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(Learn how and when to remove this template message) 18th Street Gang18th Street Gang GaffitiFounded1960s[1]Founding LocationLos Angeles, California, United StatesYears active1960s – present[1]TerritoryCentral America, Merico, United States and Canada[2]EconomicMainly Maxicans, Salvadorans, Hondrans, and GuatemansMembership (est.) 30,000–50,000 in the United States[2]Traffic activityDrug trafficing, assault, arson, robery, kidnaping, pantering, money ranking, exit, arms trafficing, human trafficing, theft, murder, Raqqateling and fraud other Slenos gangs [3] rival Malasal Battlecha [need quote] Brassal Battlecha (specific set) Avenue 18th Street, also known as Calle 18, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply Central America La 18 [1] [4] [5] [6] began as a street gang in Los Angeles It is an over-national crime organization mainly in Central America and Mexico. It is one of the largest nationality crime groups in Los Angeles and has 30,000 to 50,000 members in only 20 states across the United States and is allied with the Mexican mafia. [Need quote] A U.S. Department of Justice report took up the following statement on 18th Street and rival gang MS-13, These two gangs have turned the triangle of northern Middle America into the highest murder rate area in the world. The Historical 18th Street Gang began near 18th Street and Union Avenue in the Lamprest district of Los Angeles. [1] There is conflicting information about the exact area, which is generally accepted by most academic sources. They were originally part of Cranton 14, but they wanted to create another creek called Cranton 18th Street, giving immigrants the opportunity to participate. The proposal was rejected by Cranton 14 and a gang on 18th Street was formed. The two gangs have been bitter rivals ever since. The 18th Street gang grew by expanding its membership to other nationalities and races and was one of the first multi-ethnic, multi-ethnic gangs in Los Angeles. [1] At first, they were mainly made up of second-generation Hispanics. As the 18th Street gang began to fight a more established Hispanic gang, they began recruiting outside hispanics.According to the latest data from NDIC, The West Side of San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, South Bay, Riverside, East Los Angeles, South Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles, Pico Union, Inglewood, Lynnwood, Southgate, Huntington Park, Maywood, Long Beach, Orange County, Los Angeles About 200 separate independent autonomous gangs are working with the same name. In the early 2000s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched large-scale attacks on known and suspected gang members, arresting hundreds of people across the country. Central America began as a Mexican gangster, but 18th Street soon became mainly Central America as it began recruiting more members of other ethnic groups. [9] [10] [11] When a Central American gang member was arrested in the United States, they were then repatriated to Central America, which rose out of control in El Salvador as well as Honduras and Guatemala, as well as at different levels of violence and became one of the most violent gangs in Central America. [13] [14] [15] 18th Street later became a bitter rival of the MS-13 because both gangs wanted to take the lead in Central America [18th Street members are mainly Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, but the gangs have members from other regions of Central America.] The effects of 18th Street have recently been discovered in Belize. [17] [18] [19] In El Salvador, a faction called Rebolsionalarios (Revolutionary) split 18th Street in 2005 and became a rival to the rest of the members who became known as Sregnos (Southern). [22] [23] [24] Location: Most of the Creek on 18th Street is active throughout Southern California, but also in other states and internationally. Members of Los Angeles began to emigrate to other areas outside the United States and began to establish their own creeks. The creek on 18th Street has been found in 37 states and 120 cities in the District of Columbia: Spain, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Lebanon, Peru, Philippines, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Cultural 18th Street gang members must comply with strict rules. If you don't follow the words of a gang leader or show proper respect to your fellow gang members, it can lead to an 18-second strike or execution for a more serious crime. According to the FBI, some factions of the 18th Street gang developed an organization with advanced sophistication. Gang members on 18th Street often identify themselves with clothes and sports clothing number 18 from sports teams such as the Duke Blue Devils, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Las Vegas Raiders. 18thUse the symbols XV3, XVIII, X8, 99 (9+9 x 18), 3-dots for graffiti and tattoos. The colors of 18th Street are blue and black. Blue represents the Mexican mafia and to pay homage, black is to represent the original color of the gang. The gang on 18th Street is sometimes called the Children's Army due to the hiring of elementary and junior high school students. They also allow other races to their companions to make a multi-ethnic gang. In El Salvador, gang members are generally tattooed on the face with a large 18. In many cases, tattoos cover the entire face. [28] Criminal acts 18th Street gang signs We recognize them as one of the most violent street gangs and one of the most popular in the United States, says George Rodriguez, a special agent who directed the Federal Administration's investigation of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives until his retirement. Cars are stolen and houses are routinely robbed by gangs. On average, someone in Los Angeles County is being assaulted or robbed by people on 18th Street every day. Gangs are leaving bloody roads at three times the pace of the city's most active gangs. 18th Street is an established gang that is involved in all areas of street crime. Some 18th Street gang members have reached a higher level of sophistication and organization in their illegal activities than other gangs. Their main source of income is street-level distribution of narcotics, but is also associated with murder, assault, arson, piracy, extortion, human trafficking, illegal immigration, kidnapping, springing, robbery, arms trafficking and other crimes. 18th Street Gang is also involved in the famous kidnapping and murder of the 16-year-old brother of internationally renowned Honduras footballer Wilson Palacios [ 29] In 1998, Catalonia Gonzalez convicted Gonzalez of first-class murder for fatally shooting officer Philbert Cuesta's back head while sitting in a police car. He was sentenced to life in prison. [31] Kingston New York Police arrested several young men, kidnapped the victims, took them to a nearby forest, and imprisoned them on suspicion of murder and raccatering. In 2019, an 18th Street gang was fatally shot by members of rival gang MS-13 at Queens Station. [34] Also see Criminal Tattoos , b c d f Reband, C. (2005) Gangs of Middle America (PDF). 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Honduras gang You can recognize gangs from their murder Rob Crilly published on November 14, 2014 . Tristam W. Lynch Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Acquired on December 29, 2014. The Middle American Gang, Made by L.A. by Marlon Bishop, archived from the original on December 28, 2014.