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Satanas [8] The Avenues, also known as Avenidas or AVE's, is a Mexican/Mexican American criminal street gang mostly in Los Angeles County, California. They originally started as a social club for local Latino youths to protect themselves from other violent youths. The Avenues, like most Mexican gangs in Los Angeles, are under the direct control ...
Toonerville Rifa 13 was formed in the 1930s in North East Los Angeles and South Glendale. Prior to taking the name of Toonerville in the early 1940s, the gang was known as the "Latin Souls." The change to "Toonerville" came in the 1940s and named after the Pacific Electric Railway trolley that used to run through Atwater Village and South Glendale.
Armenian Power graffiti in Little Armenia, Los Angeles MS-13 graffiti. This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California.. The County and the City of Los Angeles has been nicknamed the "Gang Capital of America," with an estimated 450 active gangs with a combined membership of more than 45,000.
They're still searching for respect. Libor Jany. August 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Tina Padilla, executive director of a Northeast Los Angeles-based gang interventionist group called Community Warriors 4 ...
In Los Angeles' labyrinthian networks of Bloods and Crips gangs, with shifting alliances and feuds, Skipp Townsend is a mediator with credibility on both sides.
The 18th Street Gang, also known as Eighteen St, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America, [1] [12] [13] [14] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican) transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest transnational criminal gangs in Los Angeles, with 30,000-50,000 ...
Gang violence peaked in the 90s. Over time, the numbers have dropped significantly, and now there are only five documented gangs in the city. Gang activity is primarily located in the low-income, Hispanic area of South Glendale, bordering the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods of Atwater Village, and Glassell Park.
FBI agents and Los Angeles County deputies fanned out across the city early Tuesday, raiding 30 homes linked to the South L.A. gang Florencia 13, which was responsible for the 2022 killing of a ...