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While the attention is on the corruption of the city of Bell, the big time criminals are the gangs that run Bell, Cudahy and other cities in the area. Oh, these gangs are mostly illegal aliens.
"Now most residents in these cities are working-class immigrants from Mexico and Central America. Many are in the United States illegally. Elected officials are second- or third-generation immigrants, often without much government or political experience.
Local law-enforcement officials say at least four prominent gangs operate out of this area, their members tagging everything from street signs to city property.
"Most of it gets cleaned, except for 18th Street," one detective wryly noted, referring to the markings of the 18th Street gang, the dominant gang in Cudahy.
The 18th Street gang operates in 27 states and claims more than 30,000 members nationwide, according to the FBI's 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment. In California, roughly 80 percent of its members are illegal immigrants, the report states. Gang members are known to commit auto theft, drive-by shootings, gun trafficking, extortion and murder-for-hire.
But drug trafficking is the core enterprise that has allowed 18th Street, along with the Mexican Mafia, to establish networks that work closely with Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, the FBI report states.
Police say Cudahy, a 1.2-square-mile area that features deep lots with residences that defy police surveillance, is notorious for its drug-trafficking legacy."
While Jerry Brown is wringing his hands about salary and benefit corrupt of elected officials, his office has done nothing about the illegal alien gangs that actually control the communities. The other story is why did it take a Washington newspaper to do this story instead of the LA Times or a California newspaper?
ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE CONTROLLING A SIGNIFICANT AREA OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA IS IGNORING IT. THAT IS THE STORY.
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"Now most residents in these cities are working-class immigrants from Mexico and Central America. Many are in the United States illegally. Elected officials are second- or third-generation immigrants, often without much government or political experience.
Local law-enforcement officials say at least four prominent gangs operate out of this area, their members tagging everything from street signs to city property.
"Most of it gets cleaned, except for 18th Street," one detective wryly noted, referring to the markings of the 18th Street gang, the dominant gang in Cudahy.
The 18th Street gang operates in 27 states and claims more than 30,000 members nationwide, according to the FBI's 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment. In California, roughly 80 percent of its members are illegal immigrants, the report states. Gang members are known to commit auto theft, drive-by shootings, gun trafficking, extortion and murder-for-hire.
But drug trafficking is the core enterprise that has allowed 18th Street, along with the Mexican Mafia, to establish networks that work closely with Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, the FBI report states.
Police say Cudahy, a 1.2-square-mile area that features deep lots with residences that defy police surveillance, is notorious for its drug-trafficking legacy."
While Jerry Brown is wringing his hands about salary and benefit corrupt of elected officials, his office has done nothing about the illegal alien gangs that actually control the communities. The other story is why did it take a Washington newspaper to do this story instead of the LA Times or a California newspaper?
ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE CONTROLLING A SIGNIFICANT AREA OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA IS IGNORING IT. THAT IS THE STORY.
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