Talk:OVS (gang)

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Their Primary Activity is Murder

That's too funny, it makes it sound like the money and drug dealing is just a way for the gang to fund their true passion and main activity: murder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.165.222.55 (talk) 14:52, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Who is writing this

Im sorry but that book is all wrong. The so call ovs or onta was not started in the40s by Darryl Castrejon. I mean come on now he was not. Born till the 60 s. Ok. All im saying is please get your info right..GOD BLESS Nezz26 (talk) 04:12, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Responding to your question

OVS has been listed in the FBI's top California gangs in having one of the Godfathers of the California Mexican Mafia. Even though it's said that their is no one particular that runs it but they also know that there's high ranking brothers that calls the shots. There's a hierarchy in rankings and OVS was at the top of the rankings. OVS was started in the late 1940s and the Castrejon family started the OVS Black Angels in the early 1950s. You can find this information on the FBI's database site. At the university I go to one of the law classes I took was based on organized crime. For the California Mexican Mafia, OVS was on the top of the list. I had to write an in depth detailed book report on this gang and learned a lot on this street gang. I was under the impression that 18st and the MS gang ran the prisons but was amazed that they were nothing in the California prisons. OVS was on the top of the lists based on the FBI information despite the fact you don't hear about them much on the media. Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 11KSmith (talk • contribs) 01:57, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]