List of gangs in Belize

The following is a list of collective or corporate entities involved in organised crime in Belize, including street gangs, drug cartels, mafias, criminal enterprises, and criminal syndicates. This list includes both known or suspected and active or defunct entities. Tongs, outlaw motorcycle clubs, as well as terrorist, militant, and paramilitary groups are included only if involved in organised crime. Entities not based in Belize are included only if they are known to have or suspected of having members, chapters, or operations in Belize.[n 1]

Gangs

Bloods and Crips particularly Rollin’ 20’s Blood and Rollin’ 30’s Crip gangs were introduced to Belize by US deportees in the 1980s, and especially adopted by locals upon the 1988 release of Colors.[1] A boom in violent and organised crime followed, not yet mitigated by the 2020s.[n 2] As of 2019, there were at least three dozen gangs in Belize City, each loosely affiliated to Bloods or Crips, totalling some 900 to 1,400 members. The largest gang in Belize City as of 2025 is the Peace In the Village Bloods (P.I.V.) followed by the George Street Bloods (G.S.G.)[n 3]

Name Base Size Age No State Cf
Gill Street Bloods
Gill Street Gang 		South Minor 24.0 25 Active [2]
Kraal Road Gang
Kraal Road Crips 		South Minor 26.5 25 Active WB, p. 216; {{harvnb|Yg m|pp=9,
West Molan Bloods
formerly West Street Bloods, Taylor’s Alley Bloods, Pregnant Alley Bloods 		South Major 23.5 35 Active [3]
Supal Street Gang
Supal Street Bloods 		South Minor 26.0 35 Active [4]
Jump Street Gang
Jump Street Crips 		South Minor — — ? [5]
Rocky Road Gang
Rocky Road Bloods, Rocky Road Crips 		South Minor 26.0 18 Active [6]
Neighborhood Bloods
Neighborhood Bloods 		South Minor — — ? [7]
George Street Gang
George Street Bloods, George Street Gaza 		South Major 31.5 45 Active
Victoria Street Bloods
North Side Gang, Nawt Side Gang 		North Minor 26.0 27 Active [8]
Kelly Street Crips
Kelly Street Crips 		North Minor 26.0 25 Active [9]
Backa-Town Gang
Backa-Town Bloods 		South Minor 29.5 25 Active [10]
Ghost Town Crips
Banak Zone Crips 		South Minor 28.0 65 Active [11]
Jerusalem Bone Yard Gang
Jerusalem Bloods, Jerusalem Bone Yard Crips 		South Minor 28.5 13 Active [12]
Peace In the Village Gang
Peace in the Village Bloods, People In Violence Bloods, Professionals In Violence Bloods 		South Major 26.0 150 Active
Jane Usher Bloods
Jane Usher Bloods 		South Minor 26.0 40 Inactive [13]
South Side Gang
formerly known as Grave Yard Gang, Grave Yard Park Crips. SoMali Gang, SoMali Crips 		South Major 26.0 95 Active
Sunset Gang
Sunset Crips 		South Minor 24.5 13 Inactive [14]
Majestic Alley Crips
Majestic Alley Crips 		North Major 28.5 38 Active
Baka-Land Crips
Baka-Land Crips 		South Major 29.5 25 Active [15]
Conch Shell Bay Bloods
Bay Side Gang 		South Minor 24.5 28 Active [16]
Afghanistan Gang
Afghanistan Bloods 		South Minor 24.5 13 Active [17]
Louise Bevans Crips
Louise Bevans Crips 		South Minor 24.5 35 Active [18]
Antelope Street Bloods
Antelope Street Bloods, Antelope Extension Bloods, Horse and Carriage, 1SLAP Gang 		South Minor 27.0 28 Active [19]
Police Street Gang
Police Street Crips 		South Minor 26.0 30 Active [20]
103 New Road Bloods
103 New Road Bloods 		North Minor 21.0 18 Inactive [21]
Thru The Park Gang
Thru The Park Bloods 		South Minor — — Active [22]

Other entities

Guatemalan and Mexican groups work with Belizean gangs to receive, store, and move illicit drugs and precursor chemicals.[23] Furthermore, Belizean gangs seemingly provide logistical help in return for illicit drugs and arms.[24]

Name Base Size State Cf
Mendoza clan
Mendoza family 		Guatemala Major ? [n 4]
Zetas
Los Zetas 		Mexico Major ? [25]
Sinaloa
Sinaloa Cartel 		Mexico Major ? [26]
MS-13
Mara Salvatrucha 		El Salvador Major Active [27]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Jan; WB, pp. 210, 212.
  2. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  3. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22, 24.
  4. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22; Ral.
  5. ^ WB, p. 216.
  6. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22; Ral.
  7. ^ WB, p. 216.
  8. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22; Ral.
  9. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  10. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22; Ral.
  11. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22; Ral.
  12. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  13. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  14. ^ WB, p. 216; Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  15. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22, 24; Ral.
  16. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  17. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  18. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  19. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  20. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  21. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  22. ^ Yg m, pp. 9, 21–22.
  23. ^ Bun, p. 183.
  24. ^ Bun, p. 183; Kry, p. 9.
  25. ^ Bun, p. 194.
  26. ^ Bun, p. 194.
  27. ^ Kry, p. 19; Ral.
  1. ^ Notes and short citations provided in Cf columns. For gangs, Base, Age, and No columns give location in Belize City (Northside versus Southside), estimated mean age of members, and estimated median tally of members, respectively. This article uses ACLED data (Ral, filtered for Belize on 16 July 2025) for information on recent (2018 and later) gang-related incidents.
  2. ^ For instance, WB found the murder rate has been steadily increasing since the 1990s (pp. 4-6, 197, 209), noting the state, scholars, and press often blame gangs for the vast majority of crime (pp. 1, 8, 198, 209-210).
  3. ^ WB, p. 210; Yg m, pp. xv, 19–20. Though data 'is limited' (Yg m, p. 19).
  4. ^ Bun, pp. 183, 194. Well-connected crime family; Zetas arrival [likely 2007] 'forced them to change their calculus' (Bun, pp. 180–181). Allegedly use(d) Belize 'as a respite and strategic headquarters' (Bun, p. 183).

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