List of criminal gangs in Los Angeles
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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.[1]
Gangs
[edit]- Abergil Crime Family
- Bahala Na Gang
- Black Guerrilla Family
- 410 Gang
- Bloods
- Crips
- Los Angeles crime family
- Peckerwood
- Satanas
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Mexican Mafia
- Sureños
- 18th Street gang
- 38th Street gang
- The Avenues
- Armenian Power
- Azusa 13
- Barriox13
- Culver City Boys 13
- El Monte Flores 13
- Florencia 13
- Logan Heights Gang
- MS-13
- OVS
- Playboys
- Puente 13
- Rancho San Pedro Locos
- Santa Monica 13
- Temple Street
- Toonerville Rifa 13
- Varrio Nuevo Estrada
- Venice 13
- Vineland Boys Gang
- Westside Locos 13
- White Fence
- Wilmas 13
- Tiny Rascal Gang
- Triad
- Yakuza
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gangs - Los Angeles Police Department". Los Angeles Police Department. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Chang, Cindy. "Crips make peace on the softball field." Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2017, https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-crips-softball-20171231-htmlstory.html. Accessed 11 Apr. 2019.