Los Solidos is a

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started in the early 1990s and based in

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. The gang also operates in other northeastern cities e.g.

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History

Los Solidos was founded by Lawrence Beauvais from the remains of two other gangs that merged to help defend themselves against larger gangs such as the Latin Kings. Following the 1993-1994 feud with the Latin Kings, the President of the Puerto Rican street gang, Jorge Rivera, was given 13 concurrent

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s for four

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, and other offenses which subsequently severely disrupted gang activities and operations. Then in the early 2000s the gang began regrouping, reforming and in 2008 was featured on an episode of '' Gangland''. In January 2008, high-ranking member Trevis "Bones" Dailey was arrested for the murder of a rival gang member while on parole for the homicide of a Latin Kings member in 1994. Then in 2015 dozens of members were arrested in a sweep on various gang-related charges involving weapons and drug sales. In 2016 Los Solidos member Angel Carrasquillo was sentenced to 80 years for a double murder over drug sales in Solidos territory. As of 2019 the Los Solidos are still very active on the streets of

and throughout the northeast

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with a growing presence as a result of its members some high ranking being released from long term incarceration trafficking weapons, drugs and promoting

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and other violent gang-related activities. March 2020 a member of Los Solidos pleaded guilty in federal court to drugs and weapons charges then on April 8, 2020 several additional members were arrested and charged with drug trafficking, distribution and weapons charges stemming from early morning joint FBI, Hartford Police task force raids across the city. February, 2021 high ranking member Elias Guzman was sentenced to 5 years in Federal prison for drug trafficking.

References

*https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-hartford-gang-member-guilty-plea-20200304-q6nhtai2i5cvnldnheofbsxa6q-story.html *https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-hartford-south-end-federal-drug-bust-20200408-tvnen3tryzfylbpdq7n2b4maae-story.html *https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/hartford-gang-member-sentenced-5-years-federal-prison-selling-fentanyl-crack *https://www.myrecordjournal.com/Archive/2014/09/Gangs-RJ-092614#gallery-4 {{DEFAULTSORT:Solidos, Los Organizations based in Hartford, Connecticut Hispanic-American gangs Latino street gangs Gangs in Connecticut Gangs in Massachusetts