Due to the growth of gang membership nationally and as a preventative measure, the San Antonio Texas Anti-Gang Center has created this website to educate the public about criminal gangs and provide a way for residents to report tips to thwart the potential threat. This community policing initiative has been designed to help keep our neighborhoods and families safe from gangs and the related violence they bring. Read More >>
The Gang Threat
Gangs are morphing, multiplying, migrating and entrenching themselves in our inner cities, suburbs and rural communities. They are selling drugs to our kids, shooting up our neighborhoods, invading our homes, robbing our banks and stores, stealing our identities, our money, and instilling fear and violence everywhere they go. Read more >>
What is Being Done
Gang-related crimes typically fall within the jurisdiction of state and local law enforcement. In response to the growth in gang membership nationally, several federal, state, and local agencies have joined forces and created the San Antonio Texas Anti-Gang Center. Read more >>
Help us identify gang related crimes within our community by submitting an anonymous tip. Click on the button below to submit a tip. If this is an Emergency - Dial 911
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SAN ANTONIO – A man accused of fatally shooting a taxicab driver in Windcrest two years ago was arrested Friday on the West Side of San Antonio, and an arrest affidavit implicates at least one other suspect in the crime.
Baldemar Hinojoza Jr., 44, was taken into custody Friday and charged with capital murder in the death of Aadam Ugaas Xirsi. [More]
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Anti-Gang Initiative is being called a scientific and strategic approach to dismantling gangs.
On Friday, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies stood alongside Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales to talk about the joint effort to make the San Antonio area safer.
“Since I first took office, I said I wanted to focus the efforts of the DA's office on violent crime, and that's exactly what we're doing,” Gonzales said.
