Trial Set for Alleged Gang Members in Federal Case

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The trial of 14 alleged members of white supremacist prison gang in Mississippi is scheduled for April 27 in U.S. District Court in Oxford.

The 14 are each charged with racketeering tied to violent crimes and drug distribution.

Federal prosecutors announced indictments in November in Mississippi and Oklahoma. Eleven people were indicted in Oklahoma.

Prosecutors say those indicted are believed to be members of Aryan Brotherhood Mississippi, or members or associates of Universal Aryan Brotherhood of Oklahoma – whites-only gangs that use Nazi symbols and have crime operations inside and outside prisons.

The Mississippi indictment said the gang has carried out killings, assaults, kidnappings, money laundering and distribution of illegal drugs such as methamphetamine. The document described an organizational structure that includes officers inside and outside prison.