San Diego police and the San Diego District Attorney's Office announced they've taken down a crime ring connected to the Mexican Mafia.

The announcement was made during a news conference with several local law enforcement agencies as well as the FBI Tuesday morning.

According to District Attorney Summer Stephan, seven defendants were arrested. Six of them were arraigned last week. The seventh defendant is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

The arrests happened during raids December 7.

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