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Members of Barrio Azteca tend to have both Mexican and U.S. citizenship, and authorities believe they carry out crimes in Ciudad Juárez and then return legally to the United States. [66] In March 2010, the FBI and the police department in El Paso stated that Barrio Azteca was more powerful than Los Zetas in the Juárez plaza. [66]
The 18th Street Gang, also known as Eighteen St, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America, [1] [15] [16] [17] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican) transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in Los Angeles.
There has been violent conflict in the past between Chuco Tango and El Paso's long-established Barrio Azteca prison gang because of Chuco Tango's refusal to pay the Aztecas' "street tax" to deal ...
The Barrio Azteca are a prison gang that are located in the United States and Mexico. The Barrio Azteca was founded in 1986 in El Paso, Texas. The prison gang was started by Mexican prisoners that were incarcerated in El Paso. The Sinaloa Cartel is one of the Barrio Azteca's major enemies. [7]
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A "BA" signifying the Barrio Azteca gang is among Aztec imagery in an arm tattoo of an admitted gang member arrested by U.S. Border Patrol and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office in El Paso County ...
The Barrio Azteca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbarjo asˈteka]), or Los Aztecas (pronounced [los asˈtekas]), is a Mexican-American street, and prison gang originally based in El Paso, Texas. [ 22 ] Puro Tango Blast , Houstone , or Tango Blast , is a term used to collectively describe various regionally based street , and prison gangs of ...
The Barrio Azteca, whose members are known as Aztecas, was formed in the Texas prison system and operates on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Vargas and five other inmates are being charged ...