Vineland Boys is a street gang composed mainly of Hispanic Americans operating in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.
The gang allegedly first teamed up with Abergils in 2000, offering protection and cooperation to the Israeli mafia's ecstasy trafficking ring operating in their territory.
[3] In 2003, members of the Vineland Boyz gang fatally shot Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka.
[4] This prompted a massive response where 1,300 federal and local law enforcement members took part in "Operation Silent Night".
[4] This case became notorious not only for the long-scale US-Mexico manhunt of Matthew Pavelka's killer, David Garcia (who was a member of the Vineland Boys before his arrest in 2003) but also for revealing the Vineland Boys' ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, Mexico's largest drug cartel and one of the most violent criminal organizations in the world, as well as revealing the intricate and deep corruption in the city of Burbank with the arrest of former Burbank mayor Stacey Jo Murphy.