Hoover gang members accused of pimping children as young as 14 in Los Angeles

The Brief

LOS ANGELES - Federal and local law enforcement have arrested six members and associates of the South Los Angeles -based Hoover Criminal Gang on federal charges, accusing them of running a sex trafficking ring on the city's Figueroa Corridor.

The backstory:

According to the indictment, members and associates of the gang controlled sex trafficking and prostitution on the Figueroa Corridor from February 2021 to August 2025.

They allegedly acted as pimps by managing victims, renting motel rooms, and using violence, humiliation, and other tactics to discipline those who disobeyed.

The indictment also claims that the gang recruited victims, often vulnerable minors, through social media and in-person and that they were sometimes branded with the pimp's tattoo. Image 1 of 2