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In March 2010, the FBI and the police department in El Paso stated that Barrio Azteca was more powerful than Los Zetas in the Juárez plaza. [66] They had a membership of 2,000 strong in Ciudad Juárez alone that year. [66] There are around 500 small gangs working for the Barrio Azteca and looking to earn a position by "joining the big shots." [68]
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.
A "BA" signifying the Barrio Azteca gang is among Aztec imagery in an arm tattoo of an admitted gang member arrested by U.S. Border Patrol and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office in El Paso County ...
For instance, Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13, which originated in Los Angeles in the 1980s and spread through Central America, has 50,000 to 70,000 members internationally.
Mexican American street gangs originated in Los Angeles in the early 1900s as a result of various factors, including economic conditions and racial prejudice. In 1957, the Mexican Mafia (or La Eme), California's first prison gang, was established by Luis "Huerro Buff" Flores and other East Los Angeles gang members, at the Deuel Vocational Institution.
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.
18th Street Gang, a.k.a. Mara 18; Barrio Azteca, a.k.a. Los Aztecas; Caborca Cartel; Cártel de Tláhuac Cártel del Noreste [1] Fuerza Anti-Unión Guerreros Unidos; Gulf Cartel [2] Grupo Delta [3] [4] Grupo Elite [5] Grupo Guerrero [6] Grupo X [7] Los Balcanes. Grupo Blanco; Los Cabos [8] Los Ciclones; Los Metros; Hells Angels MC [9] [10 ...
“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.