By Alex Alonso September 9, 2009 As a gang researcher the issue of illegal immigration comes up often when being interviewed or asked to opine on the subject of Los Angeles gangs.

Academic studies have also fell short from identifying these types of networks among Los Angeles based Hispanic gangs.

Gangs in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties ... 15. The Politics of Education and Recent Immigrants As Gang Members; Gang Culture is not Mexican Culture

An Urban Ethnography of Latino Street Gangs ... It also inquires about their relationship with parents, why they dropped out of school (if they have), and why they think youths join gangs.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) _ Two members of the Mexican Mafia prison gang have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on racketeering and murder charges.

Today’s exhibit [How a Community Imploded, LA Times 3/05/07] is the tale of planned terrorism against black citizens by Mexican gangsters in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles.

' East Los Angeles has traditionally been the heart of the latin comunity in LosAngeles. Mexicans have been ... Throughout LA county there are other comunities wich have a deep Mexican history;

Recently, more attention has been paid to female gangs. An edited volume (seen at right) collexcts some of the most important historical and contemporary scholarship ... 1995. Los Angeles: Roxbury.

Mexican gangs in Los Angeles, like Florencia 13, are waging a bloody campaign to drive blacks from neighborhoods (City Journal NY)   Beyond “Welfare Vote for Trade-Offs”: Shameful ...

They said it is further evidence of the growing impact of Mexican drug organizations in the area. ... KFI – Los Angeles