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The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family [7] or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
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.
Joe Ardizzone wanted poster 1906 Los Angeles Times newspaper in 1917. Pictured in the top right corner are Sam Matranga and Tony Buccola. The drawing is a depiction of the murder of Pietro Matranga. For reasons uncertain Giuseppe, who Americanized his name to Joseph, became involved in a dispute with the Matrangas who lived in Los Angeles.
Bosses, Underbosses, Consiglieres, Capos, Soldiers and Associates of the Los Angeles crime family, that was based in Los Angeles, California. Subcategories.
In August, Gonzalez was charged with murdering his cellmate in a downtown Los Angeles lockup, Joseph "Capone" Hutchinson. Read more:He built a booming black market empire inside L.A. County jails ...
A total of 68 suspected gang members with ties to White supremacy were charged in the Los Angeles area Wednesday in a large-scale takedown, federal prosecutors said. The Peckerwoods Gang members ...
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.
Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who oversaw gangs in the San Fernando Valley and controlled drug and extortion rackets in the Los Angeles County jail system, was stabbed to death in prison.