SOC SCI 164B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Black Tar Heroin, Rodney King, Ms-13
7 Apr 2016
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04/05/2016 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Salvatrucha = derogatory term used to describe salvadorians. Established themselves in the middle of 18th street turf. Mss changed its name to ms to battle back against 18th street. Nationally about 8,000 members in 34 states. Ms13 membership in central america is about 20,000. Ms is in 50 states, and there are 12,000 members nationally. Ms13 officially accepted as a surre o gang in 1992. In the gang culture, no insult goes unanswered. 1990: la had 100,000 gangsters and 12,000 in oc; 750 gangs in la and 192 in oc; 690 gang 187s in la and 28 gang 187s in oc (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Mexican mafia said they could control the gangs little squads inside gangs are called cliques. 1992: 803 gang murders in la, 45 in oc.
