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Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Angeles area. Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization.
Playboys 13 Gang, also known by the acronym PBS13, [6] [7] [8] is a predominantly Mexican-American street gang founded in the Los Angeles County, California and extends to areas in South Central Los Angeles and Orange County, California. The gang also goes by the Spanish term "Conejo" which means "rabbit" [9] or Rabbit gang
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.
“It had ELA for East Los Angeles either across the stomach or the chest.” The image also featured the number 10, which Murakami said indicated that he was the 10th deputy to get that tattoo.
Two years ago, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department internal investigators learned about a group of Lakewood station deputies who shared a common tattoo of a spade, with the number 13.
Chief Joe Mendoza once had the tattoo of an alleged deputy gang. He explained to The Times last month why he got it covered. Sheriff's Department official on decision to cover alleged deputy gang ...
A gang member showing his Latin King tattoo – a lion with a crown – and signifying the five point star with his hands. L. A. Kaufman wrote in the February 2015 issue of New York magazine that the Kings had a "unique mixture of intense discipline, revolutionary politics and a homemade religion called 'Kingism '". He suggests that this makes ...
Days after the county's inspector general demanded that dozens of deputies reveal their alleged gang tattoos, employee unions filed a both labor complaint and a lawsuit.