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| locations = [[East Los Santos in GTA III Era|East Los Santos]]<br>[[Idlewood]]<br>[[Jefferson, Los Santos|Jefferson]]<br>[[Willowfield]]<br>[[Glen Park]]<br>[[Verona Beach]]

The Ballas are the [[Grove Street Families]] primary enemy and most influential gang in [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]]. In the beginning of the game they are the largest and most powerful street gang in Los Santos. They are involved in drug dealing/manufacturing (especially the crack cocaine trade), gang-banging, gang warfare, murder, prostitution, gun running/arms dealing, street violence, vandalism, and degeneracy. They are enemies with all Family sets (especially the [[Grove Street Families]]) and the Varrios Los Aztecas, and have establish ties with the [[San Fierro Rifa]], and the [[Loco Syndicate]] for narcotics, and the [[Russian Mafia]] for weapons. Their relationship with the Los Santos Vagos is largely "hit-or-miss" and presumably rocky; this is because the Ballas and Vagos are natural enemies on the streets (and will act with hostility upon spotting each-other), but briefly collaborate for mutual interest in the drugs trade - especially in relation to [[Big Smoke]]'s crack empire. The Ballas also collaborate with [[CRASH]], primarily for street intelligence.  

During the early game, the ballas are very successful at spreading crack-cocaine into [[Ganton]] and [[Grove Street]] in an attempt to weaken the Grove Street Families. By doing this, they turn members into weak and hopeless addicts while influencing high-ranking members with the money that can be made from drugs - taking them away from gang-banging (as is the case with [[B-Dup]]). However, one of their crack houses on the [[Idlewood]]/Ganton border is destroyed by CJ and [[Ryder]] on Sweet's orders during the mission [[Cleaning the Hood]]. This decreases their crack influence. In retaliation for the destruction of the crack house in Idlewood, the Kilo Tray Ballas attempt a drive-by shooting in Grove Street during the mission [[Drive-thru]]. However, CJ, Sweet, Big Smoke and Ryder are able to catch them on the way to Grove Street when pulling out of a [[Cluckin' Bell]] drive-thru in [[Willowfield]]. A car chase follows and the Ballas car is destroyed - though Big Smoke does nothing and is more concerned with eating his food - providing one of the many early in-game hints for his true connections with the Ballas.  

The Ballas eventually suffer a major loss when many members of the "Rollin' Heights Ballas" and the "Kilo Tray Ballas" are killed in a drive-by shooting that involves Sweet, Big Smoke, Ryder and CJ during the mission [[Drive-By]]. CRASH tips off all gangs in Los Santos with the exception of the Varrios Los Aztecas about a weapons and ammunitions train during the mission [[Cataylst]]. All gangs prepare to rob it - but the Ballas and the Los Santos Vagos fail and the train is instead robbed by the Grove Street Families via CJ and Ryder.