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Ñetas
The NETA Association (Asociación Pro-Derechos del Confinado, "Association for Prisoners' Rights", Asociación NETA, or simply NETA) is the name of a gang that began in the Puerto Rico prison system and spread to the United States mainland. Although Puerto Rico has many small street gangs claiming its poorer neighborhoods, NETAS is by far the largest and most dominant, controlling the illegal drug trade in the island's prison system. History The ''Asociación Ñeta'' (Ñeta Association) was founded in 1979 by Carlos Torres Irriarte, also known as "''La Sombra''" ("The Shadow"), when several pro-independence political prisoners were incarcerated in the maximum security Oso Blanco prison located in Rio Piedras. They formed as a mutual protection group, ostensibly to improve living conditions and defend inmates from abuses committed by guards and other prisoners, as well as to fight the prison gang ''Grupo 27'' ("Group 27"), or the "''Insectos''" ("Insects"). The G27s called the à ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinez Familia Sangeros
The Puerto Rican Mob/The Puerto Rican mafia, consists of 6 crime families, in the northwestern coast of Puerto Rico around the cities of Aguada, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Aguadilla, Moca, Puerto Rico, Añasco and Cabo rojo, Puerto Rico, Isabela. The family was founded by Quitoni Martinez, José López Rosario, José "Coquito" López Rosario whom later split from the Family to form his own which became a family within the Puerto Rican mafia, Henry Vega, Iván Vega, and Luis Albertos RodrÃguez. They had strong connections with The Cali Cartel and small connections with Los Pepes, Quirino Paulino, Paulino Castillo Organization, Gulf Cartel and the Puerto Rican street gang Ñetas. Foundation The MartÃnez Familia has been called the Puerto Rican mafia and a cartel. Quitoni and Julio GarcÃa, who were very good friends, started the Puerto Rican mafia to reportedly bring their family out of poverty. They started making money selling marijuana and cocaine, making $2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |