American gangsters in the 626

I just read Ortega's article. Wow. Nice body of work and outlines how we got to where we are now. Very interesting reading.

A little shoutout needs to go to Local Boy as he has been telling people for months the Mexican Mafia's roll in all of this.

I look forward to future installments as maybe they will include ideas on how we can fix it.

frazgo

the mexican mafia has nothing to do with the racial tension in monrovia and duarte trust me i know O.G from both ESD and MNV al tho i have to admit it does seem racial its really about who control or own monrovia or duarte. im going to put i pretty simple for everybody duroc mostly controls duarte there is no doubt about that but duroc also wants monrovia wich MNV is not to happy about and is willing to do watever it takes to prove to duroc they mean bissness

Well Monrovian La Eme has its fingers in it and you are correct it is about control of the town for criminal activity. La Eme is one piece of the puzzle.
I have to disagree that La Eme has nothing to do with it, info I keep getting is that they are in the thick of it. Not worth debating.

Who is "o.g."?

Frazgo..I'm gonna laugh if I'm right..."OG" I 'think' stands for old gangster...(I told you b4 your heart is in the right place)

Anyone aware of gang markings has known it was La Eme and their foot soldiers the south siders for a long time now. I'm sure that the MPD and LASD were well aware long before Local Boy started talking about it. Not trying to take anything away from him, but this thing has been going on forever as the article shows. There are just a lot of people who are more sheltered than others and it's too bad we can't all stay as innocent as we would like to be. And, yes OG stands for Old Gansta'. The scary thing is hearing kids calling each other OG's as it has become a part of their culture at school. I've heard from kids who are straight A students, not just the naughty ones. They're not even sure just what it really means and the ones who are, think it's harmless to use the term. We need to get serious about gang prevention and gang awareness with the young ones if we want to make a difference.

So, "anonymous" I hear what you're saying but when you're dealing with parents who may be in their early 30's with pre-teeners and they (the parents) think it's cool to talk the "slang' and 'they' don't have the common sense to understand their own negative contribution.. THEN, how do you grab the minds of these little ones away from what they encounter each day..how (?) cause they're the ones that will have to be dealt with in the very near future..how do you break the cycle...

MNV and DESR and some Durock were involved in the major fights at county that took place last year from what I was told.

Those problems, like Anonymous said, have been around for years and people in law enforcement have of course known about it. It's always about keeping a lid on the boiling pot but sometimes it boils over.

The fights were a result of problems at the state level. Anyone who says otherwise does not have the whole story.

It's going to be a long summer if drastic measures aren't taken now.

Local Boy

Berta, I don't know how we stop parents from being bad parents, I wish I had that answer. The only thing we can do is to try to work with the kids themselves. Maybe a program like DARE but for gangs. Remember "Scared Straight"? Maybe we need to get at the kids who are at serious risk in 4th or 5th grade and scare the hell out of them. Also, we keep hearing about keeping our kids busy, well that's great for those kids who have parents that are doing that, but what about the kids who's parents don't? Boys and Girls clubs are great but we need lots more and we need to make it not only available but attractive to the younger kids before they get involved in trouble. I remember when my youngest son was in the 5th grade, there was a "gang" of kids at his school that hung on the corner after school and you could tell trouble was coming. I brought it to the principal's attention but I guess he thought it wasn't a school issue, because he ignored it. By the end of that year they were called "the black hoodie club" and they were scaring kids in the bathroom with fake Satanic bible's and squishing baby birds on the playground. This is true stuff not some gossip spread by an over zealous person. The guidance person at the school, who jokingly called them "the druids", had some of these ideas to work with these at risk youth but he couldn't do it alone. A lot of these kids have anger but no outlet for it. I find that often these kids are smart, but not doing well in school. Some of them are born leaders. They need a sense of belonging. What about free sports programs that are local and immediately after school? Like I said I don't have the answers but these are the things we need to look into and brainstorm about. It's got to be easier to prevent gang involvement then to stop current activity.

frazgo

i understand what you are sayng but all tho mnv and esd are affiliate by la eme it is not run by the emme . you know why i know that la emme isnt calling the shots on what mnv is doing?? simple if they were they wouldnt of killed an old man or brandon lee they would of went for the big dogs of duroc they arent that hard to find some of they stay in rialto and duarte . some people dont get if this was in deed la emme calling the shots trust me it wouldnt of been worse la emme have there own gun men who are experts at what they do