Mexican Mafia

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Mexican Mafia
2. Federal Bureau of Investigation: Mexican Mafia
3. BBC NEWS: Prison gang 'Godfather' breaks ranks (September 27, 2005)
4. Lincoln Tribune: Mexican Mafia Leader Arrested and Extradited to US (November 5, 2007)
5. San Antonio Express News: Escapee Flees to Mexico (October 29, 2007)
6. Known Gangs: Mexican Mafia  
7. YouTube Video: History of the Mexican Mafia, Pt. 1 (Time: 9:56)

Mexican Mafia Recent News

• Google News: Mexican Mafia Search
• Los Angeles Times: Mexican Mafia
• FOXNews: Officials Say Suspected Killer Who Escaped Texas Jail... (October 30, 2007)
• LA Daily News: "Feds Arrest Mexican Mafia Member in Baja California" (October 29, 2007)
• San Jose Mercury News: "SoCal Mexican Mafia Member Captured in Baja, FBI Says" (October 28, 2007)
• Los Angeles Times: "L.A. Summit is Urged on Racial Violence" (October 20, 2007)
• Los Angeles Times: "Gang Rivalry Grows Into Race War" (October 18, 2007)
• San Jose Mercury News: "Gang Sweep Nets 34 Arrests in LA, Dozens of Other Indicted" (October 16, 2007)

Mexican Mafia Background and Articles

Mexican Mafia History

• Police Magazine: History of the Mexican Mafia Prison Gang (July 25, 2007)
• Inside Prison: Mexican Mafia: Prison Gang Profile (2006)
• Arizona Department of Corrections: History of the Arizona New Mexican Mafia
• The New York Times: "Battle Against Mexican Mafia Opens New Front in Courts" (1996)

Mexican Mafia Racial Gang Wars

• The Nation: The Smog of Race War in LA (March 21, 2007)
• Los Angeles CityBeat: War of a Different Color (March 8, 2007)  
• SFGate: "Racial Tensions Ignite Black-Latino Gang War" (October 28, 2007) 

Mexican Mafia & Racketeering

• San Diego Union Tribune: 36 "Indicted in Mexican Mafia Crackdown" (2006)
• RenewAmerica: Police Use RICO to Dismantle Mexican Mafia (2006)
• Metropolitan News-Enterprise Online: "Ninth Circuit Affirms Convictions in Mexican..." (2003)
• The New York Times: "Federal Indictment Accuses 22 In Mexican Mafia Investigation" (1995)

Mexican Mafia Murders

• RenewAmerica: Mexican Mafia Members Arrested For Murder Conspiracy in L.A. (2006)
• Markgribben.com: Mexican Mafia: Massacre on French Place (2005)
• San Diego Union Tribune: "Mexican Mafia Case Garners Guilty Pleas" (2004)
• Street Gangs Resource Center: Mexican Mafia Case Goes to Trial (1997)

Mexican Mafia Central Figures

Joe "Pegleg" Morgan aka "Papa Joe"

• Wikipedia: Joe "Pegleg" Morgan

Robert Perez

• Death Penalty Information Resource: Robert Perez - TX
• Dallas Morning News: Prison Gang Chief Executed for 1994 Double Slaying (March 6, 2007)  

Tony Gonzales-Rodriguez Jr

• San Diego Union Chronicle: "Reputed Mexican Mafia Leader Appears in Riverside Court" (Oct. 29, 2007)  
• Federal Bureau of Investigation: Featured Fugitive - Tony Gonzales Rodriguez
• KNBC: Reputed Member Of SoCal Mexican Mafia Pleads Not Guilty (October 29, 2007)

Rene Enriquez

• BBC News:Prison Gang 'Godfather' Breaks Ranks (2005)
• BBC World Service: Who Runs Your World?

Peter Ojeda

• American Chronicle: Mexican Mafia's Top Lieutenant Pleads Guilty in US (2006)
• RenewAmerica: Mexican Mafia: New Crime Syndicate in California (2005)
• Orange County Register: "A Long Past to Live Down" (2005)  

Joe Peña

• KSAT: New Mexican Mafia Leader Arrested (2004)
• San Diego Union Chronicle: UPDATED: Deputy Chief Says Drug Suspect is New Mexican Mafia General (2004)

Max Torvisco

• Street Gangs Resource Center: Ex-Mexican Mafia Leader Gets 10 Years (2003)
• San Diego Union Chronicle: Ex-gang Leader Who Testified Against Own Given 10-Year Sentence (2003)

Mexican Mafia Videos and Media

• Google Image Search: Mexican Mafia
• Arizona Department of Corrections: The New Mexican Mafia Tattoos
• YouTube: Mexican Mafia Members in San Diego Are Brought to Court. (Time: 2:19)
• YouTube: Mexican Mafia Targets L.A. Blacks (Time: 1:51)
• YouTube: Black and Mexican conflict in Compton and Los Angeles (Time: 5:36)

Mexican Mafia Blogs and Message Boards

• Mexidata.net Mexicans are the Primary Victims of Crime and Violence
• Progressive U Blog Post: Racist Hispanic Gangs Targeting African Americans For Ethnic Cleansing
• Intersections Blog Post: The Mexican Mafia Connection
• AlterNet Blog Post: Ethnic Cleansing in L.A.
• L.O.V.E. (Let Our Violence End): Sur 13, Surenos 13

Mexican Mafia Timeline

• 1957: The Mexican Mafia prison gang formed at the Deuel Vocational Institution
• 1960: The California Dept. Of Correction moved members to other prisons like San Quentin.
• 1960: By the early 1960's the Mexican Mafia ruled many of the Prisons in California
• 1965: Oppositional gangs formed, Black Guerilla Family, Aryan Brotherhood and the Nuestra Family
• 1970: The Mexican Mafia street members involved in extortion, drugs and murder
• 1971: Joe Morgan aka the "Godfather" commits the first Mexican Mafia street murder in Los Angeles
• 1975-1977: Over 50 victims were murdered by the Mexican Mafia
• 1982: Lawsuit (Ruiz vs. Estrella) lead to elimination of "Building Tender System"
• 1983: Texas chapter founded at Huntsville Prison by Herbert Huerta
• 1993: The Maravilla gangs broke away from the Sureños division of the Mexican Mafia
• 1994: Herbert Huerta sentenced to life in federal prison
• 1997: 5 people shot and murdered by the Mexican Mafia in San Antonio
• 1997: Federal jury convicts 12 Mexican Mafia members
• 1999: A top lieutenant Robert Perez convicted and sentenced to death for murder
• 2007: Robert Perez executed