Latin Kings [LK]

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HISTORY

The Latin Kings is a Chicago/New York-based street gang consisting of mainly of Spanish-speaking or Hispanic members. It began as a social organization for the advancement of the Puerto Rican community in the Chicago area in the 1940s and has since spread through all of Latin America and into Europe, specifically Spain.

By the 1970s, the Latin Kings came to be dominated by individuals engaged in criminal activity, and in particular, narcotics trafficking.

LOCATIONS

The U.S. Northeast

During the 1980s, Felix Millet and Nelson Millan , two inmates in the Connecticut state prison system, created the Almighty Latin King Nation of Connecticut. The word of Millet and Millan spread through the Connecticut prison system rapidly, and t d & Ohe Latin Kings, also called the Almighty Latin Charter Nation, soon became the largest gang in Connecticut.

In 1986, Luis Felipe, calling himself "king blood," took the Connecticut King Manifesto and added a few of his own writings and prayers. He formed the Almighty Latin King Nation of New York State at the Collins Correctional Institution, where he was serving a lengthy sentence for attempting to kill his live-in girlfriend. Within a few years, the Latin Kings spread through the New York State Prison system and onto the streets. By the early 1990s, New York City was home to several hundred members, a number which grew into the thousands throughout New York State and New Jersey by the mid-1990s.

Although Felipe was incarcerated, he produced many loyal Latin Kings who, upon release from prison, hit the streets and recruited. These members established chapters throughout New York, New Jersey, and certain areas of Pennsylvania.

In 1996, the new leader of the Latin Kings in New York, which seemed to be spearheading other East Coast Latin King chapters, was Antonio "King Tone" Fernandez. Fernandez attempted to polish the image of the Latin Kings by the use of the media, selected sympathizers, and political organizations. He advocated the Latin Kings as a brotherhood of men and women attempting to better their lives and communities through unity and education. Striving to perfect that end, Fernandez sought the help of the Calientemix Organization to create workshops and counseling to members. However, as Fernandez went on a mass media spree of propaganda, the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's Office targeted Fernandez and the Latin Kings.

Crackdowns and legal action

By 1999, a joint investigation, now labeled "Operation Crown" and including the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, the United States Attorney's Office, the Bronx District Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the NYPD, resulted in the arrest of more than 100 members of the Latin Kings in New York and New Jersey, including Fernandez. The charges included conspiracy to distribute narcotics, narcotics possession, weapons possession, and murder.

In February 1999, ChettO “King Che" Meneo plead guilty to charges related to this arrest and denounced the Latin Kings in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn. Fernandez received a twelve-year sentence to a maximum security prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Current leadership of Latin Kings in New York State is held by David King DerMensch Torruella.

Terminology and structure

The chapters formed in the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania area were called "tribes." Animal names, such as Tiger Tribe, Wolf Tribe, and Lion Tribe, were used to label the different chapters.

Each chapter maintained their own hierarchical structure. The leader was the Primera Corona (First Crown), the second in command was the Segunda Corona or Second Crown, and the Third Crown was the "organizer." The Fourth Crown was the "Counselor," who was responsible for conducting the Latin King training lessons.The Fifth Crown was the Treasurer, responsible for collecting the weekly dues and fines.

The U.S. Midwest

According to an indictment unsealed in federal court in 2005, the Milwaukee chapter of the Latin Kings street gang engaged in an eight-year span of violent activity, including murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking, robbery, kidnapping, arson, home invasions, drive-by shootings, and intimidation of witnesses. Following a multi-year federal, state, and local task force investigation, officers arrested numerous suspects and executed 15 federal search warrants in the Milwaukee area. In total, 49 members of the Latin Kings street gang were charged in federal court in Milwaukee with racketeering, drug, and firearms offenses.

The 38-count indictment charged that the Latin Kings operated as a criminal RICO enterprise in Milwaukee and other parts of Wisconsin from January of 1998 through September 27, 2005, the date of the indictment. The indictment contained specific allegations regarding four murders and 38 attempted murders that were allegedly committed by the defendants. The indictment also alleged that the Latin Kings had an established hierarchy, requiring the payment of membership and chapter dues paid from drug trafficking and robberies.

The U.S. South

On August 20, 2006, 39 members of the ALKQN were arrested in Tampa, Florida at the Caribbean-American Club. These members represented most of the leadership of the entire state of Florida, according to Sheriff David Gee.

Europe

In August 2006, the Latin Kings were declared a legal association in Catalonia (Spain) under the name "Associació Cultural de Reis i Reines Llatins de Catalunya" (Cultural Association of Latin Kings and Queens of Catalonia). However, in the rest of Spain, the Latin Kings are still considered an illegal organization.

Members of the Latin Kings are identified by their gold or yellow and black-colored clothing, as well as having five-pointed crowns or using the word ALKQN. Some of the Latin Kings have crowns tattooed on their bodies and tend to have street fights with another organization originating from Puerto Rico, the Ñetas, and with the Skinheads.

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