02479nam 2200613 a 450 991066553440332120200520144314.01-282-48768-X97866124876821-59403-273-4(CKB)2550000000004455(EBL)478795(OCoLC)567923870(SSID)ssj0000363148(PQKBManifestationID)11262275(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363148(PQKBWorkID)10387185(PQKB)11299276(Au-PeEL)EBL478795(CaPaEBR)ebr10330759(MiAaPQ)EBC478795(OCoLC)237111921(EXLCZ)99255000000000445520070228d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Mexican Mafia /Tony Rafael1st ed.New York Encounter Books20071 online resource (384 p.)Includes index.1-59403-195-9 Contents; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; one; two; three; four; five; six; seven; eight; nine; ten; eleven; twelve; thirteen; fourteen; fifteen; sixteen; seventeen; eighteen; nineteen; epilogue; INDEXIt has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agenda. It waves the flag of the Black Hand and its business is murder. Although known on the streets for over fifty years, the Mexican Mafia has flown under the radar of public awareness and has flourished beneath a deep cover of secrecy. Members are forbidden even to acknowledge its existence. For the first time in its history, the Mexican MafiaGangsCaliforniaLos AngelesPrison gangsCaliforniaMexican American criminalsCaliforniaLos AngelesOrganized crime investigationCaliforniaLos AngelesGangsPrison gangsMexican American criminalsOrganized crime investigation364.1/060979494Rafael Tony1162437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910665534403321The Mexican Mafia2711674UNINA