Los trinitarios gang
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
the Trinitarios started in the late 1980s or the early 90s in sing sing prison new york by founder El Caballon as a result to defend the small Dominican population in jail from Puerto Rican and Black gangs such as the Latin Kings,Netas and the east cost bloods trinitarios waz made up of smaller groups within the prison system such as Los Papi Chulos, Dominican Power and Dominican Posse, they came together as 1 nation calling themselfs the trinitarios the trinity stood for the three groups that formed the gang and the three founding fathers of the dominican republic who help estabish the country and free them from the hation rule
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- ^ National Drug Intelligence Center, Drug Trafficking Organizations, June 2008
- ^ National Gang Threat Assessment 2009
- ^ Philip Messing, Schools' Gang Scourge, January 14, 2008