"They cultivate people, do favors for them, then they leverage those favors by asking for favors of their own," he said. "They spread money around by buying businesses, cars and real estate in other people's names and let those people use the property until they are ready to take it for themselves. Or they finance candidates who they think will be loyal to them. [. . .]
"Once they have gained acceptance, they can seek city officials' help in obtaining a business permit or liquor license, or police protection for their criminal activities. The money isn't obvious, but it's there."
[. . .]Marroquin claimed to have reformed. He started the anti-gang program "No Guns" and, after receiving $1.5 million in gang-intervention funding from the city of Los Angeles, he was sentenced in 2006 to seven years in state prison for selling automatic weapons to undercover agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
City officials get cash, but gangs hold power
Turf battles waged in L.A. County
The Washington Times
8:54 p.m., Monday, August 9, 201
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Many drugs gangs are now started in many countries but you have mainly discussed about the California.
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