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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. [1]
This is a list of gangs whose members are associated with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) (typically deputies). Press reports indicate the LASD has had a problem with gangs since at least the 1970s which has expanded to at least 18 gangs. [1] The department has used the term "cliques" when discussing these groups. [2]
Latin Kings (gang) Lopers; Los Angeles crime family; Menace of Destruction; Mongols Motorcycle Club; Moonshiners Motorcycle Club; MS-13; Norteños; Peckerwood. Nazi Lowriders; Public Enemy No. 1; Rancho San Pedro Gang; Satanas; Sinaloa Cartel. Beltrán-Leyva Cartel; Sureños. 38th Street gang; The Avenues; Azusa 13; Culver City Boys 13; El ...
During the 1950s and 1960s, White Fence was considered one of the "most violent and powerful gangs in East Los Angeles." [ 13 ] [ 12 ] The rivalry between the gang and another Hispanic gang, El Hoyo Maravilla, is one of the longest, ongoing feuds in all of Los Angeles, a rivalry going back to the 1930s.
Pages in category "Former gangs in Los Angeles" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bling Ring; F.
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.
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By the late 1980's, another deputy gang called the "Cavemen" had formed within the East Los Angeles sheriff's station. It is alleged that former county sheriff Alex Villanueva is or was a member of the gang, and he stated before a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting on March 12, 2019 that "we were all Cavemen." [4]