East Side Longos

The East Side Longo 13 or ESL is a Mexican American gang that was formed in Long Beach. Their enemies are all Asians, and rival gangs are the Crips and Fresno Bulldogs, ESL identify the color grey, blue and black they may use the sports team Raiders. The gang was formed in Long Beach, California.

History

The Varrio Longo 13 are the largest Sureño gang throughout the Harbor Area of Long Beach, California. The Longos is made up of three sets: The East Side Longos (ESL13) which is the largest of the three, The second largest of the three are the West Side Longos (WSL13) followed by the North Side Longos (NSL13).

The Mexican-American gang originated during the 1960s, they adapted the Sur13 or X3 sometime in the 1970s, like many Hispanic street gangs that fall under the Surenos brand, they pay homage to the Mexican Mafia.

Location

The East Side Longo 13 claim areas around MacAuthor Park, located on Anaheim Street and are primarily based in Central Long Beach. Their territory stretches from Daisy Street to Junipero Ave between Pacific Coast Hwy and 4th Street. They share this region of Long Beach with three of their main rivals the Rollin 20 Crips and the Insane Crips as well as Barrio Pobre.

The oldest cliques and subsets of the Eastside Longo are the Barrio Viejo (Old Town) followed by the Latin Town Playboyz and the Loney Boys. Their other cliques consist of the Malditos (Little Bad Ones), Night Owls, Primas (female clique), Stoners, Pee Wees, Dukes Clique, Tiny Locos, Dog Town, and the Chicos Malos (CMS).

Activities

On August 31, 2001, the Los Angeles City Attorney sought a gang injunction against members of the Eastside Longo. The injunction had to be broken down to cover two areas, due to the Eastside Longos having the largest geographical area in Long Beach. However, after the injunction police noticed an increase in gang-related crimes.

The Varrio Longos 13 and the East Side Longos harsh treatment towards different ethnic groups are the primary reason for the formation of Asian, Samoan, Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese street gangs such as the Tiny Rascal Gang (TRG) and the Asian Boyz.

The East Side Longos and the Tiny Rascals Gang (TRG), have been engaged in a deadly feud since the 1990s after a carload of Tiny Rascals shot and killed a 16-year-old Longo in 1989. The Longos responded by [...] several TRG members (Vice Versa) turning the streets into a [...] zone.

In Fresno, California they started to gang up on a Bulldog member of a different criminal group and was harassed by one of the East Side Longos, the victim was harassed a couple times then committed [...], later the victims older brother showed up with a Luger pistol [...] several unarmed Longos that were formed in Long Beach living in the city of Fresno California. The East Side Longos responded with several shootings at the Fresno Bulldogs.

They mainly killed Asian gangs, such as The Chinese Triads Hop Sing Tong, The Ghost Shadows, and The Tiny Rascal Gang and all Asian gangs, even African gangs also.

The Longos may use this term, "EBK-Everybody killer/Everybody killa", meaning they’re willing to kill everybody for their gang. They have recently started recruiting members from the LBGT community as a way to bridge the gap between that community and the Chicano community. This has resonated quite well in Long Beach, particularly in the areas around 1st and 2nd street.