SOC SCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ms-13, Ephedrine, Mexican Mafia

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOC SCI 120
• Professor: Al Valdez

Document Summary

Welcome to a tax free varrio = you don"t pay the mexican mafia or eme tax so drugs are cheaper. Street gangs that do not pay are green lighted (a term that means you can get punishment or hurt) Big city gangs, sometimes the members and culture are going to rural areas of the country. Amish youth got involved with cocaine and outlaw motorcycle gang (omg) Infrastructure (transportation routes) is important to cartels to bring in drugs. California/mexican border lets under 10% of the total border. Some prison and street gangs now deal directly with mexican drug cartels. Tunnels; one tunnel took million to build and it paid itself off in a week. Local guys = needs to protect profit and drugs. Alley boys = about 50 members = making million a week in sales of meth and cocaine and marijuana. Cartels would surgically implant drugs inside puppies then sacrifice the puppies to get the drugs out.