MS-13 has grown into one of the most feared gangs on the planet. Founded in the United States it was transported to El Salvador after convicts were deported. From there the gang grew into a beast. It is now working closely with drug cartels and terro
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A Maryland MS-13 member was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Monday. 29-year-old Jose Lainez Martinez, an El Salvadoran national residing in Silver Spring, Maryland, had pleaded guilty to his participation in a racketeering conspiracy, incl
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Michael Moy has a unique perspective on New York’s underworld. As a member of Chinatown’s Fuk Ching gang he was an integral part of it. When he decided to leave his life of crime behind him, he joined the New York City Police Department. Now, he take
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Gangs control three prisons in Mississippi housing over 7,000 inmates, according to a Department of Justice report released last month. It pointed out that the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, and
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When you are young, you are allowed to make some mistakes. That’s how you learn. Most mistakes are made when we are a teenager. Sometimes, however, mistakes are beyond repair. Especially when one joins a violent gang like MS-13.
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Ever wondered what it’s like being a member of a gang? Not just any gang, but the Latin Kings, one of the biggest in the United States. Andy Pellerano was a soldier for the Almighty Latin King Nation and sat down with Business Insider.
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Six men affiliated with the O-Block street gang were convicted in Chicago on Wednesday on racketeering offenses that included the murder of Carlton Weekly, a Chicago rapper also known as “FBG Duck.”
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The job of a secretary is anything but frightening or adventurous. Making appointments, administrative duties, all while working from nine to five under a boss is usually monotonous and generally looked down upon. So imagine being a secretary for the
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A member of the “LA Dank DMV Crew” was sentenced on Wednesday to over 6 years in prison for his role in a sophisticated and broad conspiracy that was responsible for bringing hundreds of pounds of marijuana from California to the metropolitan area. 3
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A member of the No Rats Allowed Crew is off to prison. 28-year-old Adrian Wade, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Wednesday, January 10, to 5 years behind bars for being a convicted felon in possession a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition insid
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A member of the Aryan Brotherhood gang pleaded guilty to murder and racketeering charges last week. 49-year-old Brant Daniel, of Sacramento, was caught up in a long-running investigation into the California Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, and was sent
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He was a really old man when he died, a one-time mob boss of London’s Little Italy. Sometimes he was called “The General of Clerkenwell.” In a life that long, there must be a richness, a flavor of spice that carries his endeavors through decades of t
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A green light seems like such a positive term. Unless it is issued by a member of the Mexican Mafia. When a person is green lit by them, it means certain death. Still, greed is a funny thing. Why not a bit of drugs and cash? How will the imprisoned
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Two members of MS-13 were indicted on October 4, 2023, and charged with with multiple racketeering offenses in connection with two murders, a narcotics trafficking conspiracy, as well as with related charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, fi
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The boss and two members of the Brooklyn-based Real Ryte gang pleaded guilty to racketeering charges stemming from Real Ryte’s gang war with the Breadgang crew of the 5-9 Brims, a subset of the Bloods, including a shooting in which Real Ryte members
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A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted to his role in a racketeering conspiracy. 22-year-old Tre Byrd, aka “Bands,” aka “G Bandz,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to a superseding indictment that charged him with Racketeer Influenced and
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Abel Mora, a member of the Trinitarios street gang, was charged on Tuesday, September 26, in federal court in Brooklyn with being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition related to two separate shootings he allegedly committed in Queens and Bro
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“Loose lips sink ships.” It’s a line that can be found in many a Mafia social club as a reminder not to talk about, alleged, crimes. Why? Because that sort of talk gets you locked up. Something Crips gang boss Duane “Keffe D” Davis found out when he
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Two Kansas City, Mo., men who led 246, a violent street gang, were sentenced in federal court on Monday for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that included illegal firearms and a drive-by shooting outside a daycare center where children we
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A senior Hoover Criminal Gang member was sentenced to federal prison on Monday for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. 39-year-old Eugene “Big Truth” Michael Brown was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and three years’ supervi
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