
The next day, while Danny serves out the rest of his jail term, Pilon and Pablo find Portagee Joe and Jose Maria Corcoran drunk in the back yard and invite them to live in the house for the three dollars which Jose Maria has. On the way to celebrate in one of the houses, Danny meets Dolores Ramirez, a "Portagee" girl to whom Danny is attracted and names "Sweets." During the party, Pilon talks Danny into renting the other house to him, then convinces Pablo to live with him and pay the fifteen dollars rent. Pilon warns Danny that property and watches bring unwanted responsibilities and cajoles him into selling the watch for some wine. Because Danny is in jail for public drunkenness, his friends, Pilon and Pablo, convince jailer Tito Ralph to "parole" Danny to celebrate and invite Tito to come along. Other rivals are the Compton Varrio Tortilla Flats, and the Compton Varrio 70s.In Monterey, California, paisano Danny Alvarez inherits a gold watch and two houses in the area known as Tortilla Flat from his grandfather. They mainly war with other Hispanic gangs on the West Side, such as the Compton Varrio 155, one of their oldest enemies. The Compton Varrio Alondra are allied with the Mexican-Mafia, a prison criminal organization. This is to distinguish themselves from Hispanic gangs in Northern California, especially Norteños who are mortal enemies of Sureños. The Compton Varrio Alondra is composed of several smaller cliques known as the Baby Gangsters (BGS), Pee Wees (PWS), Tiny Locos (TLS), Locos (LS) and the Malditos (MDS).ĭespite, being geographically on the West Side of Compton, they claim South Side (a reference to Southern California). The Compton Varrio Alondra shares parts of their barrio with the Tragniew Park Compton Crips, an African-American street gang who mainly feud with the Campanella Park Pirus.

Their name is derived from Alondra Blvd, a neighborhood street located near Central Ave. The Compton Varrio Alondra (CVA), also known as the Compton Varrio Alondra 13 (CVA13) or simply Alondra 13 (A13) are primarily, but not exclusively, a Mexican-American criminal street gang based on the West Side of Compton, California.
