KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General Organized Crime LARRY J. WALLACE Director in California Division of Law Enforcement RICHARD J. LOPES Assistant Director Division of Law Enforcement 2010 Annual Report to the Legislature RANDY BRYANT California Department of Justice Acting Chief Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence Division of Law Enforcement CHRISTINA ROGERS Assistant Chief Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence Organized Crime in California Annual Report to the California Legislature 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 1 GANGS ........................................................................................................................................... 2 CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ...................................................................................................... 2 HISPANIC STREET GANGS .................................................................................................... 4 Norteños .................................................................................................................................. 6 Sureños .................................................................................................................................... 7 Fresno Bulldogs ...................................................................................................................... 7 Hispanic Street Gangs Significant Events .............................................................................. 8 Hispanic Street Gangs Analysis and Trends ........................................................................... 8 AFRICAN AMERICAN STREET GANGS .............................................................................. 9 African American Street Gangs Significant Events.............................................................. 11 African American Street Gangs Analysis and Trends .......................................................... 11 WHITE STREET GANGS ....................................................................................................... 12 White Street Gangs Significant Events ................................................................................. 13 White Street Gangs Analysis and Trends ............................................................................. 14 ASIAN STREET GANGS ........................................................................................................ 14 Tiny Rascal Gang .................................................................................................................. 15 Asian Boyz ............................................................................................................................ 16 Asian Street Gangs Significant Events ................................................................................. 16 Asian Street Gangs Analysis and Trends .............................................................................. 17 PRISON GANGS.......................................................................................................................... 17 Disruptive Groups ................................................................................................................. 19 Prison Gangs Significant Events ........................................................................................... 19 Prison Gangs Analysis and Trends ....................................................................................... 20 OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS .......................................................................................... 20 Hells Angels .......................................................................................................................... 21 Vagos .................................................................................................................................... 22 Mongols ................................................................................................................................ 22 Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Significant Events ...................................................................... 22 Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Analysis and Trends .................................................................. 23 Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence i Organized Crime in California Annual Report to the California Legislature 2010 ORGANIZED CRIME.................................................................................................................. 23 MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS ...................................................... 24 Narcotics Related Crimes ..................................................................................................... 24 Violence ................................................................................................................................ 25 Non-Narcotics Related Crimes ............................................................................................. 26 Major Mexican DTOs ........................................................................................................... 27 Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations Significant Events .............................................. 29 Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations Analysis and Trends ........................................... 31 EURASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME ........................................................................................ 31 Eurasian Organized Crime Significant Events ..................................................................... 34 Eurasian Organized Crime Analysis and Trends .................................................................. 34 TERRORISM ................................................................................................................................ 35 DOMESTIC TERRORISM ...................................................................................................... 35 Eco-terrorism/Animal Rights Criminal Extremism .............................................................. 36 Anti-government Criminal Extremism ................................................................................. 36 Domestic Terrorism Significant Events ................................................................................ 38 Domestic Terrorism Analysis and Trends ............................................................................ 39 RADICALIZATION................................................................................................................. 39 Radicalization Significant Events ......................................................................................... 40 Radicalization Analysis and Trends...................................................................................... 40 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM .......................................................................................... 41 Al-Qa’ida .............................................................................................................................. 41 Al-Shabaab ............................................................................................................................ 42 International Terrorism Significant Events ........................................................................... 43 International Terrorism Analysis and Trends ....................................................................... 44 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................. 45 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................ 47 Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence ii Organized Crime in California Annual Report to the California Legislature 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Organized criminals continue to proliferate in membership and expand their criminal capabilities. For instance, they continue to improve their use of technology for communications, counter- intelligence, command and control, recruitment, and planning. Cell phones alone have provided prison gang members unprecedented ability to direct street-level criminal activities from the confines of state correctional institutions. Criminal anarchists use Google Maps with real-time data feeds to monitor police at major events and direct diversionary disturbances to lure officials away from primary objectives. Terrorist threats remain substantial, particularly as international terrorist groups shift strategy to more frequent, smaller attacks against soft targets. Radicalization represents another significant dimension to the overall terrorist threat. With heavy recruitment efforts by international terrorist groups and sympathizers aimed at instigating individuals with violent cause, the threat of an individual or small-cell domestic terror attack grows stronger every day. Recent and ongoing law enforcement budget cuts threaten the sustainability of concerted successes in crime reduction. It is not clear if or when law enforcement budgets will ever be fully restored. The state faces serious public safety challenges as resources dwindle and organized crime and terrorist strengths rise. The 2010 Organized Crime in California Annual Report to the California Legislature is a response to the mandate of California Government Code section 15028. The report summarizes the major criminal