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From killing fields to mean streets. (cover story)
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- Author(s): Willwerth, J.
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TIME Magazine. 11/18/1991, Vol. 138 Issue 20, Special issue p103. 3p. 2 Color Photographs.
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Surveys the bizarre and bloody world of Southern California gang life, where armed and alienated children are guerrilla warriors. District attorney for Los Angeles county Ira Reiner estimates that 130,000 gang members operate in his jurisdiction alone. Nearly every ethnic group is represented in the mayhem. Cambodian refugees in street gangs; Extorting `protection' money from local businessmen; Demography making radical changes in Southern California's gang life.
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