Adios Underworld Pioneer Sana Ojeda – I think
Adios Underworld Pioneer Sana Ojeda – I think
*Sam Quiñones always writes fascinating stuff. This time he tells us the latest about California’s Latino criminal underground. The history of California’s criminal groups is a part of the history […]
Boxer Enriquez, the Mexican Mafia, LAPD – What’s the problem?
*Although nefarious, the Mexican Mafia is one of So Cal’s important institutions. Sam Quiñones tell us we need to know how it works. VL By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog […]
Is This How Gangs End?
*Wonderful piece, as always, by NewsTaco contributor Sam Quiñones, published in Pacific Standard Magazine. I’m a fan of the creative process, and Sam gives us a little behind-the-scenes look at […]
The Dead Presidents Case…Finally the End
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog On the night of July 9, 2000 on the West Side of the city of San Bernardino, several armed gang members went into the […]
CALIFORNIA PRISON HUNGER STRIKE: How one prison-gang member sees it
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog The hunger strikes in California prisons lately are motivated as much by prison gang maneuvering as by concern over human-rights violations. That’s the opinion […]
GANGS: Cisco and the Streets
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Mexican Mafia member Rafael “Cisco” Munoz-Gonzalez was sentenced to life in prison today. Munoz-Gonzalez was tried on charges that he’d controlled the Puente 13 […]
GANGS: Two illuminating Mexican Mafia Tales
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog In the last week, there’ve been two stories that illuminate the world of the Mexican Mafia prison gang and its influence on the streets […]
PRISONS: A Call to End Racial Warring
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog A group of inmates in California’s maximum security lockups — Pelican Bay, Corcoran and Tehachapi — are calling for an end to the racial warring […]
