Founded 1972 | Years active 1972-present | |
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Ethnicity Filipino/Filipino-American Allies Temple st Pinoy Locos 13 (defunct), Sons Of Samoa, Westside Islanders, Pimpside Phamily, Stateside Islanders, Bahala Na Barkada, Insane Pinoy Tribe Rivals Bahala Na Gang, Pinoy Real, Akrho Pinoy, Jefrox 13 (defunct), Sarzana 13, Luzon Visayan Mobsters, Hellside, Raza Pinoy Brothers 13 (defunct), Rockwood st 13, Avenues 13, 18th st, Lemonwood Chiques 13, Colonia Chiques 13, Chivas 13, Artesia 13, Mara Salvatrucha 13, Scout Royal Brotherhood, Real Pinoy Bloods, Original Genocide, United Brotherhood, Westside Longos 13, Eastside Longos 13, Northside Longos 13, Barrio Pobre 13, Playa Larga 13, Dominguez Varrio 13, Crazy Latin Boys 13, Crazy Ruthless, Tiny Raskal Gang, Asian Boyz, Crazy Brother Clan, Exotic Family City Crips, Suicidal Town Crips, Oriental Boys, Crime Family Gangsta Crips, Fuckin Hoodlum Society Kings, Oriental Souljahz, Vietnamese Boyz, Akrho Boyz Crazy, Lopers 13, Alley Boys 13, B Down Boyz, Asian Insane Boyz, Kalaban, Pinoy Bloodhounds, True Pinoy Brotherhood, Easy Going Pinoys, Real Insane Pinoys, Outgoing Boys, Samahang Dugong Pinoy, Samahang Pinoy Real, Asian Crips, Oriental Killa Boyz, Tiny Oriental Crips, Crazy Oriental Crips, Oriental Mob Crips, Paradise Hills Locos 13, Del Sol 13 Similar Bahala Na Gang, Menace of Destruction, Tiny Rascal Gang | ||
The Satanas Gang (aka Ese Te Ese or STS) is a Filipino American street gang in Southern California, founded in 1972. It is believed to be the oldest and original Filipino American street gang in Los Angeles.
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History
In 1972, a car club group started in the Los Angeles area by some Filipino Americans who had formed a cultural bond where they were a minority. At first the club was exclusively for Filipinos. Other Filipinos came to socialize with this club. They soon branched out to other Southern California cities including San Diego, La Puente, Cerritos, Oxnard Long Beach, Eagle Rock, Norwalk, San Fernando, West Covina, Chino, Chino Hills, Santa Ana, San Gabriel, El Monte, Delano, Palmdale, Antelope Valley, Vallejo, and San Jose and have reached other states and the Philippines.
Some other Filipino gangs such as the Demonios and Diablos (not the Mexican gang of the same name) claim their roots to Satanas, having originated amongst second generation STS members and younger siblings of individuals who were members of STS; and the founders of many other Filipino American gangs were originally members of Satanas.
Since there were cultural similarities between the Filipinos and Mexicans and being fluent in Spanish, many of Ese Te Ese's older members and leaders allied with Chicano gangs in its early years within their surrounding neighbors. Accounts of Los Angeles gang history often placed both Filipinos and Mexicans side by side with each other during various street wars.
Francisco Gamez and Luis Silva
In December 1982, eight members of the Satanas gang were found guilty in a trial for the killing of Francisco Gamez and Luis Silva who were not gang members but were mistaken as ones. Gamez and Silva chased two cars each carrying four members of Satanas. Gunshots had been fired from the two cars just behind the Gamez home. Gamez and Silva gave chase for at least two miles. At the end of the chase, Gamez was shot in the head and Silva was shot in the back, shoulder and head as he tried to escape.
Manuel Rodriguez
In November 1989 Manuel Rodriguez, a member of the Lemonwood Chiques gang, was shot and killed by Arnell Salagubang, a member of the Satanas gang. Salagubang and Manuel Rodriguez had been arguing in front of Channel Islands High School. Salagubang pulled out a small caliber handgun and shot Rodriguez in the head. Salagubang fled the scene, but a witness was able to get his license plate number. The witness turned the information over to the police who arrested Salagubang the next day.