By Maria Rios – MuseumOfTheCity.org – Photo Tumblr

Pachuca girls in a police station, 1940s

The pachuca/os culture came into the spotlight in the summer of 1942 with the death of José Díaz on Williams ranch in rural Los Angeles, located near reservoirs that was a local hot-spot for Mexican-American youth. The evening of August 1st there was a violent confrontation between two rival gangs,

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