Los trinitarios gang: Difference between revisions
Ganja-Black (talk | contribs) ←Created page with 'Infob{{ox Criminal organization |name = Trinitario |founded = 1993 |founding_location = New York City |territory = East Coast |ethnicity = Hispanic |...' |
Ganja-Black (talk | contribs) made the page |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''Trinitario''' is a violent New York-base'd multinational street gang composed of [[Hispanics]].<ref>National Drug Intelligence Center, [http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs27/27506/dtos.htm Drug Trafficking Organizations], June 2008</ref> Trinitario was founded in 1987 within the [[New York City Department of Corrections|New York state prison system]]<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/publications/ngta2009.pdf National Gang Threat Assessment 2009]</ref> by a man known as El Caballon, and since spilled into the streets, with chapters in all five boroughs of New York City. Reports of Trinitario activity have also been made in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alaska,[http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs27/27506/dtos.htm] and even Spain. It is considered the fastest-growing gang in New York, recruiting members from high schools local to the gang's area of activity, with the highest numbers of reports coming from Chelsea, Gramercy Park, Harlem, the Morris Heights section of The Bronx and from [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]]<ref>Philip Messing, [http://www.nypost.com/seven/01142008/news/regionalnews/schools_gang_scourge_128917.htm Schools' Gang Scourge], January 14, 2008</ref>. Their slogan is "Dios, Patria, y Libertad". |
|||
Infob{{ox Criminal organization |
|||
|name = Trinitario |
|||
|founded = 1993 |
|||
== History == |
|||
|founding_location = New York City |
|||
|territory = East Coast |
|||
|ethnicity = [[Hispanic]] |
|||
|membership = 3,000–4,000 in New York, 30,000 worldwide {{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} |
|||
|activities = [[Illegal drug trade|Drug trafficking]], [[assault]], [[murder]], and [[Robbery|robberies]] |
|||
|allies = None |
|||
|rivals = [[Latin Kings (gang)|Latin Kings]], [[People Nation]], [[Dominicans Don't Play]], [[Bloods]], [[Crips]], [[Folk Nation]], [[Nortenos]], [[MS13]], [[Surenos]]}} |
|||
Revision as of 20:31, 18 October 2009
Trinitario' is a violent New York-base'd multinational street gang composed of Hispanics.[1] Trinitario was founded in 1987 within the New York state prison system[2] by a man known as El Caballon, and since spilled into the streets, with chapters in all five boroughs of New York City. Reports of Trinitario activity have also been made in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alaska,[1] and even Spain. It is considered the fastest-growing gang in New York, recruiting members from high schools local to the gang's area of activity, with the highest numbers of reports coming from Chelsea, Gramercy Park, Harlem, the Morris Heights section of The Bronx and from Washington Heights[3]. Their slogan is "Dios, Patria, y Libertad".
History
- ^ National Drug Intelligence Center, Drug Trafficking Organizations, June 2008
- ^ National Gang Threat Assessment 2009
- ^ Philip Messing, Schools' Gang Scourge, January 14, 2008