LEADER 02479nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910665534403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-48768-X 010 $a9786612487682 010 $a1-59403-273-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000004455 035 $a(EBL)478795 035 $a(OCoLC)567923870 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000363148 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11262275 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363148 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10387185 035 $a(PQKB)11299276 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL478795 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10330759 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC478795 035 $a(OCoLC)237111921 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000004455 100 $a20070228d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Mexican Mafia /$fTony Rafael 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cEncounter Books$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-59403-195-9 327 $aContents; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; one; two; three; four; five; six; seven; eight; nine; ten; eleven; twelve; thirteen; fourteen; fifteen; sixteen; seventeen; eighteen; nineteen; epilogue; INDEX 330 $aIt 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 Mafia 606 $aGangs$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aPrison gangs$zCalifornia 606 $aMexican American criminals$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aOrganized crime investigation$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 615 0$aGangs 615 0$aPrison gangs 615 0$aMexican American criminals 615 0$aOrganized crime investigation 676 $a364.1/060979494 700 $aRafael$b Tony$01162437 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910665534403321 996 $aThe Mexican Mafia$92711674 997 $aUNINA