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The gang was founded by Puerto Ricans in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954. [24][25] The Latin Kings are one of the largest Hispanic and Latino street and prison gangs worldwide. [26][27][28] In the United States, the Latin Kings operate under two umbrella factions—the King Motherland Chicago (KMC) faction headquartered in Chicago, and the Bloodline ...
King Tone. Antonio Fernandez, also known as King Tone, is the former head of the Latin Kings. In 1999, Fernandez was sentenced to 12 to 15 years for conspiring to sell narcotics. [1] He is the main figure in the HBO documentary, Latin Kings: A Street Gang story, which was released in 2007. He is also featured in the book, The Misfit Economy, by ...
A Miami man who belonged to the notorious Latin Kings gang was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison after being convicted of forcing women to have commercial sex and beating them if they didn ...
A Miami man who authorities say belonged to the notorious Latin Kings gang was found guilty Wednesday of forcing women to have commercial sex and beating them if they didn’t obey his orders.
History. Gangs in Humboldt Park originated in the 1950s, and quickly cascaded across nearly all racial groups in the area over the proceeding years as gang related violence also increased, with a surge in the late 1970s. [3] By the late 1980s/early 1990s, approximately 49 of the 139 gangs active in Chicago operated out of the 14th district ...
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.
Luis Felipe, also known as " King Blood ", is a Cuban-American former gang leader and is the founder of the New York chapter of the Latin Kings (ALKN) street gang. Born in Havana, Cuba, Felipe emigrated to the United States in the Mariel Boatlift in 1980. Six years later, in 1986, after fleeing Chicago, he founded the New York chapter of the ...
The name was changed again in 1959 to Latin Counts, inspired by the Polish Counts gang that operated in the nearby Back of the Yards community. During the 1960s, the Counts came into conflict with other gangs in the Pilsen area such as the Latin Kings, the Satan Disciples and Ambrose. In 1970, a faction broke off from the gang to be named the ...