Toward the extremity of the video, the LA County authoritative adjacent seemingly calls connected the leaders of the LA thoroughfare gangs to "get your f***ing members successful order."

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"Not for nothing, but I privation to cognize wherever each the cholos are astatine successful Los Angeles," Gonzalez said successful the video. "18th Street, Florencia — Where's the enactment at? Because you guys are each astir territory … You guys tag everything up — claiming hood. And present that your hood's being invaded by the biggest pack determination is, determination ain’t a peep retired of you."

The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) — which represents much than 8,900 members of the LAPD — is calling for the resignation and prosecution of Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez. (LAPD)

When Mendoza archetypal saw the video the Cudahy vice politician allegedly posted connected societal media, helium said helium thought it indispensable person been generated by artificial intelligence due to the fact that helium could not judge "an elected authoritative of a metropolis would talk similar that.

"I was like, 'This is ridiculous,’" helium said. "With the things that are going connected close present — it's dangerous."

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Earlier this month, anti-ICE protests successful LA resulted successful astir a twelve deputies suffering injuries arsenic protesters launched rocks, Molotov cocktails and "high-grade pyrotechnics" astatine them, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna announced recently.

"In the past riots wrong the metropolis of Los Angeles, we had 52 officers that were injured —12 that are inactive recovering astatine location from their injuries," Mendoza said. "…And present [Mendoza's] calling connected these [gang members] arsenic a telephone to action. It's irresponsible."

California Highway Patrol connected Alameda Street looking toward the Roybal national gathering to forestall protesters from coming done successful Los Angeles, California, connected June 9, 2025.  (Carlin Still/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

After posting the video, Gonzalez was visited by FBI agents astatine her location and is present allegedly nether national investigation, according to national sources. 

FBI Los Angeles told Fox News they could not corroborate oregon contradict an probe was underway, but said they condemn immoderate telephone for pack violence.

In an X station connected Tuesday night, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security called the comments made by Gonzalez "despicable."

"She calls for transgression gangs — including the vicious 18th thoroughfare pack — to perpetrate unit against our brave ICE instrumentality enforcement," the U.S. Department of Homeland Security wrote. "This benignant of garbage has led to a much than 500 percent summation successful assaults against our ICE instrumentality enforcement officers. Secretary Noem has been clear: If you battle a national officer, you volition beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law."

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Cynthia Gonzalez and the City of Cudahy did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.