Who are the Latin Kings?

Four Latin Kings members, including Ecuadoran citizen Flavio Mauricio Reyes-Criollo who founded the Canadian branch of the gang in 2003, were ordered deported from Canada in July 2010. The Latin Kings in Spain were founded in Madrid in February 2002 by Ecuadorian national Eric Javier Vara Velastegui.

Who is the Sun of Latin King nation?

The Latin King members commemorate three times throughout the year. Latin King documents reveal that Gino Gustavo Colon (a.k.a. “Lord Gino”) is considered the “SUN” of the Almighty Latin King Nation in Chicago.

Were the Latin Kings a heavy armed gang?

This contributed to some of the Chicago gang folk lore in the 1980’s about how the Latin Kings were a “heavily armed” gang and had powerful military weapons.

Who are the Latin Kings in Connecticut?

The Latin Kings in Connecticut started in the state’s prison system in the late 1980s. The gang has over two-hundred members in the state. Sixteen Latin Kings members, included the four highest-ranking members in the state, were arrested in Bridgeport and New Haven on June 30, 1994 and charged with conspiring to sell cocaine and heroin.

What happened to the Latin Kings?

Four leaders of the Latin Kings in Newark were among fifteen people indicted on racketeering charges on July 13, 2017 as part of Operation Peddling Misery, an investigation by the NJSP and Division of Criminal Justice that targeted a drug distribution enterprise that was dealing large quantities of heroin and crack cocaine in the city.

How many Latin Kings gang members have been arrested?

^ “Gang Success Stories”. ^ “Feds: Over 60 alleged Latin Kings gang members arrested along East Coast”. ^ “Over 60 Members of Latin Kings Charged”. 5 December 2019.

What is a Latin King disciplinary form?

The Latin Kings are members of the People Nation alliance of gangs, and are therefore opposed to the rival Folk Nation gang alliance. When any member believes that another member has violated a regulation, they begin the disciplinary process by submitting a Procedures for Violation Form.