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Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Angeles area. Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization.
The Latin Kings in Connecticut started in the state's prison system in the late 1980s. The gang has over two-hundred members in the state. [62] Sixteen Latin Kings members, included the four highest-ranking members in the state, were arrested in Bridgeport and New Haven on June 30, 1994, and charged with conspiring to sell cocaine and heroin. [63]
A leader of an MS-13 gang clique in New York pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering in a case involving eight murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls who were hacked and ...
Bill Lukitsch. August 8, 2022 at 8:02 PM. Google Maps. Two alleged members of the transnational crime organization MS-13 are accused of killing a Kansas City teenager because they believed he ...
Many gangs started appearing in Georgia in the mid 1980s, as a result of the crack cocaine epidemic. [1] In 2003, there were an estimated 78 gangs in the Atlanta area alone. In 2015, Atlanta police announced that they were tracking an estimated 192 gangs. [2] In more recent times, Mexican drug cartels have established Atlanta as a major ...
The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN, ALKN, or LKN, also known as simply Latin Kings) is one of the largest Caribbean and Latino street and prison gangs worldwide. [22] [23] [24] The gang was founded by Puerto Ricans in Chicago , Illinois, in 1954.
Gangland (TV series) Gangland. (TV series) Gangland is a television series that aired on the History Channel. Gangland explores the history of some of America's more notorious gangs. It premiered on November 1, 2007, with an episode about the Aryan Brotherhood. The theme song was performed by rapper Buckshot of the Boot Camp Clik.
Bienvenido a mi barrio. (1995) Välkommen till förorten (Welcome to the suburbs) is the debut album by Swedish hip hop group The Latin Kings. It proved to be very successful in Sweden and influenced many future Swedish hip hop acts. Välkommen till förorten stayed at the Swedish Top 60 chart for 20 weeks and peaked at the 9th spot.