18th Street gang
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The 18th Street Gang, also known as Calle 18, 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]
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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[3] |
Ethnicity | Mexicans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans |
Membership (est.) | 30,000-50,000 members [2] |
Activities | Drug trafficking, prostitution, extortion, kidnapping, robbery, assault, homicide, battery[2] |
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