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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.)

Breakdown & History The 38th Street gang was founded in the 1920s, dates back to the pachucos and zoot suits, and was formed at the border between South Central and the city of Vernon. The 38th Street gang became well known in the 1940s in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial. Sleepy Lagoon was a popular swimming hole in what is now East Los Santos. A Mexican American juvenile named Jose Diaz was killed there in 1942, and members of the 38th Street Mexican American gang were arrested and charged with murder by the Los Santos Police Department. Since the 1920s, the 38th Street gang has continued its criminal activities and has evolved to become one of California's most violent street gangs. Members conduct various activities, including drug sales, murder, theft, and vandalism. By the late 1990s, a federal task force was set up in order to investigate the gang's involvement in the illegal drug trade, this resulted in the arrest of several of its members. The authorities confiscated thousands of dollars in drugs and money. The group has historically quarreled with various rival gangs for placement and competition, which has resulted in many drive-by shootings and deaths. On August 24, 2004, a law enforcement preliminary injunction terminated the active members of the 38th Street gang, out of the streets, banning them from using firearms, alcohol, graffiti, and other dangerous materials in public. During 1980s, 38th Street became heavily involved in drug sales and trafficking became a specialty crime that some gang members perfected. Today 38th Street relies almost exclusively on narcotics sales and distribution as its only source of revenue. In February 2011 the FBI arrested 37 suspects connected to 38th Street. They were arrested on narcotics and firearms charges. Cliques of 38th Street Covenant Locos/Cove Locos (CLS) 38th Street Covenant Locos/Cove Locos (CLS) are a dangerous subset under the 38th Street Gang. Mostly consisting of young members, this generation has built up respect within its ranks and produced a whole new culture of how they are represented. They can be seen all throughout Clinton Ave. Due to their more wiser and older members being incarcerated or deceased this has caused them to seek money, power, and respect by any means. 38th Street Covenant Locos/Cove Locos look to make a living either through the participation of extortion, murder, and burglary. The Takedown of Test Gang On February 1st, 2011 gang members apart of the 38th Street Varrio gang were taken down for a RICO case, it was stated that several dozens of members a part of the 38th street Varrio gang were taken down on a Tuesday. The LSPD targeted 87 members, arresting all of them with charges such as murder, attempted murders, drug trafficking, robberies, and witness intimidation. On top of that, they found 23 firearms, 7 kilograms of cocaine, a pound of methamphetamine, and nearly $250,000 in cash. Those items were later seized by the LSPD. Even though the 38th Street Varrio gang got hit with this RICO case and many others, this didn’t stop them from continuing their violent actions, and what they had going on in the drug business they were mostly used by Mexican Mafia, making gang members from 38th Street do things for them. Inside of the war between the 38th street Varrio Gang & the 52 Pueblo Bishop Bloods The war first started over a situation in the 1980's that involved a well known member of the 38th Street , Johnathan "Spanks" Mejia. Spanks was known member in his hood for his ruthless activity in the hood and had mutual connections with members of the 52 Pueblo Bishop Bloods when both gangs used to have a close bond/alliance. The alliance between both hoods eventually broke apart when Spanks was gunned down. He was rumored to be killed by another rival Hispanic gang, but the 38th Street Varrio questioned the Pueblos about it and wanted to know why they let one of their rivals slide through and kill one of their affiliates. The Pueblos didn’t want anything to do with that war and didn't stand in the way of the rival gang while Spanks was killed. On the other hand the 38th Street gang felt some what disrespected so they started to pick on the Pueblos. Both gang soon started to have sparked a rivalry starting with brawls and robberies. One thing led to another and in one instance a Pueblo Bishop Blood was shot at by 38th Street who was only grazed by the bullet. The Pueblos were quick to retaliate. This started an all out war between both hoods, they both wanted blood from both sides. 38th Street (CLS) Today Today 38th Street gang members of the Covenant Locos/Cove Locos (CLS) clique are commonly seen active in South Central, Davis. On Covenant Street. The Cove Locos clique are growing at a incredibly rapid speed due to the current generations fascination with the gang and gang culture in general, however, the introduction of the younger affiliates caused the Cove Locos clique to often be tied in to Net Banging. Affiliates of the newer generation despite their older affiliates influence find themselves all over social media, especially Facebrowser. Members are usually seen rocking "38", "SUR", "CLS", "T", and "TEST GANG" tattoos, or Texas Ranger Caps, Brooklyn Dodgers caps, and Cincinnati Reds caps. . Younger members ranging around 13-20 are solely gang banging for the fact of being known or gaining a name in the streets all through out Los Santos by any means possible, whether it's posting criminal activities or messages to rival gang's all the way to dropping locations looking for trouble.