States attorney sues maniac latin disciples street gang. The maniac latin disciples mld are the second largest latino street gang in chicago and the largest latino gang in the folks alliance. The gang book also examines gun trafficking and the expanding presence of gangs in the suburbs, including the latin kings, gangster disciples, surenos, maniac latin disciples and vice lords. Mld maniac latin disciples folk nation grimy kilo gang chicago, il.
Maniac latin disciples, originated in chicago in the late 1960s. These vintage business cards from chicago gangs are crazy as hell. Social media escalates gang violence, new gang book. Social media gangs have embraced social media over the.
In the beginning, there were two separate organizations. Obliterating gangs in chicago police unleash war on maniac latin disciples gang, arrest 120. Elgin sues maniac latin disciples under state antigang. All the gangs that became maniacs needed to add maniac to their prefix and the latin stylers became the maniac latin stylers. More than half are in three gangs the gangster disciples, latin.
Originally known as the latin scorpions, the gang was founded by albert hitler hernandez in the humboldt park community in approximately 1966. A new book collects quirky, sometimes ugly trademarks of 70s and 80s chicago gang life. The untold history of local latino gangs lit feature chicago reader. That last gang book, which is used as a guide for regional police. Of 122 suburban police departments that responded to a chicago crime commission survey, 80 said gangs were in their communities. Maniac latin disciples article archives chicago reader. If you have any images you would like to share please do so. I asked hagedorn how his book was received by the gangs. In the insane chicago way, criminologist john hagedorn discovers an intricate.
One suburban chicago community is taking a street gang to court not to criminal court, as is the standard practice nationwide but to civil court. Crime commission book lists worst of the worst in chicago gangs. I explained this in my last book, a world of gangs p. In one sweep during the late 1990s, we targeted the latin kings.
This is not to promote violence or anything negative. The kane county states attorney has sued 25 members of the elgin maniac latin disciples street gang seeking to further rid the city of destructive activity. Maniac latin disciples, satan disciples, spanish cobras, and mickey cobras. Chicago crime commission unveiling 1st gang book since.
The gang is composed of at least 10 structured and unstructured factions with an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 members and associate members. Lit feature, the insane chicago way, john hagedorn, gangs, sal martino, fernando prince fernie zayas, maniac latin disciples, anibal tuffy c santiago, insane spanish cobras, david ayala. The untold history of local latino gangs chicago reader. The gang is composed of at least 10 structured and unstructured factions with an estimated. From gangster disciple to growth and development rod emery chapter one. The seeds of these alliances date back to the chicago street gangs of the 1960s. You wanna be a punk gang member or do you wanna be a gangster. These niggas are straight crazy and used to be deep in humboldt park, logan square, bucktown, waukegan, elgin, rockford, aurora and. Police war on maniac latin disciples is workingit has been about a year since chicago police brass promised to wipe out the maniac latin disciples street gang on the northwest side, and a. The contents of this book were developed under a grant from the u. Does chicagos new city sticker depict the signs and symbols of the maniac latin disciples. Dir017 cartel and gangs in chicago unclassified dea. Loca d, the lady d who seduced 2 latin kings into a death trap.
Maniac latin disciples is the largest hispanic gang in the folk nation alliance. The gangster disciples pp 1015 the black gangster disciple nation was born out of two organizations. This trend is explored in the chicago crime commission gang book. Or is it an annunciation of the citys public safety officials. Chicago the chicago crime commission is unveiling a new streetgang book thatll serve as a guide for regional police and others keeping tabs on.
Bwp gangs include latin kings, maniac latin disciples, spanish lords a interactive crime map shows several chicago gangs that have territory in. The shooting stemmed from a physical altercation at a birthday party that varela, the leader of the maniac latin disciples gang, was involved. They are one of the original and strongest gangs in the folks nation. Other significant street gangs that are active in chicago, each with an estimated membership of over 1,000, include the new breeds, four corner hustlers, two six, maniac latin disciples, satan disciples, spanish cobras, and mickey cobras. Pages in category gangs in chicago the following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. Latin kings, gangster disciples, sureno s, maniac latin disciples. Grimy kilo demons mldz maniac latin disciples chicago folks. Chicagos maniac latin disciple gang informants pt 2 of 6 duration. The maniac latin disciples, the largest spanish folks gang. Departments of health and human services, justice and.
The survey found the latin kings, gangster disciples, sureno s, maniac latin disciples and vice lords are the top five most active gangs within the jurisdictions of the 170 police agencies. Zayas from the maniac latin disciples, anibal tuffy c santiago from the insane. The story begins in the year 1966, the same year several african american street gangs united under the black disciple umbrella on the south side of chicago. The latin stylers chose the side of the latin disciples and joined the new maniac familia. The maniac latin disciples mld came into existence around 1966, when the gangs founder albert hernandez started moving to recruit people from the latin scorpions, a local baseball team playing in the humboldt park neighborhood of chicago, illinois. A look at todays chicago gangs and how theyve changed. The maniac latin disciple early history is indeed fascinating as they have deep ties to the gangster disciples and black disciples that date far back in time. The latin kings, gangster disciples, surenos, maniac latin disciples and vice lords have the largest suburban presence. Maniac latin disciples gang leader charged in chicago shooting.
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