The Story of the Armenian Power 13 Gang “California’s Modern Mafia”

Faced with pressure from Hispanic gang members in the area, young Armenians in East Hollywood grouped together to form Armenian Power.

[ramonalajajian]

As an Armenian we love are Mexican brothers for ever! god bless both our amazing cultures!

[rockyblaq]

Seems like the founder of AP had the biggest heart and really looked out for his people on and off the streets, gotta respect a gangsta who actually displays some class.

[johng]

The 16 year old kid from WF that killed Armen Petrosyan(RIP Silent) also escaped from Los Podrinos Juvenile detention center and took off to Mexico and got away with the murder. He had his family bring him a cake for his Bday(back then the juvenile detention center would allow that) inside that cake was a .25 semi automatic handgun. He used that gun and strong armed his way out of the facility and disappeared into the night to be never found again.

[joeljuarezrip]

Shout out to all my Armenian and Philippine brothers out here. Us Mexicans love and respect you guys to the fullest. Shout out Trigger AP13

[HenryVegaLosAngelesReoBroker]

We love our Armenian brothers in the struggle!! ❤🇦🇲🇲🇽 we are raza!!

[TheKidArcade]

I was never a gangster but grew up in LA mid city / Hollywood/ watts. I’m 40 years old. And in the mid 90s you heard a lot about these guys putting in work. Life is crazy, hope some people in this video are doing ok

[americanarmenian]

Much love to our Hispanic brothers 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇲🇽🇲🇽

[lucky.]

Big shot outs to all the solid Armenian homeboys ! Always respect those who stand with the Raza 🇲🇽

[Soyuz]

Niiiice.. much love and respect from an Armenian that immigrated to Australia as a 12 yr old and lived here for 28 years now. Still proud of my heritage 🇦🇺🇦🇲🇦🇺🇦🇲🇦🇺🇦🇲

[wornoutshoes]

Big Armenian population on Fresno where I grew up. We bulldogs always showed them love and respect.

[sauldiaz]

I grew up in Hollywood around this 2 gang rivales, when to Leconte Jr high school, graduated 84 and then Hollywood high 87, it was very tuff to go around western and Santa Monica, Hollywood and western, Hollywood and Normandie.. God bless Armenian community and the Spanish community 🙏 🙏

[mrko]

All best to Mexican and Armenian brothers from Serbia!

[arabbitwithinternetaccess]

As an Asian homie, we are raza too…we show love for our Mexican homies

[Beto-pnrl]

I knew an Armenian vato called PRIMO from WF, that vato was firme, and his Jefita, his brother, they were good people, his pops was always angry about something, but he never disrespected me or any of the other lil foos that used to live in that area, He was good Gente too

[angelgonzalez]

Nerses from the restaurant shooting is a real good friend if mine. The shooting info in this video is slightly innacurate only one of the victims was from the hood at the time, his name was Vartan, furthermore Nerses, the shooter was not from AP either. I met Nerses in jail, I was actually in LA county jail w him in 2008 where i turned myself in to catch the chain to go upstate, in the medical about 50 ppl dorms at old county dtla, he was one of the solidest homies I had ever met and I shared plenty of spreads w him and other brothers. This guy would go out of his way to help you with anything he possibly could all while he was fighting the Death Penalty for 4 or five murders. The cops would always cut up all the newspapers before they gave them to us so he wouldn't be able to read about his own case that got a lot of media attention at the time. We all kept on making up fake injuries so they wouldn't move us from the medical dorm cuz it was a good group of us in there, naturally, it's impolite to ask what happened but if anyone asked him he always said it was a misunderstanding he was just buying food to go at the restaurant using a stolen credit card so the cops nabbed him. Matter of fact, the homies asked him plenty of times that they could jump him in right there in the dorm so he could claim the hood, AP, but he always politely refused, this was while fighting his case of course so maybe after getting Life he might have chosen to join later, I just don't know. When I got busted I had like half an Oz of black on me so naturally I put it in my prison purse and got it out once I hit that dorm, I remember we were living like kings there cuz of that, half the dorm was nodded and scratching, but one thing I remember all four of us were high af for a week except Nerses he never touched it once, furthermore then a day later some guy from Venice came in w a lot of crystal so naturally we made a nice little trade and were using that also but again Nereses never did it, which was crazy and i was always thinking if it was me facing all them charges i would wanna be High all day but he was a strong ass solid homie, for real. Those other motherfuckers he got were trying to pressure his young brother to sell drugs for them cuz he knew a lot of people in that scene but he always refused, and nerses also told him not to sell dope under any circumstances, for anybody, period. so then they started clowning him and ridiculing him after they saw that there was no changing his mind, nerses is a gentle giant type character so imagine the shit those motherfuckers did that drove this level headed dude to loose it that much and murk all of them that day and BTW they were shooting trying to kill him and his brother also it was a shootout not just him killing them one by one like a psycho, so imagine the shit they said or did or were gonna do to his brother that made him get his gun from the car. ponder on that if ur related to one of the victims. Then finally, after a week together the big homie asked us to DP some puto 13 seconds boobop after chow and we did but Nerses accidentally landed a punch sideways or something and broke his wrist, so they took him to the hospital next day and next day came got his stuff, didn't see him again after that, they just re housed him somewhere else. But ya stay up homies and keep it thoro, much respect to the homie nerses that i met in county and ended up a good friend. I hope even nowadays everything is good for the homie even now. This us my wife's account BTW I am Armenian so don't look at the account name, they call me Stretch. Anyways, I went upstate a year later and paroled two years after that, from Firecamp. Peace to all the Armenian homies, vopshem lav exek txerk. Duces.

[juanmondragon]

Armeninan's are some of the coolest dudes ive met in the L.A. County Jail and in prison. Much love and respect to my Armenians i was busted with. Big shout out to Turtle from AP 💯

[HoneyBearLife]

I'm Mexican American and my old lady is from Burbank, her parents are originally from Armenia. My wife learned Spanish growing up with Latinos. One of my cousins, she's married to one of my old homies from back in the day in San Diego and he's also Armo. We make beautiful children. Love and respect to my Armenian homies 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇦🇲😎✌

[nautnadrofire]

The Armenians have good looking Women! They also don’t play about their folks either..Respect ✊🏿

[LURKING]

Nothing but respect to our Armenian brothers 💯

[tlatoanivalle]

ARMOS are some solid Mfs!!! I grew up with them and me being a fearless 🇲🇽 we fucked up a bunch of lame ass idiots starting dumb drama..rest in peace GOR/QUIBO! You are all family with us MEXICAS thanks to my brother 3lleven and his mom for the hospitality when I was broke..thanks for helping me carnales 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 🇦🇲 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲