18th Street Vinewood Gangsters

[Peezy]

 

"La Vida Loca" by Carlos "Wiro" Ruiz and many others, 1992. 

The Barrios Origins 

The origins of the 18th street gang can be traced back to Los Santos, San Andreas, during the early 1960s in the Downtown district.  The gang was originally made up of immigrants from different Latino countries, which was unusual for that time period. Bigger neighborhoods during that time would usually discriminate against other ethnic groups, choosing only to recruit and admit Mexicans into their ranks. As the small gang of 18th streeters slowly grew they gained the attention of a much bigger gang, Clanton 14. Members of the 18th street gang were actually interested in joining Clanton and making their own clique. However before they were allowed to join the Clanton gang made a demand, the 18th street gang had to get rid of all their non-Mexican members. This decree did not sit well with 18th street membership. The smaller gang rebelled against C14s demands and went to war against them.  Establishing themselves as their own neighborhood

The Rise of 18^th Street

Eighteenth Street has become one of the most significant gangs within Los Santos and has spread to numerous locations. Such growth in membership and geographical coverage can be attributed to 18th Street’s open ethnic enrollment of members outside the Latino community, this broadened the appeal for youth to join the gang.  The spread of 18th street across Los Santos can be linked to US immigration policies in the 1980s. The mass immigration of people fleeing from civil war in South American led to the gangs recruitment pool increasing in size. These immigrants flocked to the 18th street gang due to the lax recruitment guidelines it had compared to other Hispanic gangs that did not want them,. The gang was one of the few that allowed members of all races and ethnic backgrounds to join. The recruitment of these war refuges led to a sudden increase in the violence committed by the gang. The wave of new recruits were more prone to violence due to the militarized lifestyles they lived in their home countries. These newly gained violent tendencies led to the 18th street gang being able to absorb many smaller gangs and take control of their turf. However, this new found approach to gang banging led to the gang gaining a long list of enemies. 
 

Barrio Eighteenth Street vs Mara Salvatrucha 

One of 18th streets life long enemies is the equally large and infamous Mara Salvatrucha 13. The feud between these two gangs has claimed the lives of hundreds of members from both sides, as well as the lives of many innocent civilians. There are  many different stories as to why the war between the two gangs started, many of them becoming somewhat folktales. One story that seems to be the most likely is that one night during a party, members of both gangs got into a dispute over a girl who was seen dancing with a MS13 member after recently breaking up with a reputable 18th street member. The two groups were fighting when shots were fired and a 18th street member was left dead. The two gangs have been involved in a bloody war ever since. The feud has went beyond Los Santos borders as both gangs expanded outside of America, the fighting has now reached new levels in South America. 

Barrio Eighteenth Street vs The Bloods

Up until the early 90s the eighteenth street gang had actually maintained peaceful relations with most black gangs. This allowed them to expand their turf within black neighborhoods.  In 1993 the 18th street gang attempted to move into the "Jungles", a black community residing in a maze of apartment buildings in the Chamberlain Hills neighborhood. This led to a dispute between them and the "Black P. Stone" gang over clientele and drug turf in the jungles.  The dispute escalated to the point where members of BPS decided to shoot and kill  a leader of the Rancho Park clique over the dispute.  This led to a series of brazen retaliation shootings by the 18th street gang, members of the gang were shooting at anything black in the Jungles. Due to the jungles being considered a safe haven for bloods, many other blood gangs were dragged into the war on account of their members getting shot by 18th street after being mistake as BPS members. 18th streets main  blood adversaries ended up being the Black P Stones, The Rolling Twenty Bloods, and the Westside Brims.

18^th street in Vinewood

The 18th street gangs presence in Vinewood dates back to the early eighties.  Vinewood at the time was experiencing  an unprecedented flood of immigrants, mainly from South America. These immigrants quickly formed "stoner" gangs, these stoner gangs differed from the traditional cholo gang. They were into heavy metal, wore long hair, and dropped acid. The differences in culture lead to a lot of stoner and cholo gangs beefing. 18th street saw this as a opportunity and recruited the young stoner gangs. With the backing of 18th street, these stoner gangs carved out territory for themselves in the Vinewood area, establishing a 18th street presence in the region. The Vinewood barrio dubbed itself "Vinewood Gangsters" as a way to  differentiate itself from other 18st barrios, this particular 18st chapter has two cliques within itself. The two established cliques in Vinewood are the Laguna Winos  (LWS) and Clinton Lil Cycos(CLCS). These two cliques operate together very closely, almost as one singular gang.

 

The Laguna Winos clique is mainly found in the central part of Vinewood just north of Spanish Avenue, they claim the apartment buildings on the corner of Laguna Place & Spanish Ave as their strong hold. The Laguna Winos clique earned it's named in the early 80s, the early members of the clique were known as "winos" who'd always be seen drinking in and around the Laguna Place apartment buildings that they call home. The LWS clique is a more aggressive clique that focuses on gang warfare. The clique is known as 18th streets main hitters in the Vinewood area, earning their reputation for participation in gangland murders on MS13, C14, White Fence and many other Vinewood gangs. This particular clique of 18th street is known to travel to neighborhoods controlled by other cliques to participate in their wars. Members of the LWS clique can be found in court documents for being involved  in murders of Black P Stones, Rollin 20 Bloods, and other members of distant gangs that feud with 18th street. 


The Clinton Lil Cycos can be found just further north, past the famous Vinewood Boulevard and on Clinton Avenue. CLCS has a history of being one of 18th streets most lucrative cliques, they were apart of a massive open air drug market operation on Clinton Avenue in the late 90s that earned them multiple federal indictments as well as millions of dollars in yearly revenue. This particular of the of 18th street has a history of having close ties to the Mexican Mafia. At their height the clique received a cut for every rock of cocaine, gram of heroin,  and baggie of weed sold in their turf. Vinewood drug dealers would pay a tax or rent for permission to operate in the streets of Vinewood. Federal prosecutors say that shot caller Juan Romero or "Termite" put members of the clique on shifts so that drugs could be sold twenty four hours a day. The CLCS has since fallen out of glory with multiple indictments disrupting their operation. Today, the clique still operates a drug operation but now on a much smaller scale. 

Edited March 21, 2023 by Peezy

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Edited July 3, 2023 by Peezy

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