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Also known as EMF, the gang has had an estimated 1,000 members since it was formed in the 1940s. The gang claims South El Monte, El Monte, North El Monte, and Mayflower Village as its turf. The gang's name comes from the Barrio Las Flores, named for the flower field & nurseries in the El Monte area.
The Mexican Mafia (Spanish: Mafia Mexicana ), also known as La eMe (Spanish for "the M"), is a Mexican American criminal organization in the United States. [1] [3] Despite its name, the Mexican Mafia has no origins in Mexico, and is entirely a U.S. criminal prison organization. Law enforcement officials report that the Mexican Mafia is the ...
Sweep leads to arrests of several alleged members of Quiet Village gang, tied to the deaths of two El Monte police officers and facing federal charges.
Wah Ching [1] The Asian Boyz, also known as ABZ, AB-26, or ABZ Crips, [12] are a street gang based in Southern California. They were founded in the late 1980s to protect [13] [14] Cambodian refugees from other American gangs. [15] [16] According to the FBI, the gang has about 12,000 members, who are predominantly Southeast Asian and especially ...
Cambodian. Lea Mek (1974/1975 – December 3, 1993) was a Cambodian refugee living in the United States who was a member of the Asian Boyz street gang. On December 3, 1993, Mek was murdered in a gang shooting by the Wah Ching gang, at a pool hall in El Monte, California. The murder was caught on camera by four surveillance cameras installed ...
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes ( Latin American Spanish: [neˈmesio oseˈɣeɾa seɾˈβantes]; born 17 July 1966, or 17 July 1964), commonly referred to by his alias El Mencho ( [el ˈmentʃo] ), is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), an organized crime group based in Jalisco.
Ismael Bryan Treviño (el Gordo) (nephew) Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales (born 18 November 1970), commonly referred to by his alias Z-40, is a Mexican former drug lord and leader of the criminal organization known as Los Zetas. Considered a violent, resentful and dangerous criminal, he was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords until his arrest ...
El Salvador's evangelical churches rehabilitated ex-gang members. The country's crackdown on L.A.-born gangs like MS-13 emptied programs and filled prisons. They left gangs and found God.