Los Banditos

A Tradition of Violence

True Crime

4.7 • 540 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

The East Los Angeles Sheriff’s station has the most documented history of deputy gangs. Today, the station is dominated Banditos. Member activities allegedly include leaving dead rats for enemies and killing teenagers.

A Tradition of Violence is hosted and executive produced by Cerise Castle. She's an award winning journalist who wrote the first ever history of deputy gangs for Knock LA, available at lasdgangs.com

Music by Yelohill and Steelz.

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0:00.0	Warning, this podcast contains explicit language and details acts of violence.
0:05.3	Listener discretion is advised.
0:07.8	The East Los Angeles Sheriff Station has seen several generations of deputy gangs come and go over the years.
0:15.9	On August 29, 1970, the Little Red Devils beat hundreds of people demonstrating against the Vietnam War
0:23.3	with batons. Some were shot and killed. Their tactics were immortalized in the Fort Apache logo,
0:30.9	which depicts a riot helmet and a boot. Around it are the words, low profile, and
0:36.7	Siempre una patada in los Pantalones, or always a swift kick in the ass.
0:42.7	The logo can be seen on hats, t-shirts, and other gear worn by deputies.
0:47.6	It was even put into a mural in the floor of the East L.A. station.
0:52.9	After the Red Devils came the cavemen,
0:55.0	whose membership allegedly includes
0:57.0	former undersheriff Timothy Murakami.
1:00.0	Once the cavemen membership have promoted up or moved on,
1:04.0	the banditos emerged.
1:06.0	LA is not safe.
1:09.0	This is a tradition of violence, a history of deputy gangs inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
1:21.6	Earlier this year, I met with someone who encountered the very first banditos.
1:28.3	He wanted to remain anonymous, so I'm going to call him Leo.
1:32.5	Leo was born and raised in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, specifically White Fence,
1:37.4	which is also the name of one of the oldest gangs in LA.
1:41.0	He's an incredible artist.
1:42.6	He paints, draws, and sketches portraits, landscapes, and
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