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 18th Street graffiti | |
| Founded | 1960s[1] |
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| Founding location | Los Angeles, California, United States[2] |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Territory | United States, Mexico, Central America, Canada, Gwinnett County[3] |
| Ethnicity | Mexicans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans, Iranian |
| Membership (est.) | 30,000–50,000 members [2] |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, prostitution, extortion, kidnapping, robbery, assault, homicide, battery[2] |
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The 18th Street Gang, also known as Eighteen St, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America,[1][12][13][14] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican) transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest transnational criminal gangs in Los Angeles, with 30,000-50,000 members between the United States, Mexico, and Central America and is also allied with the Mexican Mafia, another US-based crime organization.[citation needed] A United States Department of Justice report featured the following statement regarding 18th Street and rival gang MS-13, "These two gangs have turned the Central American northern triangle into the area with the highest homicide rate in the world."[15]
- ^ a b Ribando, C. (2005). "Gangs in Central America" (PDF). U.S. Department of States, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division. Archived March 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Criminal Street Gangs justice.gov (May 12, 2015) Archived June 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Barrio 18". www.insightcrime.org. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017. Archived November 25, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ An Inside Look at 18th St.'s Menace Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times (November 17, 1996)
- ^ "Barrio 18".
- ^ The Avenues: Highland Park Gang KCET (November 14, 2011)
- ^ Rival deadly gangs share the same prison cell: A look at El Salvador's controversial move Roberto Valencia and Noticias Telemundo, NBC News (May 22, 2020)
- ^ People v. Delgado casetext.com (August 31, 2016)
- ^ People v. Vasquez Court Listener (April 17, 2014)
- ^ People v. Gaytan casetext.com (October 14, 2011)
- ^ The Vineland Boys Gang Richard Valdemar, policemag.com (August 21, 2007)
- ^ Lynch, Tristam W. (2008). The evolution of modern Central American street gangs and the political violence they present: Case studies of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras (MA thesis). University of South Florida. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015.
- ^ "HSI dismantles '18th street' gang's fraudulent document ring". U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Berlin, D.; Brizius, E.; Bump, M.; Garshelis, D.; Khonsari, N.; Pinheiro, E.; Rhudy, K.; Smith, J. (2007). "Between the border and the street: A comparative look at gang reduction policies and migration in the United States and Guatemala. Informally published manuscript, Georgetown University Law Center, Human Rights Institute, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA".
- ^ O'Reilly, Andrew (4 August 2017). "MS-13 isn't the only homicidal street gang in town - meet Barrio 18". Fox News. Retrieved 29 January 2018.