How do Mexico's drug cartels work?
A soldier walks past residents on the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. President Daniel Noboa decreed.
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Tattoos are an excellent tool for law enforcement and corrections officers to use to identify known or suspected gang members. This gallery includes examples of tattoos worn by predominanly Latino gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, MS-13, and the Latin Kings. The number "13" is used because M (or La Eme) is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet and is used to signify the Mexican Mafia, which.
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Mara Salvatrucha, otherwise known as MS-13, is one of the largest, most notorious street gangs in the world. Though it originated in Los Angeles, the gang has deep ties to Mexico's Los Zetas cartel, and since the 1990s and 2000s, it has become a major player in the North American drug trade. For members of Mara Salvatrucha, marking yourself.
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Juan Diego Quesada. Guayaquil - Jan 13, 2024 - 09:40 EST. The wave of violence that Ecuador has suffered in recent days might be interpreted as a new phenomenon in a country that until now had been on the margins of the serious issues with criminality in neighboring nations, such as Peru and Colombia. But those days are gone.
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An inside look at Mexico's Sinaloa cartel Since 2018, Eduardo Giralt Brun has been trying to understand the psyche of the foot soldiers in the criminal group.. Giralt Brun is a tall, stocky man with tattoos on his arms, a shaved head and a thick mustache that is the outstanding feature on his face. He wears tight clothes and there are.
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The cartel, he said, is spending some of the drug proceeds on high-powered weaponry for its arsenals in Mexico. He pointed to an indictment returned last week, charging four men with attempting to.
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Published 12:02 PM PST Dec. 19, 2021 Updated 12:05 PM PST Dec. 19, 2021. COVELO, Calif. — Mexican drug cartels are muscling in on America's burgeoning multi-billion-dollar marijuana industry.
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A classic symbol of Mexico, the Mexican eagle with a serpent in its beak, makes for a beautiful tattoo design idea. Religious motifs such as Jesus Christ face, the cross, or the Savior Heart also feature in many mafia tattoos. Mexican tattoos for mafia men highlight the theme of violence with designs of traditional wood handled pistols, rifles.
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A Sureño is a Latino gang member who belongs to a street gang that identifies with, and is subservient to, the Mexican Mafia. He may be from northern or southern California, or from your city, or from Central America. Sureños identify with the color blue and use tattoos with the number 13, sureño, sur, south sider, or "kanpol" (a word taken.
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A crackdown at a state prison in Juárez after a deadly mass breakout last month has resulted in the seizure of a variety of contraband. But a strange discovery this week was the cat's meow. A.
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A Mexican gang linked to the Sinaloa Cartel had a pet inside prison: A tattooed cat. Authorities seized the cat, which appears to be of the Sphynx breed, with a "Made In Mexico" tattoo on one.
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The Mexican mafia is perhaps one of the most pervasive gangs in the entire Mexican prison system. Their main tattoo depicts an eagle holding the snake in its mouth, usually perched high on top of the letters gang letters E.M.E. or M.M. Many designs also have images of guns, naked women, or three dots. These designs represent recklessness, power.
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0:00. 1:01. A hairless Sphynx cat with a gang tattoo who gained international attention after being found wandering alone inside the Cereso No. 3 state prison in Juárez is up for adoption.
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They also alleged for the first time that he had likely ties to a Mexican drug cartel. Riverside County sheriff's deputy Jorge Oceguera-Rocha, 25, was charged with one felony count each of.
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Alongside gang-specific or prison-specific tattoos, there are a number of symbols and designs that can carry universal meanings in the criminal underworld. Tiger - power and strength. Spider web - time spent in prison or time spent 'caught in the web' of the inescapable gang lifestyle. Three dots - arranged in a triangle, they stand.