Logan Heights Gang
| Founded | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Logan Heights, San Diego, California |
| Years active | 1960's - present |
| Territory | California, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, and Washington. |
| Ethnicity | Primarily, Chicanos Mexican-Americans |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping, human smuggling. |
| Allies | Tijuana Cartel, Mexican Mafia, Sureños. |
The Logan Heights gang is a Sureño street gang based in Southeast San Diego.
The Logan Heights gang was established in Southeast San Diego during the 1960s, when several individual Mexican-American street gangs from the neighborhoods of Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, and Memorial unified. Currently the gang is composed of four main subsets (Red Steps, 30th Street, 33rd Street, Logan Heights 13) that operate within these neighborhoods. There is also a small subset called Logan Heights Clicka that operates within the Colina del Sol neighborhood of the City Heights district in San Diego.
Although they are based in San Diego, the influence of the gang has spread to other cities in the United States (Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Minneapolis, and Lakewood, Washington) and to Tijuana, Mexico. Membership is not restricted to Mexican-Americans, and the gang has included Mexican nationals, members from other Hispanic cultures and Native Americans.
The Logan Heights gang has been an ally to the Tijuana Cartel (Arellano-Félix Organization) over the Tijuana smuggling route to the border city of San Diego, California. The alliance between Tijuana cartel and the gang began On November 8, 1992 when Héctor Palma Salazar struck out against the Tijuana Cartel at a disco in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where eight Tijuana Cartel members were killed in the shootout, the Arellano-Félix brothers having successfully escaped from the location with the assistance of Logan Heights gangster David "D" Barron.
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