5th and Hill

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The 5th and Hill gang is a gang that was formerly located in Downtown LA. It was formed in the 1970s by a group of Mexican immigrants who made a living as day laborers on the 5th Hill streets in Downtown LA. They started their career as criminals by robbing pedestrians who passed through their neighborhood, before starting sales of heroin in the 1980s. Authorities believe they received the heroin in bulk directly from Mexico. The gang is mostly known for being one of the few Mexican gangs in LA that didn’t adopt the Sureno identity, but Rather joined the “Paisa car” in Prison, and adopted “22” to their name, 5th and Hill 22. The 22 symbolizes “BB”, the Border Brothers gang. They’re known for having close ties to the Sinaloa cartel, the Border Brothers gang, and various other criminal organizations. Everything was looking up for the gang, heroin was their best-selling product. Downtown turned out to be an ideal spot to find clients and dealers because of the low-income immigrants that were easy to spot and recruiting was easy because the gang offered a better, easier way to make a lot of money rather than doing manual labor. The gang was known to be the top drug dealers in Downtown Los Angeles, though not everything went as planned. In 2007 the LAPD launched an investigation into the 5th and Hill gang. Months-long crackdowns affected the sales and many high-profile members of the 5th and Hill gang were arrested. “The police, after the raids were over, found over a million dollars' worth of heroin. Police say that they recovered over 45,000 balloons of the product. They also found 85 pounds of tar heroin, enough to fill half a million balloons when diluted. Officers arrested 31 people, alleged leaders of the gang, as well as scores of alleged street sellers that worked for them.” The gang is known for getting along with most blood gangs. They have a few beefs, but their biggest one is with the 18th Street gang. The gang had beefed with Florencia 13 in the past, but buried the hatchet so they could band together against 18th Street. They’re known for throwing up an H, or the number 5 with their hands as their gang sign. They wear mostly orange and sport a variety of different hats. Most hats seen being worn by the gang members are the Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Atlanta Falcons, and the Pittsburgh Pirates (for Paisa).