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Latin Kings: Gangs
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The Latin King chapters inside correctional facilities operate much like those on the streets and share the bulk of the rules and regulations and the "literature" of their outside counterparts. The structure looks like this from the top down: at the very top is the Inca. Each facility may have an "Inca". This is a spot that does not necessarily "transfer" to other facilities or the outside. Underneath the "Inca" are the following positions: Cacique, Enforcer, Crown Chairman, Investigator, Treasurer, and Secretary. Where the gang in one facility is dispersed into different "cellhouses" or buildings, there will ... be separate roles for: cellhouse chief, cellhouse enforcer, cellhouse treasurer, and cellhouse security.
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Violent behavior is the hallmark of the Latin Kings; they are ... involved in the sale of drugs, weapons trafficking, and providing protection. As a result of the many ALKN gang leaders who have been incarcerated, the leadership of this gang still has the ability to orchestrate rules and policies from within the prison system. Because the Kings are one of the largest and most violent Hispanic street gangs, they are constantly being challenged by other street gangs. This rivalry manifests itself in street violence, with the Kings playing roles as both victims and perpetrators. Payback and anniversary dates of the deaths of gang members provide year-round opportunities for ALKN members to engage in violent acts.
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Producer-director Jon Alpert's Home Box Office documentary profiles Antonio "King Tone" Fernandez and his infamous gang dubbed the Latin Kings. Under house arrest during shooting, Fernandez asserts that he's a changed man who plans to convert the Kings into a nonviolent, activist group whose objective is to help the indigent. But police surveillance tapes reveal a different reality as the gang continues its brutal criminal activities.
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The largest Latino gang in Chicago, and perhaps in the United States, is the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. A Latin King leader explains the history and aims of his organization in an talk for the Chicago Gang History Project.
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For the past twenty years in Chicago female students who attended Chicago public schools have had to live with the fear of the well-earned reputation of the female members of the Latin Kings. The female members are called "Latin Queens". They exist to aid and assist the male members. Not surprisingly, it is not exactly a feminist organization, the men run this gang. But as one high ranking source told us who had become a resource for federal investigators: "Latin Queens make our gang similar to an extended family...we treated our Queens like they were our true sisters...the penalty for disrespecting a Queen is death...you can disrespect a male member, and depending on the situation --- whether the guy had any rank, etc --- you can walk away alive...but you can get killed just for calling a Latin Queen a bitch especially if she is married to a Latin King...we trained them to be just as ruthless as we were....we trained them to never back down from business...you will have to do it.....they fight with any rival gang females and with guys....they will shot at them, the whole nine yards....".
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JOHN SLADEWSKI/The Standard-Times New Bedford Police Chief Ronald E. Teachman speaks during a press conference at the Bristol County District Attorney's Office Monday to discuss the local, state and federal actions taken against Latin Kings gang members. At right, from top, are leader Diego Perez, aka King Loco, and high-ranking members Javier Ortiz Perez, aka King Javier, and Luis Sostre, aka King Scorpion.
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