18th Street gang
The 18th Street Gang, also known as Calle 18, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America, 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. 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."
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| Founded | 1960s |
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| Founding location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Territory | United States, Mexico, Central America, Canada |
| Ethnicity | Mexicans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans |
| Membership (est.) | 30,000–50,000 |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, prostitution, extortion, kidnapping, robbery, assault, homicide, battery |
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