The Avenues (gang)

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The Avenues
In Los Angeles
Territory Los Angeles, Highland Park, Cypress Park, Glassell Park and Eagle Rock
Ethnicity Mexican
Criminal activities Murder, Assault, Drug trafficking, Racketeering, Motor vehicle theft, Robbery, Extortion, Burglary, Vandalism, and Theft
Allies Mexican Mafia and Sureños
Rivals Highland Park 13, MS-13, Toonerville Rifa 13, Armenian Power, Bloods and Crips

The Avenues, also known as Las Avenidas or AVE's, is a large Mexican street gang based in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California that formed in the 1930's. The Avenues are under the direct control of the Mexican Mafia.

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The Avenues gang has been the target of a series of landmark prosecutions by the Federal government and by Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney Anthony Manzella. Members of The Avenues have recently been prosecuted under the Federal Hate Crimes Statute for using violence and intimidation to drive all African-Americans out of the territories it controls. Several of these trials are related in Tony Rafael's true crime bestseller The Mexican Mafia. The gang claims Highland Park and parts of Cypress Park, Glassell Park and Eagle Rock as its turf. [1] The Avenues took their name from the fact that the streets in the area are called "Avenue 53" and "Avenue 54".[2]. The Avenues main enemies are Highland Park 13 and Toonerville Rifa 13

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  1. ^ The Avenues gang's long, violent history - By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, February 22, 2008
  2. ^ Foundation News

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