Gang activity involving the ABZ gang and a rival Sureno gang has occurred in Monterey Park, California, in 2019, although it resulted in no life threatening injuries or death. This set has more Chinese American and Vietnamese members.

The Asian Boyz (ABZ), are primarily an Asian American street gang established by Marvin "Shy Boy" Mercado in the 1990s. The ethnic background of Asian Boyz gang members primarily contain males of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Koreans, Afro-Americans and Laotian descent.

The Asian Boyz, also known as ABZ, AB-26, or ABZ Crips, are a street gang based in Southern California. They were founded in the late 1980s to protect Cambodian refugees from other American gangs. The gang has about 2,000 member to 5,000 active members in Long Beach, who are Southeast Asian, predominantly Cambodian.

Jul 28, 2023 · BOSTON – Nine members and associates of the Asian Boyz (ABZ) gang have been charged in connection with drug trafficking conspiracies and dealing in firearms, including machinegun conversion devices – commonly known as “switches.”

Jul 30, 2023 · But Rath — the purported gang leader — didn’t do all of his work on his own and on the same day the feds pulled in eight more alleged members of the ABZ gang — one of the largest Asian street...

Mar 31, 2011 · Mercado founded the notorious Asian Boyz in the early 1990s with a schoolmate in the San Fernando Valley, prosecutor Hoon Chun said. The gang had Cambodian, Vietnamese and Filipino factions and...

The Asian Boyz is a street gang in Los Angeles, California that formed after an attack by the Tiny Raskal Gang that killed four people. At first, the gang was made up of young Cambodian refugees. The gang wears navy blue colors. The age of the Asian Boyz is …

The Asian Boyz, also known as ABZ or AB-26, is an Asian-American street gang that was founded in the cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles in the US state of California during the 1970s. The gang was founded as protection for immigrant and refugee Asian teens from pre-existing Hispanic gangs; the...

Asian Boyz grew from a Cambodian gang and drew its members from Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, ethnic Chinese born in Vietnam, Chinese youths, and other groups. The lax membership rules enabled the gang to grow quickly.

Dec 4, 2017 · The Asian Boyz, also known as ABZ, AB-26, or ABZ Crips, [12] are a street gang based in Southern California. [13] They were founded in the late 1980s to protect [14] [15] Cambodian refugees from other American gangs. [16] [17] The gang has about 2,000 member to 5,000 active members in Long Beach, who are Southeast Asian, predominantly Cambodian ...