Search the Community

Dukes [Dukeros, DKS] DKS serves as a frontline clique of the TGS 13 gang, with members usually picked from especially violent or notorious affiliates. The clique is organized by respected older gang members, with a strong adherence to hierarchy and discipline amongst members. Members of DKS continue Traviesos’ original blue ragging stance.

L&A This Please!!!

This character story will follow the life of Jason Duenas, a teenage tagger turned into a Sureno.

This thread follows the Tattoo Parlor of Bastard Art

Continuation of the development of Fabian "Money" Cortes. A teenager who grew up on Melanoma Street in Vespucci to a fully devoted Sureno the Mexican Mafia cause.

This char story will be following the life of Darren "Damage" Rojas of the SOXLOS13 117'th st Baby Lokos Clika 117 Damage Darren Rojas, like many of the other young men and women from the Rancho area, is a hotheaded young man, plotting and scheming to make a quick buck. Originally his goals in life were to get a basketball scholarship to a decent college but things changed when he was shot three times and survived. He made a full recovery and went back to hooping but was shot seven more times, for a total of ten gun shot wounds in which he survived. The surgery was a success, Darren somehow some way made a full recovery but by then it was too late. He was already somewhat active in his neighborhood even though the "big homies" had urged him to pursue school and basketball. By this point he had nothing but his wits and his brothers on 117th street. He did a couple of bids with his childhood bestfriend, Symere "Panic" Martinez and by the time his second stint was over, he had been put on the same day he got out. He was no longer Darren Rojas. He was now Damage from SOXLOS13. This is his story.

sur

This thread was created to follow the adventures and development of Sergio Espina.

E/S Varrio Lokos XIII Varrio Lokos other known as "Heights Pandilleros" is a predominantly Mexican-American street gang that operates in El Burro Heights, which is believed to be one of the lowest in-come and ran down neighborhoods in the area, With the new generation of members aging from 13-19. This generation tends to do a lot of activities ranging from small scaled drug trafficking to armed robberies. The origin of this gang can be linked to old school El Burro surenos as before they became defunct, most of the older members taught them many skills that helped them establish themselves, El Burro became a normal area for gang-banging to occur. The teenagers growing up in the area always stuck together in school, In the summer time they would hang out outside and they were converted into gang-bangers by old heads, some of them were already gang-banging due to relatives in the gang. The older members of VL13 would pass off drugs to younger members in school to sell and cut a profit between the two. While most of the 13-15-year-olds were selling drugs in school, the shot callers would send out older and more mature members to go out and rob houses, looking to find TVs, money, jewelry, and weapons, to resell and use for the gang. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "Operation Hilltop" With the old generation mostly being grown in their mid '20s-'30s, they were actively participating in armed robberies, quick gas station stick-ups, tagging, and drug trafficking. One of the active shot callers named "Patricio Villa" initiated an attack on a black street gang residing in South Central. The hit included three ragged members and one 16-year-old looking to be put on with the name of "Jonathan Martinez". The quad went down to South Central killing three teenagers and injuring four others and got involved in a high-speed chase, they managed to get away but decided to park the car in El Burro, where the gang operated. After around 4 whole years of investigating, LSSD launched "Operation Hilltop" in which they raided several houses on Fudge Lane & Amarillo, indicting almost 30 active members of VL13, with some of the charges consisting of Racketeering, drug trafficking, possession of illegal firearms, grand theft auto, growing of illegal substances, etc. With the members being sentenced to very large amounts of time in jail, this caused the new generation to consist of very young ages. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The New Varrio With literally more than half of the gang being indicted and some of the old heads leaving El Burro to avoid Jail time, it caused some of the younger members to step up and keep the gang functional. The Oldest member is "Maniak" who is only 19. With most of the firearms and drugs being produced from the gang being taken in the indictment, VL13 has been attempting to get the drug flow running back in the Varrio, not really worrying about other gangs and really just playing defense. Some ragged members still keep in contact with old generation VL13 by calling CCTF payphones and discussing gang politics and attempting to smuggle things in/out of the prison. The group of Lokos chooses to stay in El Burro sticking to themselves due to them not being an aggressive gang. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ OOC INFO This faction hopes to portray a small and upcoming gang based in the low-income area of El Burro. We urge that those who are interested to join should read and familiarize themselves with the rules of GTA W and Roleplaying under said conditions. Even if you are new to the server there should be no excuse for sub-par roleplay and for those who constantly rule-break, show sub-bar rp, and makes it unbearable to cope with OOCly will be kicked from our Faction. This faction encourages players to be more passive. If there are any questions regarding the faction please contact or if you are interested in joining the faction, PM @ES.VL13.

Origin of CVTF 13 Tortilla Flats, is a coalition of several Hispanic-American street gangs and cliques located in Chamberlain, Los Santos. They fall under the Mexican Mafia Umbrella and are arguably one of the largest street gangs in the Southside of Los Santos. Tortilla Flats claim territory along the apartment complex on Strawberry Avenue, Chamberlain Hills. Tortilla Flats consist of several cliques such as the "Soldados Locos", the "Midget Dukes", and the "Los Malos Clicka", who are the most active and violent Clique of Tortilla Flats. The Compton Varrio Tortilla Flats (CVTF) also knows as the South Side Chamberlain Varrio Tortilla Flats 13 (CVTF 13) are a long-standing Mexican-American street gang located on South Side of Chamberlain, Los Santos. Their varrio stretches from Strawberry Blvd, all the way to Carson Ave. The Chamberlain Varrio Tortilla Flats originated in the early 1960s and have been active for over 40 years. The Chamberlain Varrio Tortilla Flats are named after a 1935 novel "Tortilla Flat" by John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. Allies and rivals The Chamberlain Varrio Tortilla Flats are rivals of the Chamberlain Varrio 155, Chamberlain Varrio Alondra 13, Chamberlain Varrio Lokos 13, Chamberlain Varrio Largo 36, Chamberlain Varrio 70's, and Chamberlain Varrio Segundo. Rival Black gangs: Elm Street Piru, and Fruit Town Piru as well as the Tree Top Piru. Tortilla Flats answer to the Mexican Mafia, also known as "La Eme". Generations The new generation of the Chamberlain Varrio Tortilla Flats 13 street gang is made up of several cliques of young Hispanic delinquents from the area, some of them being members from the old generation Tortilla Flats gang. They act just like their OG's, trying to bring back the old culture of sureño gang banging. The new generation members can be seen at their well known turf, 800 block of Strawberry Avenue, Chamberlain Hills loitering in large groups, doing drugs, partying, fighting, or committing petty crimes in the area.

W/S LENNOX 13 The Lennox 13 gang, also known as Varrio Lennox or Varrio Lennox 13 is a predominantly Hispanic street gang located in the Roy Lowenstein neighborhood, in the greater north Rancho area. The gang roots back to the 1960s, founded by Mexican-American immigrants which make up the demographic majority of the low-income neighborhood. Despite being Sureños themselves with allegiances to the Mexican Mafia, the Lennox 13 gang has ongoing feuds with most southerner gangs. The older generation of the Lennox 13 members manipulate and influence the younger generation by glamorizing narcotics and gang violence. MODERN TIME To date, members within the Lennox 13 gang use the Los Angeles Lakers logo as a way to identify one another. Lakers merch is a particular logo used amongst Lennox 13 gang, representing the "L" in gangs name. Residents and law enforcement are fully aware of the threat street gangs presents, which is even more evident as members from the gang commit broad daylight crimes fuel their criminal enterprise. Frustration and desperation is one of the most common thoughts amongst members from the Lennox 13 gang, as many come from a violent background, a broken home or that of unemployment. In 2022, the Lennox 13 gang has grown smaller from most members being incarcerated or dead. Most older generations have either been incarcerated or retired from the criminal lifestyle, due to personal reasons or because of their inability to maintain their status within the gang. Following up the indictment of the Dukes (DKS) clique, the Cycos (CCS) clique has grown to be the most active within the Lennox 13 gang, despite its young age in comparison to the aforementioned Dukes. Even though the Lennox 13 gang suffered from an indictment which resulted in the incarceration of several members of the gang during the early 2010s, it remains strong and active to this day. The Cycos (CCS) clique is one of the active and recent Lennox 13 cliques. FEDERAL INDICMENT During the early 2010s, a federal operation called Operation Blue Devil was executed against the Lennox 13 gang, which led to the arrest of 27 members, some of whom are named in a federal racketeering indictment that alleges the gang is a criminal enterprise that has engaged in violent crimes, extortion, and narcotics trafficking. The federal indictment that led to Operation Blue Devil focus cracking down on the gang's criminal activities in the city. The investigation into the Lennox 13 gang was conducted by several agencies, including the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department, Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team, and the SA Drug Task Force, which includes special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and IRS - Criminal Investigation. The indictment on the Lennox 13 gang alleges that the gang's profits were generated from extortion of business owners within the gang's territory and drug sales, which contributed the most to the gang's profits. In the gang's territory, narcotics were often sold by drug dealers who paid regular taxes to the gang to sell within their territory. In exchange, they were protected by Lennox 13 gang members from robberies and other competitors. The money generated from the gang's illegal activities was used in the purchase of illegal weapons, drugs, funeral costs of fallen gang members, and money deposits into the prison accounts of incarcerated gang members. OOC INFORMATION Lennox 13 is a real gang that operates out of far West of South Central in Los Angeles which the leadership and members of the faction have researched heavily and plan on showing so in our roleplay. We do NOT tolerate trolls, play to win behavior, metagame, or any other form of rule-breaking. The factions main goal is to provide an opportunity for multiple players to develop as a group which they can create roleplay with. This being said your character's life should be more than just the gang and you should actively develop your character outside of the gang. Even though Sureño gangs have certain members which aren't of a Hispanic background, we'll only be focusing on Hispanic characters for the sake of realism, as most of the gangs membership are Hispanic. (If you're considering joining or have any questions regarding this faction then private message me, @red raggin , or @MrNoLimit on forums.)

This is the story and development of Cristian Wyatt Almendarez

| v | v | v This thread will follow the development and parasitic lifestyle of Julian "Raskal" Cerezo, a Filipino-American gang member that exhibits psychopathic tendencies with a substance abuse problem and a propensity towards financially motivated criminal behavior.

NEWS • Crime Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • June 14th, 2022 — 8:40PM Sureno gangster stabbed Mexican Mafia member over 10 times, prosecutors say An indictment regarding the murder of a Mexican Mafia gangster named Gilbert Montiel was brought against Paul Rubio, aged 18 and a San Andreas Gang Database, often shortened to SANGANG, verified Sureno gangster. Prosecutors say he stabbed Montiel over 10 times. Twin Towers Correctional Facility - Stephen Yun, Getty Images. April 15th 2021 On June the 13th, at 57 minutes past midnight, the District Attorney of Los Santos County’s office announced the prosecution for Paul Rubio, an 18-year-old who has been accused of murdering a Mexican Mafia figurehead, Gilbert Montiel, within the Twin Towers Correctional Facility. Paul Rubio, was initially convicted of drug trafficking of category B drugs earlier this year. The SANGANG validated member of Traviesos 13, a local Sureno or “Southsider” gang based in Rancho, was found to have possessed almost 200g of methamphetamine after a search warrant on their property. The SANGANG database is a database of known gang members as well as information of their gangs ran by the Los Santos Police Department and maintained by participating gang-related taskforces within Los Santos County's law enforcement agencies. Established as a part of the Street Terrorism and Enforcement Protection Act (STEP act), it serves as a database for law enforcement agencies across Los Santos County to access to help tackle street gangs. If someone enters the SANGANG database and commits a felony benefiting their gang, they may be subject to harsher sentencing guidelines. He also faced charges of two counts of murder after an altercation against two men wielding hammers. However, the judge ruled “not guilty” due to a lack of evidence of criminal intent and testimonies supporting the defence that it was in self-defence. The sentence he was given, charged with trafficking, carrying an unlicensed firearm, and resisting arrest, would have saw his release from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility later this month. However, the District Attorney’s office of Los Santos County recently filed charges against him for the murder of an alleged high-ranking Mexican Mafia member, Gilbert Montiel, during his sentence. He is facing life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. From the report given by the District Attorney’s Office within their press release, they claim that Rubio used a make-shift shank that was approximately 6 to 8 inches long. The account of the situation read that Rubio entered a cell that Montiel was in and proceeded to stab him repeatedly. After Montiel attempted to fight back, the fight spilling out of the cell and onto a catwalk, he collapsed due to his injuries. Rubio then continued to stab him whilst he was down. Montiel died from his numerous stab wounds. The total number of times he was stabbed in total was more than ten, according to the DA’s press release. "Once again, we have a violent jailhouse killing on our hands and we will seek maximum punishment for the culprit.”, wrote District Attorney Terentiy Shwetz. “Our correctional facilities are not places of violence; they are places of reform. Mister Rubio made a terrible mistake and we will prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law." This is the second instance of a supposed high ranking member of the Mexican Mafia being killed by fellow gang members. Earlier this year, after the results of a taskforce named Operation Maria, conducted by LSSD’s Operation Safe Streets Bureau, George “Flippem” Palamino, 27, and Dominic “Devious” Ruelas, 52, were prosecuted and sentenced for the murder of Santos “Cuatro” Ortega. In the Deputy District Attorney Diana Molina’s opening statement in the court, she claimed that Ortega’s murder was due to a power struggle between Ortega and Palamino. “It has been now confirmed that what Palamino did, hand to hand with Ruelas was a premeditated, pre-planned, pre-orchestrated power move - it became evidently clear that Palamino was to take Ortega's spot, as a made man in the Mexican Mafia.” In an interview with the lead detective spearheading Operation Maria along with a sergeant a part of the task force, they described the politics of the Mexican Mafia as “real cutthroat.” “There is no leadership when it comes to the structure of The Mexican Mafia. There is no one leader.” said the Sergeant from Maria’s taskforce. “Instead of looking out for each other, these other guys were probably taking a look about how they could spin this for themselves, you know?” George Palamino entered a plea deal with the DA’s office, pleading guilty to all charges, on May the 10th. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with the possibility of parole after 16 years. Dominic Ruelas was found guilty on all accounts and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Details as to the possible motives as to why Rubio may have murdered Montiel have yet to be revealed. Comments are enabled: Username: Comment:

Mirror Park Criminals 13 (MPC13) otherwise known as Dangerous Gang, is a majority Hispanic street gang, coming out of the Eastside of Mirror Park and there territory being mainly on Mirror Drive. Following them being apart of the Sureno X3 card. The gang is relatively new and untested, with little respect or even knowledge among their peers. They are associated with numerous reckless actions, for example, street gangs related shootings, thefts, and even homicides. This led to the attention of the LSPD's gang unit and other authorities due to there actions, following there commencement into Mirror Park earlier this year. Originally this particular group of delinquents didn’t always start off as a criminal street gang, or anything of that matter. It all started off as typical kids growing up in a poverty and gang infested neighborhood. They were mainly inspired by what they saw and experienced throughout their community in the mid 2017s. This group all came together as a small group of kids that grouped up as friends, to mainly protect themselves from daily circumstances and were mainly exposed to several accounts of violence like shootouts between gangs, robberies, cocaine booms, etc. In order to protect themselves the small group of Salvadorian and Mexican teenagers who had a common interest in heavy metal music, banded together in a tagging and stoner group. Many used the group as an escape from there personal problems, such as getting abused at school, etc. After gaining some notoriety in their local area they started calling themselves Tiny Alley Hitters and were often spotted with Texas Ranger baseball team tattoos mostly on their neck and hands. A few members also had TAH following a Texas Ranger well as an ink symbol to represent their crew. The Tiny Alley Hitters mainly hanged around East Mirror Park Drive, mainly hanging out at Juan Dávalos mother’s house, he was also known as Shaggy to the Tiny Alley Hitters. He was one out of five noticeable and reputable members of the clique. The other following three were Elias Evilboy Juderías and Ivan Speedy Camacho, and last but not least Leonel Stoney Baez. These four people are the most important people of the Tiny Alley Hitters movement and were often labeled as the early founders of the crew. As the group continued to build infamy around Mirror Park and the outside of Mirror Park, they caught the attention to another street gang in Mirror Park that went by E/S Temerario 14. The delinquents began to hang out with the E/S Temerario 14 after school leading them to hang out mostly all the time and build ties with them. Later down the line, most of the clique members got affiliated and joined up with E/S Temerario 14. The members that were originally claiming Tiny Alley Hitters and just joined up E/S Temerario 14, wanted to continue there clique and make it a separate clique in Temerario 14. This proposal ended up being declined by E/S Temerario 14, which led to the members feeling like they were betraying there history. Most of the past members of Temerario decided to split from that, and continue to make there own thing which led to the formation of Mirror Park Criminals 13. The two gangs have been bitter rivals ever since.

NEWS • Crime Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • May 24th, 2022 - 11:54PM Three detained, gun found, one arrested. Pillbox Parking Lot A concerned citizen called the sheriff's on three individuals in Pillbox Monday night. One man was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm. The deputies responding on scene, one of the suspects being on their phone.- Yunisa Delgado-Flores, May 23rd 2022 On May the 23rd, at around 9:30PM, a call was reported to law enforcement in regards to three men planning to mug people. McNiro, a concerned citizen, spotted the three and allegedly overheard a conversation regarding the three men planning to rob people. "I done saw them talk about it." McNiro testified to the press. "I was right here. I done listened in, then called the [police]." Edwin Park, Press Information Officer present on the scene, stated that "We received several calls around half past nine about an armed individual in the DMV parking lot." The Los Santos Sheriff's Department arrived quickly on scene and detained three individuals, two of which having to be shot with a bean-bag shotgun. Park reported that "The detainees were not complying with our orders— deputies proceeded with less-than-lethal force to attenuate the situation and safely detain them." Moments before (top) and after (bottom) of the use of less-than-lethal force. - Yunisa Delgado-Flores, May 23rd 2022 After detaining the individuals, both them and their vehicles were searched. Within the vehicle of one of the detainees, the police have reported to have found a semi-automatic handgun. "Upon identifying and searching the individuals, deputies found a semi-automatic pistol on one of them.' Park reported. "The weapon was retrieved and confiscated. The said individual is going to be arrested for carrying an unlicensed firearm." Comments are enabled: Username: Comment: Edited Friday at 08:39 AM by Los Santos Daily News

NEWS • Crime Written by Yunisa DELGADO-FLORES • May 24th, 2022 = 10:58PM Mexican Mafia Murders; Operation Maria sweep six soldiers in major arrests. Following Operation Maria, led by the Los Santos Sheriff's Department, a crushing blow was dealt to the Mexican Mafia prison gang. Six arrests were carried out in relation to this investigation over the course of May. Two leaders of the Mexican Mafia, Dominic "Devious" Ruelas (left) and George "Flippem" Palamino (right), indicted on charges of murder, racketeering and extortion. - Courtesy of the Los Santos Sheriff's Department A string of six arrests have been carried out over the month of May against the Los Santos County’s Mexican Mafia, a notorious prison gang that has influence across the entire western United States. The arrests include indictments of two leaders for the murder of a fellow gang member, and the arrests include four lower-level associates for the murder of a Law Enforcement Officer. These string of arrests follow a two-month long operation dubbed Operation Maria; an initiative undertaken by detectives and deputies working with Operation Safe Streets in the Los Santos Sheriff’s Department to cripple the Los Santos County’s chapter of the Mexican Mafia. The Mexican Mafia, also referred to as La eMe, is a large scale prison gang operating out of the Western United States. It has infiltrated many prison systems throughout the states of San Andreas, Arizona, Nevada and even federal penitentiary systems, according the office of the District Attorney of San Andreas, and has been in large-scale operation since the 70s. A sergeant who worked on Operation Maria’s task-force shared the gang’s hierarchical structure. “The Mexican Mafia's rather a council of leadership. You have multiple factions of it in different areas. These factions are known as mesas. … There are multiple made members, whom are either inside of our state prison systems or jail. “In our case, we have the Los Santos faction.” The operation started only two and a half months ago, according to the lead detective spearheading Maria’s task-force. “I hit the ground running, that's a good way of saying this. I had this case fall right into my lap, it was half luck, really.” The lead detective shared. “Amount of hours in overtime, surveillance, report writing, that was all done together…”, the lead detective shared. “Once it started going, it didn't really ever stop, you know? We'd built a web of E-S-Ws that [led to] our web of information snowball[ing].” The detectives of Operation Maria’s primary methods of investigation were through the use of ESW’s (Electronic Surveillance Warrants), which contains methods such as cell-phone tracing, wire-tapping, and recording and analyzing calls and texts through and from numbers of known affiliates. A sergeant who worked within Operation Maria added “This investigation and following indictment was a snowball of evidence and compilation. We took a faithful amount of time to build evidence and finally struck once we were ready. “[The lead detective], among our other investigators, worked tirelessly in order to achieve the indictment.” Operation Maria, a sergeant who works with the task force (left) and the lead detective behind the indictments (right). - Yunisa Delgado-Flores, May 22nd 2022 The lead detective shared one of the first steps leading up to the indictments, which kick started the investigation. “After liaising with Operation Safe Jails some, I'd gotten the phone of a high ranking member's - who we ended up charging later on, phone. Contraband cellphone.” The high ranking member in question is Dominic ‘Devious’ Ruelas, a longtime member of the Mexican Mafia and described “leader”, who is currently indicted alongside George “Flippem” Palomino, who also is a ‘leader’ according to the District Attorney’s office. They are both facing charges for first degree murder, racketeering and extortion. A press release was issued by the LS County District Attorney’s Office on May the 1st, where District Attorney Terenity Shwetz issued the following statement. The count of murder that Ruelas and Palomino was indicted for was for the death of Santos Ortega who, according to the lead detective of the Operation Maria taskforce, was “equal to to Palamino and Ruelas”, and a “long time member of The Mexican Mafia.” As of right now, neither the DA’s office nor law enforcement are at liberty to say the exact motives of the murder of Ortega. The arrests also include four of their “gunmen” – “gunmen” being the term used by Operation Maria’s lead detective to describe associates of the Mexican Mafia carrying out their orders on the streets. The gunmen were supposedly involved in the murder of a Los Santos police officer. “Through a placed wiretap on a vehicle, we were able to catch various Mexican Mafia associates committing the murder of a City Police Officer”, the detective spearheading Operation Maria shared. “The detective I'd had listening to that audio? Had the volume up too much, almost blew out his ear drums, they were shooting long arms” Long arms referencing large firearms, ranging from assault rifles to shot-guns. When questioned for a possible motive for the murder, the task-force was unable to give a comment due to the investigation being ongoing. However, the sergeant present stated that “We don't wanna question the policies or motives of the Officers present. We aren't sure of their policies. “Like I explained, we were aware that members of La eMe were violent. This just went to give us real, hardcore evidence of it.” The associated gunmen that have been arrested have not been identified to the Daily as of yet, nor the identity of the victim. Twin Towers Correctional Facility - Stephen Yun, Getty Images. April 15th 2021 “Most leaders are in solitary confinement, but they issue orders to members, who in turn issue orders to street gangs.”, the DA explained to the Daily in a written statement when asked how the gang holds presence on the streets of Los Santos. According from accounts both from law enforcement and the DA’s office, these two men and their gang have caused countless death to associates and subordinates of the Mexican Mafia and their rivals. Both the DA’s office and law enforcement personnel claim that the Mexican Mafia’s induction involves intimidation and murder, where an inmate who is groomed to join their ranks will have to commit and act of murder. The DA notes how freshly inducted inmates to the prison system will have to act in accordance to the Mexican Mafia’s rules. “If you do not play ball with the Mexican Mafia, they threaten to use their powerful influence on prison and jail yards to kill, and they do kill. To be made a member of the Mexican Mafia, you must murder.” The lead detective and a sergeant serving on behalf of Operation Maria notes how the recruitment process works for Mexican Mafia inductees. “A lot of these kids'll do something stupid and end up in our county jail system.”, the sergeant shared. “There, they'll be inducted by members of the Mexican Mafia into doing their bidding and extending their time in our county jail system. That's how a lot of people's lives get ruined. “They'll head into this because they're forced to and end up getting a life sentence.” The Los Santos Sheriff's Department at a scene. - Courtesy of Ashton Love of Paradise, October 15th 2021 “A key part of recruitment for the Mexican Mafia relies in training some of the younger Sureños that do serve time.”, the lead detective added. “They train 'em into cold, calculated, loyal killers.” The Sureños, translated to ‘Southerners’ from Spanish, are one of many gangs that work on behalf of the Mexican Mafia. From figures issued from the Los Santos Police Department in 2006, there were approximately 21,000 Sureño gang members in 400 different subsets across Los Santos County alone. There are many other gangs across Los Santos County that are subordinate to the Mexican Mafia. One of which is Mara Salvatrucha 13. David Skarbek, an associate professor of political science at Brown University who specializes in the research of criminal street gangs globally, wrote about how prison gangs govern in a 2011 journal titled Governance and Prison Gangs. In the journal, he referenced the Mexican Mafia’s operation extensively, as well as how gangs subservient to this gang marks themselves as affiliates through the number 13. The Mexican Mafia profiteers primarily off of extortion, both to gangs out in the streets as well as, according to the DA’s office, to legitimate businesses owned by law-abiding citizens of Los Santos county. “The Mexican Mafia extorts local businesses, other criminals, and generally collects most of their money from street gangs paying taxes. Local businesses are one target, and individuals adjacent to the gang life with large amounts of money are another.”, wrote the DA’s office. “They force gangs to pay them tax or face death.” Derek Skarbek detailed the tax process in more detail, saying how the Mexican Mafia has been known to use incarcerated members of local street gangs as hostages to coerce the gangs to pay taxes. “Incarcerated gang members become vulnerable hostages, and therefore can motivate Sureño gang members who might not anticipate future incarceration to pay taxes.” Skarberk wrote. “Phone calls to incarcerated Mexican Mafia associates that identify the entire gang—rather than particular gang members who have not paid taxes suggest that this plays an important role.“ The indictments against George “Flippem” Palomino and Dominic "Devious" Ruelas sees them both facing a total of 130 years in prison. The exact details as to how long their gunmen will be facing remains unknown, as the DA continues to construct a case against them. The lead detective noted the cut-throat nature of the syndicates politics, saying how “Instead of looking out for each other, these other guys were probably taking a look about how they could spin this for themselves, you know?” Because of this comment, as well as the nature of recruitment that this gang uses with how arrested gang members will often find themselves further entrenched in their service to a gang like the Mexican Mafia, the Daily questioned whether or not the members of the task force believe there will be an end to these types of gangs in our prisons. “Whilst what we did no doubt had an impact, the work doesn't stop here, and trust me- we know this.” The lead detective said in response. “We haven't stopped just 'cause we made a few high profile arrests, you know? Got our headlines. “All I can say is that we're committed to safer streets.” Comments are enabled: Username: Comment: Edited Friday at 08:39 AM by Los Santos Daily News

La Puente - The Bridgetown Gentlemen La Puente was one of those many so-called hicks towns that where out there in the boonies. Back then the area was filled with muddy river beds, and rail road tracks criss-crossed the flat hills topography of the East Los Valley. Packed-dirt sidewalks were the norm in many of its neighborhood streets. It was a stereotypical Mexican place where you could fence in your property, raise chickens or goats, and hunt racoons or roadrunners just a short distance from the roads and homes nearby; the place was like country living. After WWII, La Puente became a boom town. The place was prime marketing land for the realty companies which came in and divided up everything into "tracts" and laid it all out into "grids" on the map. So many families from LS and elsewhere moved to the East Vinewood area in the 1950's that for a time the place was called "kidsville," because there where just so many little folks on its streets; kids ruled; they owned the streets. Architecturally and economically, the La Puente area went through intense developments and grew so much during the 1950's. La Puente for a time was the classical white urban area of the leave it to beaver kind of epoch. But just like its twisted name of "LA" instead of "EL," it also had another story brewing under its topside look. White on the outside, Brown on the inside. Chicanos who came in droves during the 1920s, 30s, and by the 1950s, the time when the homes and freeway construction were taking place, Chicanos made La Puente their home. And so first the Pa'Chucos put in together as the Old Town Puente Gents, and then in later years, they went on to generate the Puente 13 Tinflanes in the 1950's. Crime has always existed in East Vinewood & Mirror Park, and it continues to effect the civilians living in the area on a daily basis. The area has been very heavily competitive in the tagger scene, with there being upwards of $25,000 in damage on public and private property during 2019. Gang members of La Puente 13 have made an abundance of noise in the area, with there being multiple occurrences of drug trafficking and identity theft which were investigated and documented thoroughly. Throughout the lifespan of P13, they were known to follow through and put in work for the Mexican Mafia in which led to an abundance of crime to arise, crimes such as murder, extortion, and drug and arm trafficking wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Varrio Puente 13 La Puente 13 had a total membership of 3,000 foot soldiers at one point, with a total of 12 different cliques operating in different areas of East Vinewood & Mirror Park. Although, it's membership has taken a toll due to the nature of multiple cliques expanding and becoming their own neighborhood, first of which to ever do it was; Happy Homes Puente. Although there's an agreement in place that all cliques which were once part of Varrio Puente 13 continue to represent it on the yard. Varrio Puente has had many indictments thrown at them which had a large number of their foot soldiers arrested for racketeering, being part of its methamphetamine distribution ring, fraud and identity theft. Puente 13 has became smaller and smaller over the years, and currently the most active cliques reside on Bridge Street & Mirror Park, identifying themselves as the Parkside Los Gangsteros (PLGS), and the Little Happy Homes (LHH). They have also been known to consume local tagger bangers and tagger crews by dragging them into the dope game, and convincing them to start representing the neighborhood in order to become part of a bigger organisation to become a more threatening to their enemy crews.

WESTSIDE CHAMBERLAIN 13 Varrio Chamberlain thirteen, additionally referred to as Chamberlain thirteen is ordinarily a Mexican-American avenue gang that originated with inside the overdue 1970s, at the Westside of Chamberlain , Los Santos. This gang falls under the Sureno umbrella that is why they tailored the quantity thirteen. Chamberlain thirteen includes numerous smaller cliques consisting of the BJ Smith Park Locos, Rascals(RLS), Dukes(DKS) and The Tiny Locos (TLS) and Dukes (DKS) are believed to be the maximum energetic cliques of Chamberlain thirteen. The Chamberlain thirteen, have over four hundred energetic participants and is taken into consideration one of the largest/oldest varrio with inside the town of Chamberlain . Chamberlain thirteen particularly used to beef with Blood gangs, eleven though a few peace treaties have befell recently, there may be nevertheless a few beef with gangs out of doors of Chamberlain , consisting of Lennox thirteen and Florencia thirteen. Chamberlain thirteen extensively utilized to beef with Tepa thirteen, and the beef among them become heated, however at some point of the years they controlled to convey peace upon themselves. Chamberlain thirteen Dukes (DKS) are believed to be one of the older cliques and maximum energetic ones, it's also stated that many younger teenage children which can be getting jumped into the Chamberlain thirteen gang are particularly coming from the Dukes (DKS) cliques. Allies & Rivals of Chamberlain 13 Chamberlain thirteen like nearly each different road gang has its personal allies and rivals. Chamberlain thirteen especially beefs with Piru gangs and the NeighborHood Piru (NHP). They beef with NHP purpose NHP is likewise placed in Chamberlain , the beef among those gangs is heated and it is also one of the motives why Chamberlain thirteen tailored the "PK" (Piru Killers). The cause they tailored the "PK" is after the NHP retaliated via way of means of killing Joshua "Fat Boy" Farias in 2002 after the Chamberlain thirteen did a drive-via way of means of and a grandmother become stuck with inside the crossfire and shot with inside the head, she become together along with her grandchild, it's miles stated that a bullet overlooked the little children head simply via way of means of inches. For this drive-via way of means of "long past wrong" the NHP stuck Joshua "Fat Boy" Farias using his bicycle going to the shop whilst a black 4 door pulled up and opened fire, gunning him down. Before this incident take place some greater matters that brought about the pork among Chamberlain and NHP become whilst a white 4 door car surpassed via way of means of BJ Smith Park. where in on the time there have been 2 African-Americans status at the sidewalk, the white automobile pulled up and the driving force rolled down his window after which asked "Where yall from?" the 2 replied "No where.", the white automobile slowly drove off, however the passenger commenced screaming racial slurs via the window, in the direction of on the duo "Fuck Mayates!", he could repeat to shout the identical thing. This in some way unfold round Chamberlain and the NHP have been additionally knowledgeable approximately this incident. Chamberlain thirteen extensively utilized to beef with Tepa thirteen how ever at some stage in the years they weregiven higher with every different, the beef among those become additionally heated, however at a few factors those gangs even have become allies, there could be films on social media wherein Tepa thirteen and Chamberlain thirteen contributors could be foot patrolling/marching round NHP territory and yell of their neighborhood. Cop Killers / Police Rivalry The Chamberlain thirteen, are aware of as "Cop Killers" because of their rivarly and hatred for Police Officers. For instance, in 2006, Andrew Richard Gonzalez, an energetic member of the Chamberlain thirteen and David Mosqueda, have been worried in a shootout with Los Santos Police Department officials after a habitual site visitors stop. Officer John Jaime, of the Los Santos Police Dept. pulled over a Asea, for riding with expired registration. Officer Krik Lotzgesell, arrived at the scene as backup and assisted Officer John Jaime withinside the site visitors stop. Gonzalez (passenger) and Mosqueda (driver) who turned into requested with the aid of using Officer Lotzgesell to go out the auto and turned into informed to take a seat down on a close-by bench. After studying from a dispatch call, Gonzales had a warrant for his arrest. Officer Jaime, approached the suspects car, while Officer Lotzsell, witnessed Gonzales retrieved a gun and yelled out to Officer Jaime "Gun". Gonzales, were given out the auto and opened fire, capturing Officer Jaime, in his stomach as he took cowl at the back of the police car. Officer Lotzgesell right now traded gunfire with Gonzales. However, Officer Lotzgesell turned into additionally shot with the aid of using Gonzales, who fled strolling and turned into later determined with the aid of using Officers Roy Ellison and Michael Kendrick of the Los Santos Police Department, hiding in a journey agency. Officer Ellsion and Officer Kendrick, encountered Gonzales sneaking out the returned door of the journey agency, which brought about some other gunfight. Gonzales, turned into charged with 4 counts of tried homicide and sentenced to 235 years in prison. on November 29, 1998, Officer Brian Brown, who joined LAPD in 1995, died after being shot with inside the head with the aid of using Oscar Zatarain, a reputed gang member of the Inglewood thirteen. However, Oscar Zatarain, died after being gunned down with the aid of using cops, at some stage in a police pursuit. Oscar Zatarain, crime accomplice Alex Mares, who turned into the getaway pressure turned into additionally shot numerous times, after seeking to flee with the aid of using stealing a Taxi cab and turned into sentenced to lifestyles in prison. Oscar Zatarain and Alex Mares, have been each regarded individuals of the Chamberlain thirteen, who had simply killed 18-year-vintage Gerardo Sernas, of Santa Monica. Officer Brain Brown turned into 27 years-vintage on the time of his death.

This thread will follow Dexter Rios. Jamestown native.

Development of the A Character Name: Angel Varela Origin: Mexican-American Occupation: Davis High Family: N/A Story: Angel Varela is a 15-year-old male from Davis Avenue South Los Santos, San Andreas. Like every other Mexican American man who was born and raised in inner-city Los Santos, he had a rough upcoming as a kid. With a mother with two jobs, and an absent father who left him once he was conceived, Angel had no father figure in his life, and quite frankly he had to be his own father figure. Growing up off of Davis Avenue there was no doubt that Angel would fall victim to the streets. Though Angel was tied up in the streets, he still attended school and eventually graduated from South LS High at the age of 15. Not interested in any post-secondary education, Angel continues his dedication and dependency on the streets to make money for himself. As time passed, Angel is moved out of the spotlight of being the only child, not knowing how to handle this change, he becomes a growing reckless hazard, which causes him to eventually be put out of his mother's home. Today, Angel crashes on a couch every night that sits in government housing in the area of Brogue Avenue quiet, content, and to himself. Current Faction

Eastside Trece Overview The Eastside Trece, also known as the 13 Street or Eastside 13th Street, is a ruthless street gang that started in the late 1970s on the eastern side of Southern Los Santos, Davis, from Brouge Avenue to Carson Avenue to East Adams Boulevard and 29th Street. Although neglecting its excellent reputation in recent years, ESX3 were originally created as a nonviolent group until earning significant prominence after being linked to Brownside, a Latino gangster rap group. The majority of Eastside residents share a shared disdain for neighboring low-income neighborhoods. They get into fights over money, drugs, and territory every now and then. The Eastside gang is no stranger to illicit activity. Despite the fact that they are Sureños with ties to the Mexican Mafia, the Eastside is feuding with three southern gangs. By glamorizing narcotics and gang violence, the Eastside's older generation manipulates and influences the younger generation. The current Eastside generation is less organized and has a far more violent reputation than their predecessors. Underneath the Eastside Trece, there are just one active sub-sets. Dukes of Miniature (TDKS). Despite its background as a predominantly Mexican-American street gang, Tiny Dukes, formerly known as "Dukes," was one of the first from the ESX3 to shelter persons from many ethnic groups. One thing that all Los Santos street gangs have in common is the regrettable loss of members. Eastside residents are frequently imprisoned or killed at the hands of disturbances on the streets. Several times, Eastside cliques have disbanded as a result of the deaths of their friends or family members. Some cliques remain united, providing care and income to those who remain. Eastside members who have died are frequently mocked online by their rivals in order to irritate them. Death threats and disses to films of attacks are often caught on camera and distributed to the internet by ragged Eastside members, drawing only police enforcement. Members of the Eastside Trece still utilize the East Dodgers insignia as a nod to their origins, reflecting the "E" in the gang's name. The Las Vegas Raiders emblem is a popular choice among Sureños, and it is also what they wear. Residents and law enforcement officers are well aware of the dangers that street gangs provide, yet the gang's members show little remorse for the numerous murders and other illegal crimes that they have committed. Frustration and despondency are two of the most prominent emotions among Eastside residents. Many unemployed people are desperate for money to protect their families from going broke, and they will do anything to make ends meet. Alliances And Rivalries The Eastside will do anything they can to incite a quarrel against anyone who opposes them, from online taunting and threats to outright murders in plain open. Having saying that, the Eastside is only affiliated with three other unlawful organizations. The Mexican Mafia, the Varrio Aztlan 13, and the South Side 13. Even though the Eastside has a high number of affiliates, they are vastly outnumbered by its competitors. Florencia 13, the 38th Street Gang, and the Loco Park Trece are also involved in a long-running feud on the Eastside. The Rollin 20 Outlaw Bloods and the Rollin 30 Blood Stone Piru have rivalries and problems with them. Sadly, homicides all throughout Los Santos are reducing membership in each of the gangs listed. The 38th Street Gang's Florencia 13, Loco Park, and a few other cliques have ties to the Mexican Mafia. When Eastside gang affiliates are imprisoned up in prison facilities as inmates, they will band together with their race and put their differences with Southerner gangs aside. Those not of Latino descent from the Eastside are assigned to the Mexican-American race category. Those who reject the formation of a federation with Latino cars from the east must face the consequences. Members of various Eastside cliques are frequently observed inside state prisons in Twin Towers Correction Facility. Because they are so strongly connected with crime both inside and outside of jail, ragged members from the Eastside have a harder time being freed. 49th Street Massacre Between Central Avenue and 49th Street, there occurred a slaughter of innocent people. The 49th Massacre, often known as "evil," was a tragic incident. Fears of a racial war grew as a result of the massacre. The shooting's origins, according to authorities, may be traced back to a dispute over drug turf that began in 2005. Blood Stones Piru, an African American gang, and the Eastside 13, a Latino gang are among the Rollin 30's Blood Stones. On a warm afternoon, June 30, 2006. Two men exited a black BMW sedan, each armed with AK-47 assault weapons. They opened fire on a peaceful street in South Los Angeles. A ten-year-old youngster riding his bicycle was shot by a shooter. He then took up a position next to the youngster and kept firing at point-blank range. Three people, including this youngster, were murdered by these cowardly individuals. The perpetrators were characterized as African Americans by some witnesses to the shooting. The deaths, according to Police, were not gang-related. Ryan T and Charles Smith, two gang members, have been charged with the murders. They mistook the victims for members of a rival gang in a turf war, for territory, drugs, and pride. In 2006, racial tensions rose as a result of interfacial gang killings and the massacre on 49th Street. Following the 49th Street Shooting, there were violent race riots in Los Angeles County jails, as well as numerous fights between black and Latino kids in schools. On the streets of South Central, the tension grew day by day, and many were frightened of being attacked just because of their race. Despite the fact that the majority of the gang conflict involved gangs of the same race. When racial tensions arise, Violence has a tendency to trap innocent individuals. People who have nothing to do with gangs at all. This woman, Alicia Merceron, admits to driving the automobile that was used in the 49th Street shooting. She also admitted to being the driver in three other vehicle-based shootings. This includes the assassination of Bani Hinojosa. The first time she was involved in a shooting was in March of 2006. Following the shooting of a member of Rollin 30's Blood Stone Pirus by a Latino gunman. That gang member was Alicia's lover and was related to Charles Smith's wife. Charles was driven to Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to Alicia. There, Charles shot a parked car with an AK-47, killing the driver, Bani Hinojosa. According to Alicia, Charles claimed the victims was a gang member. Bani Hinojosa, on the other hand, was merely a construction worker. A close friend of Charles Smith's and a member of the Rollin 30's Pirus was shot and died in early June 2006. Charles resolved to exact vengeance. He demanded payment from Eastside 13. "I had heard that the members of Eastside 13 lived on 49th Street near Central Avenue," Charles told Alicia two days after his friend's burial. Charles thought he recognized a green truck as belonging to the Eastside gang as they drove down the street. According to Alicia, they picked up the other gang member Ryan and proceeded along 49th Street. According to Alicia, she was unaware of their plans until she saw Ryan giving Charles a rile in the car.