East Side Longos

The Varrio East Side Longo 13 or ESL13 also known by Longos, 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, ESL13 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 oldest and 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 1950s, 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.

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).

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 the Eastside, Long Beach, California 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

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 killing several TRG members (Vice Versa) turning the streets into a killing zone.

In 1995 the West Side Longos (WSL13) were the first gang in Long Beach to placed on a gang injuction. They were the district attorney and LBPD top priority, due to the gang terrorizing rivals and local residents in the West Side community. In 2004 a second gang injunction was launched against the West Side Longos as a whole.

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.

In 2010 the North Side Longos (NSL13) were placed on a gang injunction due to an increase in gang-related crimes committed by this gang, the Long Beach City prosecutor Doug Haubert expanded the city’s gang injection to include any gang affiliated with the Mexican Mafia or operating under the Sureños umbrella.

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 suicide, later the victims older brother showed up with a Luger pistol killing unarmed Longo that was formed in Long Beach living in the city of Fresno California. The East Side Longos responded with several killings of 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.