SOC SCI 164C Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Texas Syndicate, Sinaloa Cartel, Mexican Mafia
7 Mar 2016
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The barrio azteca was formed to unite el paso street gang members who had been incarcerated in the texas department of criminal. Mimics a lot of behaviors like mexican mafia. Outside the jails, the street gangs are used to traffic narcotics and conduct other business for the ba. Ba collects a 10% tax on all of the street gang profits. El paso is known as chuco town. Intent and purpose of ba is to protect and control their local environment through illegal activites. The ba has a very high propensity for violence. Rivals: black gangs, texas mexican mafia (emi), tango blast, Grown to 3000-3500 members (2008); 4500 (2016) Subgroups: pepsi generation (newest, originals, nationals (members in mexico) Involved in all sorts of crime: human smuggling, kidnapping, robbery, murder for hire, arson, extortion, auto theft, assault, burglary, and weapon violations. Blood in blood out = bibo (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
