Mexican Gang

Pasadena, one of the largest Mexican communities in Los Angeles, is home to a large number of illegal Mexican immigrants.

Locke parked the car at a corner of an intersection, from where he could just see the entrance of a bar a hundred meters away.

Despite this, he still cautiously reclined the seat, hiding himself.

In the car, Locke held a monocular telescope bought from a Chinese supermarket, observing the people coming in and out of the bar across the street.

The bar was only five stories high, adorned with a large neon sign, surrounded by darkness. Four or five thugs stood at the entrance, wielding weapons without restraint, while the people coming in and out were mostly black and Hispanic.

These days, under David's guidance, Locke had gained a rough understanding of the various gangs and drug trafficking organizations in Los Angeles.

He furthered his learning through the police department's intranet after becoming a level two officer, granting him access to the LAPD's internal network.

With Locke's current mental attributes of 11 points, he was a veritable scholar, with an astonishing memory. After studying, he gained a more detailed understanding of the gangs and drug trafficking organizations in Los Angeles.

The distribution of gangs, gang information, as well as the names and photos of the main leaders, were all clearly recorded in his mind, almost to the point of being able to recite them.

This information was crucial for the LAPD and directly related to their safety.

Locke also casually memorized some of the wanted criminals wanted by the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI, hoping to pick up some rewards. He had no chance with LAPD's rewards, but the FBI's rewards were still possible.

Although Los Angeles's gang history was not as rich as those of cities on the East Coast like New York and Chicago, it had experienced several generations of changes. From the Gold Rush period to the Prohibition era, Irish, Italians, Jews, all had their periods of dominance.

When the Mafia flourished in the United States, Los Angeles also produced Mafia families, among which the famous Dragna family was one.

The pinnacle figure of the Dragna family, Jack Dragna, was even known as the Al Capone of Los Angeles. However, with the Sunset Boulevard Battle against the Cohen family, the LAPD had been closely monitoring the Dragna family. By the 1990s, the family had dwindled to just 20 members.

Currently, Los Angeles did not have any large-scale gangs with ruling power, and the LAPD absolutely would not tolerate such gangs.

Los Angeles was home to hundreds of small and large criminal gangs, with the African-American, Mexican, and Latino gangs being the most prominent. Most of the major gang crimes in Los Angeles were committed by these three gangs.

Other ethnic gangs such as the Vietnamese, Korean, and Russian gangs mostly only operated in their own communities.

The bar Locke was monitoring belonged to a Mexican gang called Paxia. It was a small-scale transnational gang with only two to three hundred members, mainly operating in Los Angeles, with headquarters in Tijuana, Mexico. Their main activities included drug trafficking, smuggling, organizing smuggling, and organizing prostitution.

The leader of this outpost was called Avadia, originally a pimp but skilled in management. He gradually became one of the leaders of the Paxia organization in Los Angeles.

After some screening, Locke selected Avadia as the target for his first action because this guy had the lowest combat power and the least risk.

He waited for a full two hours before seeing some movement at the bar entrance. Locke picked up the monoculars to get a better look.

"Oh, they're coming out, and surprisingly early!"

Checking the time, it was only 10 PM. Through the monoculars, Locke saw several people coming out of the bar, led by Avadia, the head of the Paxia organization in Los Angeles. He was followed by four bodyguards.

After exchanging a few words with the thugs at the bar entrance, Avadia got into a white BMW waiting for him. Two of the bodyguards followed him into the car.

Without hesitation, Locke started the car and followed. After the BMW had driven for a while, he calmly turned onto the main road.

He had studied the map near the bar beforehand and even made a detour before coming, so he wasn't worried about getting lost.

And even if he did lose them, he wouldn't mind. Tonight was just a rehearsal, and he didn't expect to achieve his goal on the first try.

This wasn't an organizational mission, and he had plenty of time. The Mino-Ti organization wouldn't seek revenge on him so quickly.

Now he was alone, without the assistance of an organization. Every action he took had to be successful, without fail, with every detail foolproof.

The BMW didn't drive very fast, and Locke kept a safe distance behind. At this time of night, there were still quite a few cars on the road. He intentionally chose this inconspicuous Corolla, and his tracking didn't attract the BMW's attention at all.

After about five minutes of driving, the white BMW stopped in front of a street-facing apartment building. Avadia got out of the car and went straight upstairs, while the two bodyguards didn't follow.

Locke didn't dare to linger and drove straight over. Now that he knew Avadia's address, tonight's goal was achieved.

Suddenly, he felt a tightness in his heart. In the rearview mirror, the white BMW caught up. Just when he thought he was discovered by Avadia's bodyguards, the BMW sped past him.

What's going on?

Avadia's bodyguards didn't keep watch downstairs?