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Hand signals of the Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos. A gang sign, also known as a gang signal, is a verbal or visual way gang members identify their affiliation. This can take many forms including slogans, hand signs, colored clothing, and graffiti to indicate that the signaller favors, or is a member of, the associated gang.
The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN, ALKN, or LKN, also known as simply Latin Kings) is a gang active primarily in the United States as well as internationally. The gang was founded by Puerto Ricans in Chicago , Illinois, in 1954.
The gang was able to expand rapidly due to anti-Puerto Rican and anti-Latin King sentiment being fairly spread among some of the white youth here. [13] This second generation of Simon City members fought significantly more than the preceding, founding generation, as a result of accelerating changes to the neighborhood, and their opposition to them.
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The Folk Nation was formed on November 11, 1978, within the confines of the Stateville Correctional Center. [2] Larry Hoover, the chairman of the Gangster Disciple Nation, created the idea for the alliance and persuaded many leaders of large black, white, and Latino gangs from Chicago to join.
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 rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, is in court in Fulton County, Georgia, fighting gang and racketeering charges in connection with what prosecutors say is a violent street gang he ...
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.