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The Asian Boyz, also known as ABZ, AB-26, or ABZ Crips, [12] are a street gang based in Southern California. [13] They were founded in the late 1980s to protect [14] [15] Cambodian refugees from other American gangs. [16] [17] The gang has about 2,000 member to 5,000 active members in Long Beach, who are Southeast Asian, predominantly Cambodian ...
The gang was founded in 1981 for protection by Cambodian youth groups who had escaped the Cambodian genocide. Gang members are as young as 12 years old. [17] [18] A group left the gang and became the Asian Boyz (ABZ).
Lea Mek (1974/1975 – December 3, 1993) was a Cambodian refugee living in the United States who was a member of the Asian Boyz street gang. On December 3, 1993, Mek was murdered in a gang shooting by the Wah Ching gang, at a pool hall in El Monte, California. The murder was caught on camera by four surveillance cameras installed within the ...
This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California. To be included in this list, the gang must have a Wikipedia article with references showing it is a California street gang.
Members of the gang have been known to have tattoos referencing Caloundra's postcode, 4551. The gang rivalry between Caloundra and Kawana reportedly started around 30 years ago. [84] Footy Boys 4557 (Mountain Creek) The Footy Boys are a minor gang supposedly composed of junior rugby league players. The gang reportedly lacks any formal identity.
A TDA gang member was released by a Chicago judge despite a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain him — just a month before he was charged in a violent jewelry store heist ...
The Wah Ching Gang has an ongoing conflict with another rival Asian gang in Los Angeles, the Asian Boyz (ABZ), who also aligned themselves with the Vietnamese Boyz (VBZ) in opposition to Wah Ching. Wah Ching's move from its original home in the Bay Area to Southern California is probably one of the sources of the disputes over gang turf.
Abz or ABZ may refer to: Abz Love, English singer and former member of boy band Five; Abui language, a Trans-New Guinean language of Indonesia; Abr (also known as Abz), a village in Semnan Province, Iran; Albendazole, a drug for the treatment of worm infestations; Asian Boyz, an Asian American gang; Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan