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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Mafia
Dirty Cop Member of Mexican Mafia
Pesina was a police officer in Balcones Heights, a small city of 3,000 people near San Antonio. But he also claimed allegiance to the Mexican Mafia, a notorious gang known for extortion and precision killings.
Pesina sold drugs for the Texas branch of the Mexican Mafia and paid a weekly tax, or “dime,” for his tattoo parlor, according to court documents. Beneath his police uniform, his body was covered with gang tattoos.
In 2014, federal investigators were probing Pesina’s ties to the Texas Mexican Mafia and getting close to making an arrest that could send him to prison for years. But gang members who learned about his police job from Facebook sentenced Pesina to death instead. https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/16/texas-officers-killing-exposes-ruthless-inner-work/
They formed as a prison gang to counteract the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. They're all pretty much of the same cloth...
The Mexican Mafia (Spanish: Mafia Mexicana), also known as La eMe (Spanish for "the M"
, is a predominantly Mexican American prison gang and criminal organization in the United States.[1][3] Despite its name, the Mexican Mafia has no origins in Mexico and is entirely a U.S. prison-based organization. Law enforcement officials report that the Mexican Mafia is the deadliest and most powerful gang within the California prison system.[28]
, is a predominantly Mexican American prison gang and criminal organization in the United States.[1][3] Despite its name, the Mexican Mafia has no origins in Mexico and is entirely a U.S. prison-based organization. Law enforcement officials report that the Mexican Mafia is the deadliest and most powerful gang within the California prison system.[28]Dirty Cop Member of Mexican Mafia
Pesina was a police officer in Balcones Heights, a small city of 3,000 people near San Antonio. But he also claimed allegiance to the Mexican Mafia, a notorious gang known for extortion and precision killings.
Pesina sold drugs for the Texas branch of the Mexican Mafia and paid a weekly tax, or “dime,” for his tattoo parlor, according to court documents. Beneath his police uniform, his body was covered with gang tattoos.
In 2014, federal investigators were probing Pesina’s ties to the Texas Mexican Mafia and getting close to making an arrest that could send him to prison for years. But gang members who learned about his police job from Facebook sentenced Pesina to death instead. https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/16/texas-officers-killing-exposes-ruthless-inner-work/
They formed as a prison gang to counteract the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. They're all pretty much of the same cloth...
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