Playboys (gang)

Playboys 13
Playboys 13 tattoo
FoundedMid-1950s
Founding locationWest Los Angeles, California, and Orange County California, United States
Years active1950s–present
TerritoryLos Angeles County Washington, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, NEBRASKA Mexico & Australia
EthnicityMexican American
Membership (est.)6500 [1]
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, assault, robbery, extortion, arms trafficking, theft, murder, racketeering, illegal immigration, illegal gambling, and fraud , kidnapping
AlliesMS-13
Aryan Brotherhood Primera Flats[2][3][4]
Rivals18th Street gang[1]
38th Street gang[5]
Venice Shoreline Crips Florencia 13

Playboys 13 Gang, also known by the acronym PBS13,[6][7][8] is a predominantly Mexican-American street gang founded in the Los Angeles County, California and extends to areas in South Central Los Angeles and Orange County, California. The gang also goes by the Spanish term "Conejo" which means "rabbit"[9] or Rabbit gang to identify itself. They align themselves with the prison gang known as La EME or the Mexican Mafia,[10] Because of their affiliation with La EME, while in prison, they set aside their rivalry with other Southern California gang members known as Sureños.[11]

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  9. ^ "Conejo English Spanish Translation | Traductor ingles español". spanishdict.com. 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  10. ^ "Mexican Mafia". The History Channel website. December 29, 2011.
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