I was just wondering if anyone read this. Their's a part about Nortenos in Southern Califas Unless I am reading it wrong..Here's the article.
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New gangs move into I.E.
Authorities find some groups from outside the region growing
By Wes Woods II, Staff Writer
Parole violators are shackled by parole agent Cherie Ware before boarding a bus headed toward California Institution for Men, last week in Pomona.
(Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino/Staff Photographer) A growing number of gangs with roots outside the Inland Empire are moving into the area, adding to gang-related activity and, in two cities, actually outnumbering homegrown members, according to local law enforcement agencies.
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Authorities point to several causes for the trend, including gangs' desire to establish new turf, additional police attention from cities they left, and sometimes parental hope that moving to a new city will offer a fresh start and prevent their children from being involved with gangs.
The trend is most noticeable in statistics kept by the Ontario and Fontana police departments.
For the first time since 2005, Ontario police say outside-the-city gangs outnumber homegrown gangs - 58 percent to 42 percent this year. The department was unable to provide the total number of gang members.
Some of the change can be attributed to more arrests and jail terms for Ontario gang members, Officer Gabe Gutierrez said.
With more Ontario gang members being arrested, "other gangs see an opening," Gutierrez said.
Fontana also has been affected by transplanted Los Angeles County gangs, Fontana police Sgt. Billy Green said.
Eighty-one gangs operate at varying levels in the city, Green said. Of that total, 13 are based locally. The other 68 are from the west - mostly Los Angeles County - though not all are active, he said.
There are 578 gang members in Fontana's 13 gangs, Green said.
Fontana gangs run along racial lines and include the Latino Surenos and Nortenos and black gangs, Green said. The black gangs have migrated from Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley, he said.
Gutierrez said some of Pomona's gangs have moved into Ontario because of gang injunctions, which prevent them from gathering in Pomona.
Pomona police Detective Greg Freeman did not have immediate statistics about outside gang members, but said he has noticed outside gangs moving into that city.
San Bernardino County sheriff's detective Michael Martinez said Los Angeles-area gangs have been moving into San Bernardino County since the late 1980s and early '90s.
Los Angeles gang members also have started moving into High Desert areas, including Adelanto and Apple Valley, he said. The biggest difference between Inland Empire gangs and those in the High Desert area is that the inland gangs are more established, Martinez said.
Sheriff's Investigator Jerry Franchville said he has seen the same trend in Riverside County.
"Our population is growing so fast we're attracting people from outside communities, and it brings problems from other counties as well," he said.
The Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, a Jesuit priest, said he disagrees with police and believes a gang's movement into other regions is not planned, and rare.
Boyle is founder and executive director of Jobs for a Future/Homeboy Industries, a Boyle Heights-based program that provides jobs and job training to former gang members.
"People will move and get to a place where they find themselves there, and maybe they're not willing to hang up the gloves, and before you know it (they re-enter gang life)," Boyle said.
Alfonso J. Valdez, an adjunct professor at UC Irvine and former gang unit supervising investigator for the Orange County District Attorney's Office, said gangs also travel to new areas when families with gang-related children leave an inner city area for a rural area.
Those transplanted gang-related youths then bring with them their old sets and cliques from their previous areas, Valdez said
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Parole violators are shackled by parole agent Cherie Ware before boarding a bus headed toward California Institution for Men, last week in Pomona.
(Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino/Staff Photographer)
Print Email
New gangs move into I.E.
Authorities find some groups from outside the region growing
By Wes Woods II, Staff Writer
Parole violators are shackled by parole agent Cherie Ware before boarding a bus headed toward California Institution for Men, last week in Pomona.
(Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino/Staff Photographer) A growing number of gangs with roots outside the Inland Empire are moving into the area, adding to gang-related activity and, in two cities, actually outnumbering homegrown members, according to local law enforcement agencies.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special Section: Neighborhood Watch
Ending Violence: Visit our solutions blog
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Authorities point to several causes for the trend, including gangs' desire to establish new turf, additional police attention from cities they left, and sometimes parental hope that moving to a new city will offer a fresh start and prevent their children from being involved with gangs.
The trend is most noticeable in statistics kept by the Ontario and Fontana police departments.
For the first time since 2005, Ontario police say outside-the-city gangs outnumber homegrown gangs - 58 percent to 42 percent this year. The department was unable to provide the total number of gang members.
Some of the change can be attributed to more arrests and jail terms for Ontario gang members, Officer Gabe Gutierrez said.
With more Ontario gang members being arrested, "other gangs see an opening," Gutierrez said.
Fontana also has been affected by transplanted Los Angeles County gangs, Fontana police Sgt. Billy Green said.
Eighty-one gangs operate at varying levels in the city, Green said. Of that total, 13 are based locally. The other 68 are from the west - mostly Los Angeles County - though not all are active, he said.
There are 578 gang members in Fontana's 13 gangs, Green said.
Fontana gangs run along racial lines and include the Latino Surenos and Nortenos and black gangs, Green said. The black gangs have migrated from Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley, he said.
Gutierrez said some of Pomona's gangs have moved into Ontario because of gang injunctions, which prevent them from gathering in Pomona.
Pomona police Detective Greg Freeman did not have immediate statistics about outside gang members, but said he has noticed outside gangs moving into that city.
San Bernardino County sheriff's detective Michael Martinez said Los Angeles-area gangs have been moving into San Bernardino County since the late 1980s and early '90s.
Los Angeles gang members also have started moving into High Desert areas, including Adelanto and Apple Valley, he said. The biggest difference between Inland Empire gangs and those in the High Desert area is that the inland gangs are more established, Martinez said.
Sheriff's Investigator Jerry Franchville said he has seen the same trend in Riverside County.
"Our population is growing so fast we're attracting people from outside communities, and it brings problems from other counties as well," he said.
The Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, a Jesuit priest, said he disagrees with police and believes a gang's movement into other regions is not planned, and rare.
Boyle is founder and executive director of Jobs for a Future/Homeboy Industries, a Boyle Heights-based program that provides jobs and job training to former gang members.
"People will move and get to a place where they find themselves there, and maybe they're not willing to hang up the gloves, and before you know it (they re-enter gang life)," Boyle said.
Alfonso J. Valdez, an adjunct professor at UC Irvine and former gang unit supervising investigator for the Orange County District Attorney's Office, said gangs also travel to new areas when families with gang-related children leave an inner city area for a rural area.
Those transplanted gang-related youths then bring with them their old sets and cliques from their previous areas, Valdez said
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