La Puente

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Puente 13 (P13/Varrio Puente/La Puente) is a sureño gang active in northern Los Santos. The gang is centered around Bridge Street, on the north side of Vincent Salinas Park (or simply Salinas Park). Varrio Puente dates back to the late 1950s, when the Bridge Street clique of the ancient Frogtown Rifa varrio broke off over a leadership dispute. The conflict between the two gangs is technically still ongoing, approaching its 65th year, making it one of the oldest gang conflicts on the North Side. Despite its deep roots, the war has been de-escalating since the mid-2000s as both gangs struggle to keep afloat in the increasingly gentrified neighborhoods around Mirror Park. Both varrios are considered by gang police to be 'remnant gangs' - shadows of their former selves. Despite their dwindling numbers however, both gangs remain the leading causes of neighborhood violence and are still considered active threats by the LSPD's North East precinct.

 

Puente 13, for its part, is experiencing a re-organization in structure as leading figures of older generations are being released from SADCR custody. These members, in their 30s and 40s, are holdouts from the varrio's heyday in the 1990s and early 2000s. A surge in activity around Salinas Park is expected.

 

Historical Details

Varrio Puente adopted the alternative name Puente 13 in the mid-1970s following the affiliation of several senior members to the Mexican Mafia while incarcerated. Sections of Puente were re-shuffled into organized criminal elements by those figures, with a distinct priority on profiteering over gang activity for many older members. This facilitated the massive flow of heroin into Salinas Park and significant drug sale profits for the varrio.

 

Puente found itself feuding with an increasing number of North and East Side varrios in the 1980s and 1990s, mirroring the trend observed across the city. These conflicts continued to escalate until the infamous Mexican Mafia-led gang juntas of the mid-1990s, when drive-bys were outlawed in Mexican neighborhoods and word was given for varrios to focus attention on conflicts with Black gangs rather than with each other. With few Black gangs present on the North Side, varrios there mostly paid lip service to this decree and conflicts continued, though on a notably smaller scale. The Mexican Mafia rarely took interest in gang beefs unless money was being affected, so this activity was mostly ignored. Puente, for its part as a historical Eme loyalist gang, did travel some distance on occasion to lend small numbers of soldiers to varrios in direct conflict with Black gangs, often on orders from Puente's own representatives in the mob.

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Edited November 29, 2019 by Large Hazard

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[Benny Black]

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[Tommy045]

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[Sergi]

its El Puente no La Puente bro but gl

 

nvm just saw its based off La Puente in cali

Edited November 28, 2019 by Sergi

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