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A 13-year-old suspected Black P. Stones gang member is handcuffed after police busted a party he was attending in the Jungle, a Southwest Los Angeles area notorious for violence. Under a plan announced by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the area and others like it would each receive $1.5 million for gang prevention and intervention.

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( Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times )

A 13-year-old suspected Black P. Stones gang member is handcuffed after police busted a party he was attending in the Jungle, a Southwest Los Angeles area notorious for violence. Under a plan announced by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the area and others like it would each receive $1.5 million for gang prevention and intervention.

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