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Like many other cities, Escondido has struggled with gangs and gang activity. Escondido saw the most gang related activity from 1970-2010. Most notable gangs from Escondido are the Diablos (Also known as Escondido Diablos Viejos, Escondido Viejo Diablos, and Varrio Esco Viejo), Westside (Also known as West Side Gang, WSG, and Westsiders ...
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.
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 ...
The gang, which dates back some 70 years in South L.A., gained notoriety after the shooting death of LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos, who was off-duty and house hunting with his girlfriend when they ...
The gang's primary symbol, which is often used in tattoos by members, is the national symbol of Mexico (eagle and a snake) atop a flaming circle over crossed knives. Street gangs that are aligned with the Mexican Mafia often use the number 13 as a gang identifier, as the letter "M" is the 13th letter of the modern Latin-derived alphabet.
The Gangster Disciples gang deals almost exclusively in powdered and crack cocaine, and it taxes other dealers who distribute drugs in areas under its control. The gang is also known to deal in weapons. " "A group of African-American gangs in the Englewood area of Chicago formed the Black Gangster Disciple Nation gang in the late 1960s.
The Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has now made its mark in 17 US states after at least one member was arrested in one of the smallest and most remote states in the US. Local cops in West ...
The following is a list of California locations by crime rate based on FBI's Uniform Crime Reports from 2014.. In 2014, California reported 153,709 violent crimes (3.96 for every 1,000 people) and 947,192 property crimes (24.41 for every 1,000 people).