Our information comes from the 2nd in command (a Prince) of the gang at that time who is now a federal informant in the witness protection program. They chopped at the torso, cutting it into smaller pieces. The monthly universals drew attendance of 500600 regularly. [54], On August 20, 2006, thirty-nine leading Latin Kings members every known leader of the gang in Florida were arrested after law enforcement officers raided a high-level meeting at a rented club in Tampa. [42][43] According to the Manifesto, there are three stages or cycles of Nation life that constitute Kingism:[44], According to the Manifesto, "The New King no longer views the rival warrior as the cause of his ills; instead, he fights against the Anti-King System (social injustices and inequality)". Revenues; The New King recognizes that the day of resurrection is here. Luis Rosa is listed in theLibertad, an extreme leftist publication of the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners of War (2048 W. Division, Chicago, IL 60622, email address:ncprpowpp@aol.com), as serving a 105 year sentence at Joliet presently (IDOC #N02743, DOB 8/6/60). [58] Latin Kings North Side faction leader Gustavo "Gino" Colon was sentenced to life in prison as a result of the case. Hector "Bebo" Salazar was sentenced to five years and nine months' imprisonment for distributing heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine on November 18, 2019,[51] and Brian "Buddha" Matos was sentenced to four years and nine months' for trafficking cocaine and fentanyl on February 5, 2020. At the local level, groups of Latin Kings are organized into "tribes." The indictment alleges that in the spring of . Also the school motto of Wellingborough School . In a chilling case from the Bronx, New York, the group brutally attacked a teenager in the process of gang recruitment because he was gay, reportsABC News. We sold one crate of the M16's to the Spanish Lords and the Unknowns who were allies at the time. Italians and Portuguese have been found to be members of the gang. [31], During this period, the Latin Kings began to gain some legitimacy within the Puerto Rican Nationalist movement, starting from when Lolita Lebrn, a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, who served 25 years in federal prison for her participation in an attack on the U.S. Capitol alongside other Puerto Rican militants in 1954, enlisted the New York State ALKQN to protect her during a demonstration in front of the United Nations headquarters. In 1994, with the rapid growth of the Latin Kings, an internal power struggle erupted, and violence within the Kings ensued. 94.9 percent have been suspended from school, 65.4 percent have been expelled from school. If the member is found to be guilty of the violation at their Crown hearing, they may be subject to a range of penalties depending on the severity of the offense: L.A. Kaufman wrote in the February 2015 issue of New York Magazine that the Kings had a "unique mixture of intense discipline, revolutionary politics and a homemade religion called 'Kingism'". As of the fall of 1996 no one has ever been prosecuted for the murder. Other funds are raised from membership dues and extortion both from the community and inside correctional facilities. And, often very violent punishments are meted out. No member is beyond reproach, and if they don't pass the test, they could potentially be givena T.O.S. Members are not suppose to use drugs, they do sell and distribute drugs. Its main motives are gaining power and protection from other gangs. Then Gino got kind of pissed that me and ____ may have been obstructing his authority, by not endorsing the hit on Kush, and he saidIf you two guys try to have this hit blocked I will have you both hit. The Latin Kings are a highly-structured organization with than 20,000 members in the Chicago area. 33.8 percent have been in a drug/substance abuse counseling program. salus populi suprema lex esto. [30], The Bloodline Manifesto was founded by Luis "King Blood" Felipe in 1986 in the New York State Collins Correctional Facility. We had first heard of a possible linkage between some members of the FALN terrorist group and the Latin Kings back in 1990 when one cooperative member of the LKs claimed such a connection existed. Fernandez was released after four days on $350,000 bail, which was paid for by the mandatory dues that the Bloodline treasurer had collected from the community every week. a stronghold (or refuge) in difficulties. In 1999, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison, which he began serving at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas, and was placed in solitary confinement. Graffiti serves as an important part of communication between Latin King gang members, as well as rivals. Total revenues. These can be found in a document known as the King Manifesto. [81], Twenty three people, including three members of the Latin Kings, were indicted in March 2019 as part of an investigation into a drug ring in Berks County. At the beginning, the family prayer is recited followed by members throwing up the "Amor de rey" sign (via theNYPD). His respect his shield and his sword is to all those who try to break him. After the arrest, members of the group claimed it was actually the gang's leader who threatened them to engage in such activity. 9.9 - Age first "bullied" someone else in school. Search the history of over 797 billion Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Folkscanomy Politics: Political Systems, Government and Democratic Organization, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Latin Kings believe Once a King, always a King and subscribe to an all for one mentality. As is common in corrupting correctional staff, the two hitmen got permission from the cellhouse guard to use the basement for the going away party. The last of the gang members was sentenced on November 27, 2018. Latin Kings, chicano, gang Collection folkscanomy_politics; folkscanomy; additional_collections Contributor dudeman5685 Language English Though primarily thought of as a gang, the LK has quasi-political and quasi-religious aspects. Some inmate chow hounds were pleasantly surprised to find so many friendly Latin Kings and GD's offering their entre for the evening meal to other hungry inmates. [82], An investigation by the FBI into gang activity in Rhode Island found that the Providence chapter of the Latin Kings, made up of approximately 100 members, has been active in narcotics trafficking, gunrunning, extortion and murder since at least September 1994. [3] New York State Bloodline Latin Kings share a common culture and structure with KMC and respect them as the Motherland, but not all chapters report to the Chicago leadership hierarchy. When a member is absent for the fourth time without a valid excuse, they are discharged from the organization. It also does not have various prayers and the set of rules. If one shares internal information, one could get a "full body fledge," an act of standing against the wall, while other members hit for two minutes and 30 seconds. Officers are supported by a "Crown Council" of the 5 Crowns Council members. A series of raids coinciding with the indictments led to the arrests of twenty-nine people in Cleveland on August 13, 2009. A substantial amount of documentation relating to the gang and its organization, as well as gang paraphernalia such as necklaces to denote rank within the gang, black and gold flags, neckscarves and rings, was also confiscated. All members of the gang identify themselves as Latin Kings. [31] For the ALKQN, 1997 began with Felipe being sentenced to 250 years in prison, with the first 45 to be spent in solitary confinement. "I would have to take an initiation violation that consisted of two chosen Kings beating me for three minutes. As per theNYPD, one of their rules dictates that no member should even think of relying on a law enforcement organizations as a credible source of information. Another symbol is the lion which represents courage, just as the crown does. Ecuador legalized gangs. Members of their own gang, cooperating upstairs in the cell house, helped next. However, it can be used as a guideline during investigations, strategy development, police development and officer safety awareness briefings. a Roman Silver Age maxim. According to theNYPD, no one is allowed to speak at meetings without a permission. Membership is predominantly Ecuadorian, although other Latin American and Spanish youths have also been recruited. [101][102], Twenty-three members were arrested in the Barcelona metropolitan area by Mossos d'Esquadra on 10 June 2015, suspected of organized crime membership, drug trafficking, assault and extortion.[103]. Soon after arriving in New York, Felipe was arrested and convicted of murdering his girlfriend. Department of Justice District of Massachusetts, "The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation,". We asked a leader who had spent 20 years in the gang, before being forced to basically testify against his own gang in a situation comparable to that in the movieAmerican Meexcept this particularly member was not going to accept being killed and he flipped instead, to tell us how the Latin Kings took down the armory and here is his story: "In 1977 or 1978 we hit the armory at North Avenue and Kedzie. Most of the new graffiti targeted the Holland police, threatening police officers but also other gangs. I can die in peace, because we found the continuation. He was sentenced to sixty years in prison on January 11, 2012. [78] Nine were convicted of various crimes under the RICO act in August 2013, including Jorge Peter "King Jay" Cornell founder of the Latin Kings in North Carolina who was sentenced to serve twenty-eight years in prison. They were all over the Humboldt Park area for a couple of days, it looked like martial law. Then they appeared over and over. There are two umbrella factions: the King Motherland Chicago (KMC) also known as King Manifesto and Constitution and Bloodline, formed in New York City in 1986. And while the Latin King's "initiation packet" espouses qualifications like morals, character, and cultural heritage as qualifications for prospective members (via the NYPD), entrance into the gang is often based on less altruistic notions. In our gang you cannot order a murder of a correctional officer without it being approved and called by the top leader (Lord Gino).". The Latin King gang is one of the most violent gangs in the United States today, with leaders unafraid to order "hits" on law enforcement and correctional officers with followers unashamed to obey their orders. Seeking such goals has attracted a wide variety of females who had been drug addicted, victimized and/or neglected by families, spouses and partners. The Special Commissioner of Investigation for Schools soon charged the ALKQN with infiltrating the school system; a school security guard with five years of service was dismissed on charges of unprofessional conduct for his association with the Latin Kings[citation needed]. The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN, ALKN, LKN) the largest and most organized Hispanic street gang in the United States of America, which has its roots dating back to the 1940s in Chicago, Illinois. We discounted it at the time, but information developed over the years and culminated in hard evidence. : Folk Nation aligned STGs, Crips, Latin Locos, Solidos, 20 Luv and Elm City Boys (ECB), Nation, Gangster Disciples, Black Gangster Disciples, La Raza, Imperial Gangsters, Maniac Latin Disciples, Satan Disciples and Spanish Cobras . Members are instructed onthe precise amount of exercise they should be doing while locked up "running two miles in 20 minutes, performing 500 push-ups and doing 50 sit-ups in two minutes." The Celestial Chapter They often follow a strict and detailed charter or constitution. Information within these profiles may vary from region-to-region and should not be used to 100% document gang membership, activity and/or gang crimes. Num. The membership in Chicago is estimated to be 20,000 to 35,000. We have collected dozens of these photo albums over the years, and literally thousands of such photos, usually paying a small fee to the LK member to acquire these artifacts. Originally created with the philosophy of overcoming . Milan struggles to cope as Latin American gang violence starts afflicting general public, Row erupts in Spain over treatment of Latin Kings, "Pagans may be planning a 'violent' expansion into North Jersey", "People and Folk Nation Sets Gang and Security Threat Group Awareness", "First he turned on 'El Chapo.' A lot of the M16's are still out there. . In 1981, the leader of Chicago's southside chapter, one Raul Gonzalez (AKA "Baby King") of the Latin Kings had a "run in" with a member of the northside chapter of the Latin Kings. As witnesses told the court, the Latin King member knew she was transgender as he dated her for quite a while, but because this was a serious violation of the gang's rules, he claimed that "Well, it was my life or his.". The basement of the cellhouse unit has the showers the inmates use. [55], Twenty-three Latin Kings members were indicted in south Florida in May 2015 on charges including racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking and illegal weapons possession. King Blood) fled to New York. The second warning is a one-minute of beating in front of everyone. 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The Chapter . [46], The evolution of the ALKQN has been viewed by outside sources as being assisted by the addition and greater role in which Queen Loki and Queen Vailor have played, exposing the ALKQN to a greater range of cross-class supporters than would have been possible prior to their integration. Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation Begin Fellow Kings and Queens It is with my crown raised high that I welcome you to www.ALKQN.org, a site owned and operated by members of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation who are committed to the truth of the crown. [98] In February 2011, Velastegui had an additional four years added to his sentence after being convicted of directing the gang from prison, while lieutenants Jose Fabricio Icaza and Maria Torres were sentenced to three-and-a-half years' and two years' imprisonment, respectively. Lining up plans in Tustin? The Latin Kings is a gang that started in the mid-1950s in Humboldt Park, an urban neighborhood of Chicago as a social organization to help Latinos but in the late 1960s began making money from drug sales. Latin Kings use gold and . The Almighty Latin King Nation is a American street gang founded in Chicago in 1940 and active mostly in Chicago.Latin King documents reveal a man by the name "Gino Gustavo Colon" (a.k.a. "[31] In 1998, Fernandez[34] pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell and distribute heroin. Lusinski was killed because Vallodolid thought he was a rival gang member. I know, my brother still has one of them.". One other was apprehended a month later after fleeing to New York. When the influx of hard drugs hit Chicago in the mid-'60s, the Latin Kings seized the opportunity and evolved into one of the most infamous, controlled, and dogmatic streetgangs in America, even spreading to some European countries. 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