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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]
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 ...
Notably, the formation of the Latin Kings in 1954 and the Simon City Royals in 1956, demographic shifts and homeowner fears exacerbated by blockbusting in 1962, [4] the Division Street riots in 1966, and finally the arrival of La Raza Nation in 1985; All in part serving as the impetus for the formation of subsequent gangs and a broader culture ...
The United Blood Nation was formed on July 16, 1993, when incarcerated gang leaders Omar "OG Mack" Portee and Leonard "OG Dead Eye" McKenzie allied several gangs – including the Nine Trey Gangsters, GKB (G-Shine), Sex Money Murder, 183 Gangster Bloods, Valentine Gangster Bloods, and Blood Stone Villains – to protect members from the dominant Ñetas and Latin Kings gangs.
Wagner’s membership in the longtime Latin Kings, which was founded as an Hispanic street gang in Chicago decades ago, was discovered by federal investigators. But the gang didn’t appear to ...
These two groups are traditionally distinct, but both call themselves "Bloods". UBN started in 1993 in Rikers Island's George Motchan Detention Center (GMDC) to form protection from the Latin Kings and Ñetas who were targeting African-American gang members. UBN is a loose confederation of predominantly African-American street gangs.
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 ...
Kings Island's special place in my heart May 14, 2024, will mark 13 years since that trip. May 27 will be the 13th anniversary of when Mace became my girlfriend and our eighth wedding anniversary.