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  2. List of criminal gangs in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Mexican Mafia - Wikipedia

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    A joint investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the Westside Wilmas gang in the Los Angeles Harbor Region commenced in October 2022 and culminated with the arrests of 12 Mexican Mafia members and the seizure of 23 firearms, 57.7 pounds of methamphetamine, approximately 23,000 ...

  4. Avenues (gang) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. 13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket in L.A. County ...

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    The case offers yet another illustration of how the Mexican Mafia controls and extracts money from inmates held at the nation's largest jail complex. 13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket ...

  6. Reputed Mexican Mafia member wounded, another man ... - AOL

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    A Florencia-13 gang tag in the Florence–Firestone area of L.A. County. Authorities said Juan Garcia, a reputed Mexican Mafia member originally from the Florenica-13 gang, was shot Saturday in La ...

  7. Florencia 13 - Wikipedia

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    The Florencia 13, also known as South Side Florencia 13, Florence Gang, F13 is an American criminal street gang based in Los Angeles, California, composed mainly of Mexican Americans. The gang is named after the Florence area of Los Angeles County, controlled by the Mexican Mafia. [7] They are involved in drug smuggling, murder, assault and ...

  8. Supporters say 'warmhearted' alleged Mexican Mafia member ...

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    Nicknamed "Crow," he is a member of the Mexican Mafia, federal prosecutors say, charged with ordering a series of murders that allowed him to maintain a grip over street gangs and jail inmates in ...

  9. 18th Street gang - Wikipedia

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    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.