Key revelations include:

The CIA's partnership with Hmong tribes who grew Poppies in Laos

How South Vietnamese political leaders controlled heroine trafficking networks

DEA agent Michael Lavine's investigation that was shut down by the CIA

The dramatic drop in U.S. heroine supply and crime rates when the Southeast Asian Conflict ended

Connections between Cold War politics and America'sDope crisis

This investigation examines how geopolitical interests shaped domestic Dr*g policy and asks difficult questions about the true costs of covert operations. The documentary traces the historical pattern from World War II through Afghanistan, showing how foreign interventions have repeatedly intersected with America's drug problems.

A deep dive into one of the most controversial chapters in CIA history and its lasting impact on American society.

#Documentary #CIA #Viet nam r #History

The untold story of how an Albanian mastermind, a Gold's Gym owner, and a millionaire CEO built one of the biggest international YaeYo trafficking operations in Detroit history. From underwater drones to private jets carrying bags of cash, this federal case reads like a Hollywood thriller.

🔥 What You'll Learn:

How 3,400+ bricks of YaeYwere seized (worth $100M+)

The incredible underwater submarine drone plot

Why a rich Grosse Pointe CEO risked everything

Albanian organized crime's global reach

The prison connection that started it all

This May 2025 conviction involved more dope than legendary Detroit kingpins - and it all started with a chance meeting at a gym.

Subscribe for more Detroit crime stories that sound too crazy to be true... but are.

#DetroitCrime #DrugKingpin #TrueCrime #Albanian #OrganizedCrime #Detroit #FederalCase

The day before President-elect Trump was almost killed while campaigning in Pennsylvania, a Pakistani man was arrested for attempting to mastermind several hit squads targeting political figures in the U.S. But that's just the tip of the iceberg in a story that involves heroin kingpins, Hell's Angels, and a web of international crime that reads like the most insane spy novel you've ever heard.

The Hell's Angels Connection

Let me tell you about Damion Patrick John Ryan – a Canadian Hell's Angels member who became an international assassin for hire. In 2021, an Iranian criminal mastermind named Naji Sharifi Zindashti recruited Ryan to kill Iranian dissidents who had fled to the United States.

Ryan's criminal history ranged from firearms trafficking to international drug dealing, with ties to criminal elements across Canada, the United States, and Greece. Working through encrypted messaging service SkyECC, Zindashti sent Ryan photos and locations of targets, coordinating payment details like he was ordering takeout.

The conversations were chilling. Ryan recruited another Hell's Angels affiliate, Adam Richard Pearson, to help carry out the murders. Pearson casually discussed logistics: "shooting is probably easiest thing for them," and promised to tell the hit team to "shoot [the victim] in the head a lot [to] make example" and "erase his head from his torso."

Between December 2020 and March 2021, this network planned to murder two residents of Maryland – Iranian defectors who had fled to America for safety. Zindashti and Ryan agreed on $350,000 for the job, plus $20,000 for expenses. Ryan boasted: "We have a 4 man team ready."

Fortunately, law enforcement intercepted these communications and disrupted the plot. But this case revealed something terrifying: Iran wasn't just using traditional spies anymore. They were hiring the most violent criminal organizations in the world.

The Trump Assassination Plot

Now let's talk about the main event – the plot to kill Donald Trump. This story begins with the death of Qasem Soleimani, Iran's top general who was killed in a U.S. airstrike ordered by Trump at Baghdad International Airport in January 2020.

Soleimani headed Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the military branch involved in supporting terrorist groups like Hezbollah. Iran's supreme leader once called him a "living martyr of the revolution." When Trump had him eliminated, Iran wanted revenge.

Enter Farhad Shakeri, a 51-year-old Afghan-born man with a fascinating backstory. Shakeri immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager, probably on political asylum when Afghans were fighting the Soviets. But instead of the American dream, he chose crime, spending 14 years in New York state prison for armed robbery.

Here's where it gets interesting: while in Woodbourne Correctional Facility from 1994 to 2008, Shakeri met other inmates involved in similar activities. The feds believe he was recruited by Iranian intelligence through these prison connections. After his release and deportation to Afghanistan, he moved to Iran and joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.

According to court documents, Iranian officials asked Shakeri in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. On recorded wiretap calls, Shakeri revealed that IRGC officials told him on October 7th that he had seven days to formulate an assassination plan.

The timeline is crucial: if Shakeri couldn't develop a plan within seven days, the IRGC would wait until after the presidential election, believing Trump would lose. They were wrong about that election prediction, and now we have to wonder what they're planning.

The International Criminal Network

Shakeri wasn't working alone. He relied on a network of criminal associates he met during his time in New York's prison system to supply Iranian officials with operatives in the U.S. He would pay these criminals to monitor victims that Iranian officials sought to assassinate, running the entire operation from Tehran.

The video covers Antonio Brown's recent legal troubles, specifically the bench warrant issued against him. He is now facing serious criminal charges related to a violent incident. A criminal defense lawyer could provide legal insights during this difficult time.

The speaker recounts following individuals involved in drug activity from New York, even using his badge to gain entry into a strip club. They were moving some drugs in New York, but using New Jersey for storage. He followed them one night up to Sue's Rendezvous.

In this fascinating deep dive, we explore the complex world of drug research, addiction, and consciousness with leading experts in pharmacology and psychedelic studies. From the labs creating new synthetic compounds to the ancient traditions of plant medicines, this conversation reveals the surprising realities behind how drugs work and where they're heading.

🔬 What You'll Learn:

The Science Behind Drug Development:

How academic chemists accidentally fuel the synthetic drug market

Why new compounds appear faster than they can be regulated

The role of AI and globalization in drug creation

Psychedelics & Consciousness:

Real research on ayahuasca from the Brazilian rainforest

The "Good Friday Experiment" that changed Timothy Leary's career

Why ketamine is becoming the antidepressant of choice among professors

The Opioid Crisis Explained:

Why doctors knowingly prescribe lethal doses

The tolerance trap that kills users

Future solutions being developed in labs worldwide

Sacred Plant Medicines:

Inside Brazil's legal ayahuasca churches (UDV & Santo Daime)

How indigenous wisdom meets modern science

The therapeutic potential hiding in "drugs of abuse"

🎯 Key Insights:

Most "new" drugs are actually variations of compounds that have existed for decades

The same brain receptors that respond to illegal drugs also process our natural emotions and spiritual experiences

Personalized medicine could revolutionize how we approach both therapy and recreation

The future isn't about eliminating drugs—it's about making them safer and more targeted

⚠️ Expert Perspectives On:

Why MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin will likely never become official medicines (but their chemical cousins might)

How set and setting determine whether psychedelics heal or harm

The symbiotic relationship humans have developed with consciousness-altering substances

Why some populations are more susceptible to certain drugs than others

📚 Featured Experts:

Dr. William Fogroscei - Federal drug identification specialist

Dr. Charles Grove - Psychedelic researcher who studied ayahuasca in Brazil

Dennis McKenna - Ethnopharmacologist and psychedelic pioneer

This isn't your typical "drugs are bad" conversation. It's a nuanced exploration of human consciousness, scientific innovation, and the ancient relationship between plants and people—all through the lens of cutting-edge research and real-world experience.

Recorded in 2016 - before the fentanyl crisis reached its peak

🔔 Subscribe for more deep conversations about consciousness, science, and human nature

⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consult healthcare professionals regarding substance use and mental health.

#Psychedelics #DrugResearch #Consciousness #Neuroscience #Ayahuasca #Pharmacology #MentalHealth #Science

After 28 years in federal supermax prison, Larry "King Larry" Hoover is finally free from his federal charges - but his story is far from over. The reputed leader of the Gangster Disciples, one of America's largest street gangs, was released thanks to Donald Trump's final presidential commutation. But why did it take a presidential intervention to free him, and what does his release mean for Chicago?

🔥 The Untold Story:

The Rise of King Larry:

How a 22-year-old built the Gangster Disciples into Chicago's most powerful gang

The murder that started it all at Robert's Best Motel (now across from Obama's library)

Why the FBI spent 6 years building "Operation Headache" to take him down

Prison Empire:

How Hoover allegedly ran a massive drug operation from his prison cell

The political organization "21st Century Vote" that terrified politicians

Why his parole was denied 13 times despite being eligible since 1993

The Federal Takedown:

Operation Headache: The RICO case that destroyed the GD hierarchy

$67,000 in cash and filing cabinets full of evidence

How academic research into gang truces became federal evidence

What Happens Next:

Why Illinois still won't let him go (150-250 year state sentence)

The political forces that want to keep him locked up

Could he actually become a legitimate political force?

💥 Explosive Revelations:

How Hoover helped organize Chicago's gang truce that reduced violence

The accidental shooting that killed his co-leader David Barksdale

Why community centers and breakfast programs were part of his "gang" operation

The connection between organized crime and legitimate political power

🎯 Key Players Interviewed:

US Floyd - Former high-ranking Gangster Disciple who knew Hoover personally

Reveals the first meeting between teenage gang leaders

Inside story of how the Black Gangster Disciple Nation was formed

The night David Barksdale was accidentally shot

Archival Footage:

Rare 1993 prison interview with Larry Hoover

Federal agents raiding GD businesses

Community activists defending Hoover's influence

⚖️ The Bigger Picture:

This isn't just about one gang leader - it's about power, politics, and the complex relationship between organized crime and legitimate influence in America's cities. From the Robert's Best Motel murder in 1973 to Trump's 2021 commutation, Larry Hoover's story reveals how the line between criminal and political power has always been thinner than we want to admit.

The Question Everyone's Asking: After 50+ years behind bars, what will King Larry do with his freedom? And why are so many people - from politicians to prosecutors - terrified to find out?

This deep dive uses exclusive interviews, federal court documents, and historical footage to tell the complete story of America's most controversial gang leader.

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📚 Recommended Reading: "The Almighty Black P Stone Nation" - The academic book referenced about Chicago gang politics

#LarryHoover #GangsterDisciples #Trump #Chicago #TrueCrime #OrganizedCrime #Politics #RICO

In this deep dive analysis, we examine:

How Ovidio Guzmán disappeared from Bureau of Prisons custody in 2023, signaling a major cooperation deal

The coordinated takedown of the Sinaloa Federation from within

Why Fentanyl deaths have reportedly dropped 25% following these developments

How the Guzmán family is trading information to secure their futures

The historical parallels to Colombia's cartel takedowns in the 1990s

This unprecedented development shows how the entire Guzmán family structure appears to be cooperating with US authorities, potentially reshaping the North American drug trade landscape. Is this the beginning of the end for the Sinaloa cartel as we know it?

#ElChapo #SinaloaCartel #DrugWar #USBorder #DrugTrafficking #FentanylCrisis #OvidioGuzman #WitnessProtection #BreakingNews #MexicanCartels

This documentary provides an unvarnished firsthand account of a sophisticated drug trafficking operation that generated up to $1 million weekly during the height of the crack epidemic. Through candid interviews, we examine the organizational structure, international supply chains, and eventual dismantling of a Detroit-based narcotics enterprise.

Key Topics Explored:

International Supply Networks: How Pakistani smuggling operations moved heroin through false-bottom suitcases and shipping containers, establishing distribution networks across major U.S. cities.

Operational Structure: The hierarchical organization of street-level distribution, including recruitment strategies, payment systems, and territorial management that generated massive cash flows.

Federal Investigation Tactics: Detailed examination of DEA sting operations, including surveillance methods, informant development, and the legal strategies that ultimately brought down the organization.

Money Laundering & Asset Conversion: The complex process of legitimizing street money through real estate investments, business acquisitions, and the challenges of transitioning from illegal to legal enterprises.

Sociological Analysis: How family dynamics, loyalty structures, and community relationships influenced operational security and long-term sustainability.

Critical Insights:

The narrator provides sobering perspective on why contemporary street-level drug trafficking lacks the profitability and opportunity that existed in previous decades. Factors discussed include:

Technological surveillance capabilities

Globalized supply chains dominated by established cartels

Pharmaceutical industry competition

Demographic shifts in user populations

Enhanced federal prosecution capabilities

Educational Value: This account serves as both historical documentation and cautionary analysis, illustrating how economic opportunity, family structure, and timing created a unique window that no longer exists in modern drug trafficking.

The documentary emphasizes the distinction between organized criminal enterprises of the 1970s-90s and today's fragmented, higher-risk, lower-reward street-level operations.

Note: This content is presented for educational and historical purposes, examining the socioeconomic factors that drive participation in illegal enterprises and the ultimate futility of such ventures.

#Criminology #DrugPolicy #UrbanHistory #Detroit #EconomicHistory #SocioeconomicAnalysis #CriminalJustice #Documentary

In this fascinating interview, we explore the cutting-edge world of pharmacology with a leading researcher who studies how drugs affect the brain. From the history of MK-Ultra to the future of personalized medicine, this conversation covers it all.

🔬 Key Topics Discussed:

Government Programs & Ethics

MK-Ultra and modern-day implications

The relationship between academia, government funding, and research ethics

How scientific protections have evolved since the 1950s

The Neuroscience of Consciousness

Why psychedelics produce similar experiences across cultures

The myth of DMT as a "spirit molecule"

How religious experiences and drug effects share neural pathways

Current Drug Crisis

The opioid epidemic and why it's so deadly

How tolerance develops differently for pain relief vs. respiratory depression

The search for safer pain medications

Future of Pharmaceuticals

Designer drugs and the endless chemical possibilities

Personalized medicine based on genetic profiles

Targeted drug delivery systems

Therapeutic Potential

Why MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin won't become medicines (but their cousins might)

Ketamine's revolutionary role in treating depression

The challenges of studying illegal drugs in humans

💡 Mind-Blowing Facts:

Academic chemists inadvertently created most synthetic street drugs

A single injection of ketamine can cure severe depression for weeks

We've had a "symbiotic relationship" with certain drugs since ancient times

In this deep dive analysis, we examine:

How Ovidio Guzmán disappeared from Bureau of Prisons custody in 2023, signaling a major cooperation deal

The coordinated takedown of the Sinaloa Federation from within

Why Fentanyl deaths have reportedly dropped 25% following these developments

How the Guzmán family is trading information to secure their futures

The historical parallels to Colombia's cartel takedowns in the 1990s

This unprecedented development shows how the entire Guzmán family structure appears to be cooperating with US authorities, potentially reshaping the North American drug trade landscape. Is this the beginning of the end for the Sinaloa cartel as we know it?

#ElChapo #SinaloaCartel #DrugWar #USBorder #DrugTrafficking #FentanylCrisis #OvidioGuzman #WitnessProtection #BreakingNews #MexicanCartels

Inside the shocking hit at Fixen Soul Kitchen near LA Live that left administrator Sydney Barrett Morris dead in November 2023. After burning the rental car to destroy evidence, Rolling 40s member Santana "Iceman" Kelly couldn't escape LAPD's license plate reader technology.

How a former carjacker who did 19 years got caught through AI surveillance despite covering his tracks. We break down how two masked gunmen walked into one of downtown's busiest spots and executed Morris in cold blood while he sat at the bar.

The streets are talking but the motive remains unclear. Was Morris targeted for his work investigating college athletes? Or was this a paid hit from someone with a grudge?

AL PROFIT takes you to the scene at Olympic & Figueroa to show exactly how it went down. Like and subscribe for more real LA street stories that the mainstream won't tell you. #LAStreets #RealCrimeStories #IcemanCaught

Through interviews with former DEA agent Michael Lavine and extensive historical footage, we uncover how the global heroin trade flourished during this turbulent period. The film reveals how the CIA protected opium-growing operations in Southeast Asia that supplied American soldiers in Vietnam, with an estimated 10-15% of US servicemen becoming heroin addicts while deployed.

The documentary explores how the "French Connection" drug pipeline relied on political protection and intelligence agencies' involvement, explaining why heroin flooded American cities, particularly ravaging Black and Puerto Rican neighborhoods. Yale researcher Alfred McCoy's groundbreaking Senate testimony connects South Vietnamese government officials directly to the heroin trade, exposing how military transport planes and CIA-affiliated airlines moved drugs throughout the region.

Most tellingly, when the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the heroin supply to America suddenly dried up, confirming the deep connection between foreign policy decisions and America's first major drug epidemic.

#DrugWars #Vietnam #ColdWarHistory #Heroin #USHistory #Documentary #CIARetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

In the early 1970's an "all-star" team of Chicago's most violent black street guys linked up in the penitentiary, calling themselves "The Royal Family". After a series of infamous crimes throughout the 70's the started doing hits out of state for the Chicago Outfit aka the the Italian Mafia....

Learn about the Italian American Civil Rights League's fight against gangster stereotypes, the emergence of corporate-style drug rings, and the resilience of communities in the face of adversity, including the birth of hip hop in the South Bronx.

We examine the Giuliani era's "quality of life" policing, the weakening of the mafia, and the application of RICO statutes to inner-city gangs. Finally, we look at the ongoing impact of gentrification and the shifting landscape of crime and culture in New York City.

This in-depth analysis reveals a city where stark inequality has historically driven its most vulnerable to desperate measures, and where the line between law and disorder has often been blurred. Join us as we unpack the intricate story of New York's fight for survival and transformation.

In this explosive interview, we uncover the shocking symbiotic relationship between the CIA and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1947 to the present day. Drawing from classified documents and firsthand accounts from former agents, we reveal how America's drug enforcement was corrupted from its very foundations.

Our investigation explores:

How Harry Anslinger, who led the Bureau of Narcotics for 32 years, helped shape America's racist drug war

The secret training of OSS/CIA officers by Bureau of Narcotics agents

Disturbing CIA "truth drug" experiments using marijuana and LSD on unsuspecting American citizens

How national security interests consistently overrode drug enforcement when U.S. allies were involved in trafficking

The untold story of Black narcotic agents fighting institutional racism from within

How drug traffickers became intelligence assets in the name of fighting communism

This hidden history reveals how institutional racism, corruption, and national security priorities have shaped our modern drug enforcement system, with consequences that continue to impact communities today.

Shabiha (Levantine Arabic: شَبِّيحَة Šabbīḥa, pronounced [ʃabˈbiːħa]; also romanized Shabeeha or Shabbiha; lit. 'ghosts') is a colloquial and generally derogatory term for various loosely-organised Syrian militias loyal to the Assad family prior to the collapse of the Assad regime, used particularly during the initial phase of the Syrian civil war. As the war has evolved, many groups which had previously been considered shabiha were amalgamated into the National Defense Force and other paramilitary groups.[10]

The mercenaries consisted of mostly Alawite men paid by the regime to eliminate figures of its domestic opposition and alleged fifth-columnists. The Shabiha were established in the 1980s to smuggle weapons to the Syrian soldiers stationed in Lebanon during the Syrian occupation of Lebanon.[11] While most Shabiha were members of the Alawi minority, the main common denominator of the groups was loyalty to the Assad family rather than religion, and in areas such as Aleppo they were primarily Sunni.[12]

The word became common in the 1990s, when it was being used to refer to "thugs" who work with the government and often drove Mercedes-Benz S-Class and gave their guards the same car; that specific car model was nicknamed Shabah (Ghost) in many Arabic countries which led to its drivers being called Shabeeh [13] The Syrian opposition stated that the shabiha are a tool of the government for cracking down on dissent.[14] The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has stated that some of the shabiha are mercenaries.[14] Strongly loyal to the Assad dynasty and containing anti-Sunni factions, shabiha militias are discreetly financed by powerful Syrian businessmen, and have often been responsible for the more brutal actions against the opposition, including possible massacres. Psychological warfare against Syria's Sunni population is also known to have been employed by Alawi Shabiha, which includes demonizing Sunni religious beliefs and usage of deriding slogans such as "There is no God but Bashar".[

Black Seperatist leader Albert Cleaghe of the Shrine of the Black Madonna wanted to be famous. So he let a television crew film him outside a raid on homicide suspects. A 7 year old girl lost her life- and one of the few white cops on the scene was charged with ki77ing her. Meanwhile, Warren Evans was fired after only 1 year on the job by Mayor Dave Bing but went on to become Chief Executive Officer of the entire County that Detroit is in. The Shrine of the Black Madonna, which up until recently, had NO WHITES allowed meetings also created the concvicted organized crime racketeer and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

Cavario used to "get money" in South Jamaica, Queens at the same time the Supreme Team of Kenneth mcGriff was running rampant. He shares some sociological analysis.

Gerry "the Monk" Hutch attacked Daniel Kinahan to avenge his nephew Gary. But when his plot missed its target at the Regency Hotel Dublin, the Kinahans began knocking off Hutch's friends and family. But who are Mink Kok and Raffaelle Imperiale? 

YFN Lucci is accused of 1st Degree M from December of 2020, but he was actually the victim of attack. Are Georgia prosecutors charging YFN Lucci as a pressure tactic for YSL & YFN Rico 

Tyson Fury may be the world heavyweight champion, but he's also been linked to one of the world's most notorious gangs: the Kinahan Clan. In this shocking true crime story, we investigate the connection between Tyson Fury and the Kinahan Clan.

We reveal the shocking truth about Tyson Fury's connection to the Kinahan Clan and how he may have helped them to launder money and carry out organized crime. This is a story you won't want to miss!

Raised in St Louis he met the Blowing Money Fast Crew after he graduated from Morehouse.

New York, Chicago, Detroit. 3 Tales of Ransom at the highest levels of the Dope game... from the 1970's to the 2010's.

Cavario and Butch Cassidy

This week, the civilian oversight board charged with keeping tabs on the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) announced it's launching an investigation into the prevalence of deputy gangs within the department.

The investigation is set to take five to six months to complete.TIn a letter sent to Villanueva, LA County Inspector General Max Huntsman demanded documents from the department that are still owed to investigators.

\November 2022- 5 men are shot in a South Side Chicago bar. 4 are members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, 1 is a member of the Los Angeles based Mongols. Apparently, people at the scene scooped up all the spent shell casings and wiped down the bar for evidence, and, needless to say, none of the MC members on either side had much to say to investigating police officers.

February 2023. The Chicago Gang Intelligence Tactical Unit sits outside Pompei restaurant in Chicago’s Little Italy on the near west side. Inside are about a dozen members of the Mongols, meeting with…. Street organization leaders from the Almighty Ambrose of Pilsen, and the mostly Puerto Rican Latin Souls from Back-of-the-Yards.

The 1% MotorCycle World is one of the more complex and interesting cultures of Underground America- many of them are not criminals, but some of them work together as very series criminals- as evinced by the many bikers scattered throughout federal and state prisons serving lengthy terms for various RICO, dope, and homicide convictions.

So what’s going on here? It was actually the 2nd such meeting, one had already occurred in Pilsen last December and the subject was the Mongols, the only of the Big 4 MC’s to be heavily Hispanic- and, in fact, only recently have Hispanics been recruited at all by fellow Big 4 the Pagans on the East Coast. The Outlaws and Hells Angels don’t allow Hispanics. None of the Big 4 allow blacks, and the Mongols 2008 indictment includes hate crime assaults on random african-americans.

The Big 4 guard their territory zealously, as do the Vagos, Bandidos, and other regional powerhouses, and Chicago is the Outlaws birthplace- way back in 1935 long before the more famous Hells Angels- and currently the site of its international headquarters. And in 2019 the Mongols showed up on 25th and Rockland on the South Side, many Motorcyles deep to drive in circles around the Outlaws Fortress like Headquarters… and they dropped their first midwest chapter on the South Side, setting off several shootings, including that of the 5 men. The Mongols are wrapped up in a giant telenovela back in SoCal, having deposed their former President Little Dave because the membership felt he was a longtime ATF informant,,, but the ATF agent testified that he wasn’t so…. whatever that means.

So it’s interestintg…. The Pagans… Blue Wave…Mongol allies, both anti HA, Mongols and Outlaws tried to ally back in 90’s, but “didn’t have much in common” seems like Outlaws, HA, and some other Bikers are the last vestiges of tough white men that are holding onto a serious belief in some sort of ever shifting racial mythology.

And about that meeting the reports to the police, or their wiretaps, or whatever their source is, says that the appeal of the Mongols is for Latinos to watch Latino’s back. Meaning these 2 street organizations, the Almighty Ambrose and the Latin Souls are being lined up to help the Mongols move in on Outlaws territory.

Interesting points: Puerto Ricans have a very different culture, not really many PR’s in so Cal. Don’t know how that will work out.

Chicago People and Folk supergangs made up of all races.

Mongols and Surenos. Mongols vs Surenos… green light gangs… Lil Dave stopped that.

Enforced members actually having a bike, a license, and a job.

Pagans alliance with Mongols, to press on Outlaws. Pagans actually having hispanic members, I would imagine more on the Puerto Rican side as they’re east coast… so could the future of 1% MC’s be Latino- both on the Mexican, central american side with Mongols, and the Caribbean side with Pagans? Latinos are now 20 of U.S. population and as blue collar white men are sort of a dying breed- seems like white men are either rich or unemployed dopefiends,

Little Italy is actually home to the oldest Chicago street gang

“It’s OK IA” meant iTs ok Internal Affairs - the unit of the LAPD assigned to investigate police corruption- and Gaines knew they were looking at him. How did he have a new Mercedes, among other things- and especially the fact that as as Gang Squad officer he was employed by some of the city’s most dangerous gangbangers- Mob Piru and others at Death Row Records.

The car Gaines was driving on the day he was gunned down at a red light on Ventura blvd in the Valley. His killer- a white undercover cop in the area who pulled along said Gaines at a red light on busy Ventura blvd- and the two had a road rage incident, both drawing their weapons- but Lyga was quicker. Big news in LA. White cop kills black cop at a red light. Mind you, this was just 5 years after the riot and the Rampart scandal was starting to bubble.

The investigation into Hanson's drug smuggling eventually led tangentially to hundreds of arrests across multiple countries- 224 suspects on more than 500 charges and the seizure of 3.7 metric tons of drugs and nearly $35 million in cash just in Australia over the past three years in Australia. This wasn't O-Dog's drug ring, but another snitch in his case turned the Feds onto a company selling phones to elite criminals- like actual Cartel Bosses and Mafia captains across the globe-

Michael Levine is one of the DEA's most decorated officers... he once worked Leroy Barnes.

📱 Follow the dramatic rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family across six major U.S. cities, including Detroit, Atlanta, and Louisville. Learn how 150+ defendants, including the Flenory brothers, faced federal indictments in one of the largest drug trafficking cases in American history.

💰 Key moments covered:

- The California confrontation that tested Big Meech's legendary negotiation skills

- Southwest T's alleged betrayal and cocaine operation

- The $270 million federal case that brought down an empire

- BMF's connection to celebrities, including Jacob the Jeweler and Kim Kardashian

- The aftermath and legacy, including the brothers' 30-year sentences

#BMF #BigMeech #BlackMafiaFamily #SouthwestT #TrueCrime #DrugEmpire #HipHop #CriminalEmpire #Documentary #OrganizedCrime

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DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational and historical purposes only. We do not promote or glorify illegal activities.

While finishing his B.A. at Morehouse University in Atlanta, Jabari Hayes fell in with a circle of drug dealers that would eventually become known as "BMF" aka the "Black Mafia Family"

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Inspiration behind the project:

The inspiration behind the making of Miles in the Life was to humanize individuals society may label as a criminal. More often than not, a documentary tells about an individual or organization whom engaged in criminal activity, specifically drug dealing. The people involved are usually depicted as the worst type of people walking the face of the earth, which is the furthest from the truth. Despite Jabari's upbringing making him predisposed to a certain type of future, Jabari defied the odds by getting his college degree and becoming a successful businessman. As a member of Black Mafia Family, Jabari maintained his core beliefs of honesty, integrity and managed to never become violent despite being in a world that breeds violence at every turn. More importantly, after paying his debt to society, today, Jabari Hayes is again a successful businessman and now a law abiding citizen. big meech

We'll investigate the connection between these two men and try to find out why there is such a strong connection between them. We'll explore the history of Daniel Kinahan and Tyson Fury, and see if there is any connection between the Irish Mafia and Tyson Fury. After watching this video, you'll know more about the mysterious connection between these two men!

📱 Follow the dramatic rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family across six major U.S. cities, including Detroit, Atlanta, and Louisville. Learn how 150+ defendants, including the Flenory brothers, faced federal indictments in one of the largest drug trafficking cases in American history.

💰 Key moments covered:

- The California confrontation that tested Big Meech's legendary negotiation skills

- Southwest T's alleged betrayal and cocaine operation

- The $270 million federal case that brought down an empire

- BMF's connection to celebrities, including Jacob the Jeweler and Kim Kardashian

- The aftermath and legacy, including the brothers' 30-year sentences

#hiphop #bigmeech #rundmc

The robbers go for his watch, but the victim, an Isreali military veteran, is no easy prey for three gang members. A struggle ensues, two shots go off from the gun, one hitting a woman in the leg. The robbers now drop the gun, but flee with the ½ million dollar watch.

But of course, they was video surveillance footage along with witness statements,and five guys are believed to be involved in the robbery crew.

Now, two months later, the Rollin 30' robbers have been charged with one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. That's a pretty interesting charge… I never heard of that for a street stick up and I'm sure more state of California charges await them. If you rob special people, you're gonna get special punishment, rest assured.

The 3 robbers were identified as Malik Lamont Powell, 20; Khai McGhee, a.k.a. "Cameron Smith," 18; and Marquise Anthony Gardon, 30.

Law enforcement officials identified Powell and McGhee as two of the three robbers, and Gardon has been identified as a driver of the crew's getaway car, according to the affidavit.

Powell's car - a black BMW - allegedly was used to bring the crew to and from the robbery, and his cellphone allegedly was present near Il Pastaio at the time of the robbery. Powell's social media accounts allegedly contained images of various guns and high-value wristwatches.

Two members of the notorious “Grundy Crew” were in Marion Superior Court for preliminary hearings on conspiracy to commit and charges. William Gammon, aka "L’il Billy," and Lance Hatcher appeared before Judge Mark Stoner, who set a March trial date for Gammon.

Gammon and Hatcher were arrested with five other members of their northside gang, including leader Richard Grundy III, after a police chase that resulted in gunfire and rug arrests. Gammon is also a rapper who posted a video this summer warning “snitches” and witnesses not to cooperate with police, even throwing shade at a reporter.

“It’s just music, Mr. McQuaid,” said Gammon as he left court. “I appreciate the shout out you gave me on TV.”

El Camello is in a U.S. Federal prison today, perhaps for life, perhaps not, as he, like most high level Narcos, testified against others as part of his guilty plea. Chávez added that he controlled a group of hit squads that were responsible for killing more than 2,000 people in Juárez in a war between the Vicente Carillo Fuentes and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa Cartel. 

What's disturbing to know, with possible ramifications for the immediate future of America, is that El Camello was an El Paso, Texas gang member, not some crazed killer from a third world country, and he had already served a five year prison term in Louisiana for smuggling years ago. His gang is known as Barrio Azteca, formed in the Texas prison system in 1986 for guys that fell out of El Paso- and the Barrio Azteca, just like the Logan Heights gangs from San Diego did for the Arellano Felix brothers in Tijuana- became part of the the Juarez Sicario system. In San Diego-Tijuana- the American guys were probably responsible for executing a Catholic Cardinal. Let that sink in. Unlike in the days of Colombians being the narco powerhouse, with Mexico sharing a common border, and increasingly common culture in the Southwest, many of the low paid and bloodthirsty young sicarios are born and raised in the U.S.A. 

In the aftermath of the Black Mafia Family indictments and Big Meech and Southwest T getting 30 years in prison, there have been several more recent homicides....

Young Thug was ordered by S*x, Money, Murda leader Kyle Oree to hit Big Nut... YFN Lucci's co-manager, which he DID...and THAT sparked the war that led to both YSL and YFN's indictments.

YBI is the group that made selling dope "cool" and made Kiling people, Okay in Detroit

Dj Vlad has been driving for the BMF for over two years and has seen first-hand the appalling conditions inside the Detroit Jail. The BMF is working hard to improve the situation and has released a documentary detailing the problem. If you want to know more about the BMF and its work to improve the safety of drivers and riders, be sure to watch this video!

Jabari delivered thousands of ki's for the #BlackMafiaFamily #BigMeech #bmf 

Four years after he and 10 others were charged in a sweeping federal racketeering indictment, jurors returned a unanimous guilty against Labar “Bro Man” Spann, the leader of crew known as “The Outlaws,” a group born out of the larger Four Corner Hustlers gang.

“He is a smart, ruthless and manipulative gang leader,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Storino said during the closing arguments of the eight-week trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. “He is a person who kills, he robs, he extorts and he intimidates others all in furtherance of his gang, the Four Corner Hustlers, and he has done it for over two decades.”

pann was found guilty of all four counts against him: racketeering conspiracy, extortion and two other counts of murder in the aid of racketeering, which carry a minimum life sentence. His sentencing was scheduled for March 2022.

The charges linked Spann to six killings between 2000 and 2003. Jurors, however, found that Spann was not responsible for two of the murders included in the charges: those of Carlos Caldwell and Levar Smith, both of which occurred in 2000.

Spann — who survived at least two shootings, including one that left him paralyzed from the waist down in 1999 — and the others were charged in September 2017, though all of his co-defendants pleaded guilty before trial. Among them was Sammie Booker, a gang enforcer who cooperated with prosecutors and said that he helped carry out several murders at Spann’s direction.

The Month was May, the year was 2005. This was the peak of the BMF era, of Big Meech and his Black Mafia Family's power not only as one of the primary conduits of coke from foreign suppliers to the streets of Black America, but as tastemakers. While they had been unable to make Bleu DaVinci a music star, despite lavish spending on his projects, a rapper from rural Georgia named "Young Jeezy" had been clever enough to use them, and crafty enough to abandon ship as soon as it began to sink. Jeezy's first regional hit, "So Icy" was in heavy rotation and introducing the country to the heavily Detroit influenced Atlanta trap rap sound that would heventually take over ! rapper from a small town kk Alabama, calling himself "Gucci Mane", was also on the song and the two young rappers were in dispute about ownership and rights to the song, also one of current top producer Zaytoven's first hit songs. Salute to Zaytoven, business partner with my fellow hometown hero Al Nuke and a man who has never drank alcohol or smoked reefer, something more of us should be strong enough to do.

And that's why a young rapper from Macon, Georgia On a dead-end street called Springside Run, five men dressed in black were running up to the front door in broad daylight. Apparently, they were not experienced robbers or hitmen. All they had to do was wait for him to come out, stick a gun in his mouth, lift the chain off his neck, and be on their way. And why did it require 5 of them? Again, it definitely seemed like amateur night at club GetDown Or LayDown.

The saga of HoneyKomb Brazy and DD Southall is a glimpse into very serious street guys, one of whom, HoneyKomb Brazy, happens to have been a “next up” rapper from a new spot on the hip hop map, Mobile Alabama. After my 1st story on the situation, some viewers- shot out to them- gave me some more great info on it. Now, DD Southall has now been charged with paying for hits on the Lewis’, along with catching a 35 year year Federal prison term… AND Brazy and others had made snitching allegations against him… SO… here is DD Southall in his own words.

If you didn’t catch it, he said “I ain’t on on that police no more, I ain’t got nobody to roll on, I got the city in a choke hold”

Wow. Thanks to YoungScooter for posting this, I guess he is from Mobile, not sure. So this is DD in his prime telling us that he has nobody left to snitch on-- roll on is the term he ushses- I GOT THE CITY IN A CHOKEHOLD.

He’s gotten rid of his competition through snitching… actually a common tactic at the highest levels of the dope underworld… and now he has Mobile’s dope business all to himself. Which, as he pled guilty to in Federal court and was just sentenced to 35 years the other day, he REALLY WAS.

But, first, lets go into his new charges. Tony and Leila Lewis lost their lives inside their own home in Mobile’s Happy Hill community when gunmen fired repeatedly into the building, which also exploded and caught fire. The ensuing blaze also damaged the house next door.

Prosecutors allege that Darrin “DD” Jamark Southall, 43, and others participated in the murder. The three others charged with murder are Terrance Sanchez Watkins, 25, and Jamarcus Devonta Chambers, 29, is and a fourth man who has not been identified. Now, it would seem likely that DD paid the other g uys, but all four men also are charged with shooting into an occupied building, which, unless Alabama state Law is weird, implies that he was present at the crime scene himself and may have been firing a weapon. DD really did like to get his hands dirty in every way- selling the dope, snitching, and whacking old people. The Dirty South, indeed.

The Chief of Police for Mobile, needless to say is happy to get their local Al Capone off the streets.

“We’re very grateful for the District Attorney’s Office to be able to, at this point, make and approve charges in light of the Mobile Police Department’s hard work and investigation to hold those responsible for this double murder to be held responsible under the law,” he said in a press conference.

Cornelius was also charged with attempted murder involving Young Dolph’s brother who was with him at the time of the shooting. What a confusing case- I didn’t even know Dolph’s brother got shot at the scene.

Now, the internet is already full of theories and rumors, I’ll go easy on that, because just laying out the facts of the situation is disturbing enough. Let’s start with Straight Drop himself, and then review the 3 times when CMG affiliates have been either convicted or accused of going after Young Dolph. Which does not, of course, mean they had anything to do with his death. After all, Straight Drop was buddies with Paper Route Empire’s #2 artist- Key Glock. Which, if Drop is one of the shooters, would make it more of an inside job than a CMG hit.

According to Shelby County court records, Johnson pleaded guilty to shooting three people at a bowling alley in 2017 when he was 18.

Shelby County Judge Christopher Craft presided over that case. Craft said he remembered the court case well.

"He had no record. He got in a fight with some people at a bowling alley, and they were all mad at each other. He went out to his car and got a gun and came back in and started shooting. He fired a bunch of shots and a man was hit in the arm and a lady was hit in the leg and another person was grazed," said Craft. This video was posted on Straight Drop’s Instagram… but what was the goal? Who posted it? It sure makes him sound like someone who did some serious telling. The description of the crime the judge gave sounds like a 20 year sentence- life in some places. He didn’t shoot 3 people in the “heat of the moment” - he went to his car, got the heater, and came back. In the State of Michigan, for example, the act of leaving the scene, even for a matter of seconds, and coming back- makes it first degree murder. Obviously, the victims in his case didn’t die… but Straight Drop took a 5 year prison term and, and after serving a mere 6 months for shooting 3 people that he had an argument with in a public place, he was let out of prison!! Exclamation point, all caps. And then you have this old white man judge in Memphis saying he had “such good behavior” they let him out with almost no punishment. Now, this definitely sounds like he could of cooperated… or it could just go back to the old practice in the Jim Crow Era south where if you only hurt other black people and didn’t raise a fuss for the Law-- you could get away with almost anything. After all, the white bosses needed you to come to work and not be in jail. Some social historians think this practice was the key factor in elevated levels of violence within the black population..

I’ll just leave you with the Judge’s final statement and move on. Quote “The first time he used a gun, we gave him some slack because of him immediately cooperating and doing everything,"

Ok, now as the drama with Dolph’s shooters being wanted was dominating the news…an actual CMG Records executive was being sentenced for possibly trying to kill Dolph several years back.

AND, he may have gotten away with double homicide. Allegedly.

His name was Tremayne “KiKi” Graham and in 2004 a federal grand jury indicted Graham for his role in a drug ring that smuggled at least 2,200 pounds of cocaine from Los Angeles to Atlanta and South Carolina, at 20 g’s a key that’s $20 million wholesale, with, say… about a $5 million dollar profit.

On Monday, it was revealed that Valdez is no longer listed as a federal inmate by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice. No further information is available on his whereabouts, and both agencies have declined to comment on his case.

“Inmates who were previously in BOP custody and who have not completed their sentences could be out of BOP custody for a period for court hearings, medical treatment or for other reasons,” said BOP spokesman Benjamin O’Cone.

Kent Schaffer, Valdez’s former lawyer, speculated that his former client’s disappearance from BOP records may indicate that he has agreed to give evidence as a protected witness.

“Often what happens, hypothetically, is that if you’re going to testify against someone, the [federal] marshals will move you to a detention center, for example Rikers Island or the MCC [jails in New York],” he told La Jornada newspaper.

Former DEA official Mike Vigil expressed a similar opinion to Milenio Television, emphasizing that Valdez’s status as a high-ranking drug trafficker meant he would have privileged information about his former criminal associates.

“Neither La Barbie nor other criminals want to die in a prison here in the United States… He was related to the Beltrán Leyva Cartel; he was in meetings with ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and other members of the Sinaloa Cartel, so he can testify against many people, many officials,” Vigil said.

Released from prison early, supposedly due to a legal technicality in his sentencing- he was in a Mexican penitentiary from 1985 to 2013 for the Homicide of DEA agent Kiki Camarena.

It didn’t take long for the technicality to be reversed, probably due to U.S. pressure.

Hid with Chapo’s people. El Mayo’s people. Had to move on due to the pressure of the $20 M bounty.

In 2020, he announced his return to narco-trafficking in the form of corpses in Caborca. A small Mexican city 144 miles from the Arizona border, and the very important smuggling entry point of Nogales. Caborca is in Sonora, and Sonora has seen the sharpest rise in homicide of all Mexican states.. Since right around the time Senor Quintero announced his return. He wanted a piece of the action, probably needed money for protection.

El Chapo was once his Sicario. Some people claimed El Chapo participated in the crime against Camarena, but always remember when you’re reading/watching stuff about high profile crimes- people will claim they saw or know something thinking it will get them in a movie or a get a book deal… or something. So, who knows if that’s true. The other most high profile murder by Mexican narcos was that of a Catholic Cardinal…at first blamed on El Chapo, but it turned out that San Diego bangers from the infamous Varrio Logan Heights did it.

One of the 4 men running the so-called Guadaleraja Cartel when Kiki Camarena was snatched, castrated, and buried alive. The event that caused the crime against Camarena, was the destruction of El Bufalo- a reefer ranch owned - probably in partnership with others- that had several hundred million, wholesale, in product ready for harvest when it was spotted and eradicated by the DEA and Mexican military. They blamed Camarena.

The reason I sarcastically said all you glass aficionadas better stock up is because Ovidio and his brothers primary business, that the US Federal government knows about, at least, is the operation of 11 Meth superlabs that pump out up to 10,000 pound per month… now if pounds are 2k wholesale in LA, let’s assume that Ovidio and his team were getting $1k for each, which is very conservative, thats $120 Million per year just from that. Now, of course, him being captured probably won’t slow production or the movement into America of the Drug du Jour. Incidentally, Los Angeles county is, to my knowledge, the only large county in the United States that has more OD deaths from the clear white than from any other illegal substance, which should tell you how rampant its availability and use is here in the city of Lost Angels.

If you remember back in 2019, the Mexican Army got ahold of Ovidio but when Sinaloa Sicarios came into Culiacan- capital of Sinaloa State- and HQ of the Meth production business- by the thousands the government, in a major embarrassment, had to release Ovidio.

Guzmán’s arrest early Thursday morning prompted chaos around the city of Culiacán, as authorities urged members of the public not to leave the city while administrative activities were suspended.

His arrest was the result of a lengthy operation which involved 200 special forces, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Friday. Local officials urged citizens to shelter at home amid clashes with cartel members in various parts of the city.

At lleast 19 suspected gang members and 10 military personnel died during violent clashes in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa, after authorities arrested Guzmán, along with 21 others. No civilian deaths or injuries were reported.

Security at Altiplano prison has been increased since Guzmán was detained, the minister added.

He was previously arrested by federal authorities in October 2019, but was released on the orders of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to avoid further bloodshed.

Guzmán’s father, “El Chapo,” had escaped from Altiplano prison on July 11, 2015, but was captured and convicted in the US four years later of 10 counts, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, drug trafficking and firearms charges. He was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years and ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture.

The state of Sinaloa is home to one of the world’s most powerful narcotics trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa Cartel, of which “El Chapo” was the leader.

The arrest of Ovidio Guzmán comes days before US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visit Mexico City to attend the North American Leaders Summit.

Capturing Guzmán could be a way for López Obrador to show the US that he is “in control of the armed forces and Mexico’s security situation,” Gladys McCormick, a associate professor at Syracuse University who focuses on Mexico-U.S. relations, told CNN in an email.

“It also defuses the power behind any ask from the Biden administration to stem the tide of fentanyl and other narcotics across the border,” she added.

The State Department, which was offering a $5 million reward for information leading to Guzmán’s arrest, wrote that law enforcement investigations indicated that Guzmán and his brother, Joaquín Guzmán-López, “inherited a great deal of the narcotics proceeds” following the death of another brother, Edgar Guzmán-López.

They “began investing large amounts of the cash into the purchasing of marijuana in Mexico and cocaine in Colombia. They also began purchasing large amounts of ephedrine from Argentina and arranged for the smuggling of the product into Mexico as they began to experiment with methamphetamine production,” the State Department said.

Now, of course, the point of arresting Ovidio Guzman was to send him to America to join his dad doing a very lengthy prison term,

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The year is 1999, and Aryan Brotherhood leader Barry “the Baron” Mills holds an unfulfilled murder contract from imprisoned Gambino Mafia Boss John Gotti. Its 3 years old, dating from Gotti's assault by a black inmate at Marion prison back in 96, and an AB soldier from Northern California named Ronnie Yandell was finally in position to fulfill Gotti’s contract on Gotti’s attacker…. But when Mills realized Yandell was soon to be paroled he stopped the hit. The Baron figured Yandell potential usefulness on the streets of the Bay area exceeded the need to bring John Gotti’s contract to fruition.

The year is 2018 and legendary Contra Costa County meth cook Donnie Phillips is facing yet another set of Federal charges in his long career. This time though, he has a unique defense: “I was forced to sell large amounts of crystal methamphetamine to help my son fight his death penalty case.” Phillips tells the court through his lawyers.

How are these interesting, but seemingly disconnected criminal events, in fact, connected? The answer is called FAIM, the Family Affiliated Irish Mafia, and its leader the infamous white East Bay Gangster Coby Phillips- the son of… Donnie Phillips.

And why was Coby Phillips facing the death penalty, supposedly causing his dad to get back into the meth cooking game to raise money for his son’s defense?

That goes back to Ronnie “Renegade” Yandell, the AB who was allegedly going to handle John Gotti’s murder contract. In May of 2001, about 2 years after his release from Federal prison, Yandell was arrested for killing 2 men in El Sobrante, a city in Contra Costa county right next to the city of Rodeo- Coby Phillips’ home base.

At this point, as the government narrative goes, Coby was ruling a multi-million dollar meth empire- possibly powered by his own father’s cooking skills - remember this was still the era where most meth was being cooked in America and ephedrine was still obtainable. Coby Phillips and his crew were spending their profits on trips to Benihana, Cadillac Escalades and exotic pets, including a pair of alligators Phillips illegally shipped from Florida. Ironic how people under the Aryan Brotherhood umbrella have the same spending habits as rappers.

The Detroit Family was the first LCN chapter that had members convicted of corruption involving Las Vegas casinos, and has been the target of the FBI's still ongoing Jimmy Hoffa investigation since 1975. The formation of the family during the prohibition era, culminating in the "Crosstown Mob War" of 1930 is covered, as well Detroit Mafia connections to the battles between Ford Motor Company and the UAW in the 1930's and 40's.

The Detroit Family's role in the international heroin trade and their ties to the French Connection are discussed as well as various murders the Federal government suspects them of involvment in. Detroit area underworld legends like Tony "Jack" Giacalone and his brother Vito (Billy Jack), Freddy "the Pope" Salem and "the General" Henry Hilf are covered, as well as the Denny Mclain, Alex Karras, and Isiah Thomas gambling investigations.

In addition to law enforcement and media sources, former associates reflect on the past and their work with Detroit Mafia members in sports gambling and other criminal activities. Several hundred unique and never-seen-before surveillance photographs from Federal law enforcement are used as well as family photos of Don Joe Zerilli on his Grosse Pointe estate.

"Detroit Mob Confidential" is the first and only documentary made about America's most secretive, and most succesful Mafia family. Beginning in 1912 and finishing in 2009, "Detroit Mob Confidential" is a must-see DVD for any student of American History, crime buffs, and Detroiters of all ages and backgrounds.

After El Chapo Guzmán's arrest in January 2016, extradition, life prison term , the sons known as "Los Chapitos" — Iván, Jesús, Ovidio, & Joaquín — have taken over at least part of his old business. This is the first time the US has offered a reward of $5 million for each of the sons. The US announcement accuses them of being "high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Federation." A likely source of information about their importance and how they operate may have come from their “step-mother”- who is younger than all of them- Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel. Just a few months back she pled guilty to three federal offenses as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. She also surrendered $1.5 million.

The charges include knowingly and willfully conspiring to distribute h, yayo, MJ, crystal for several years. She also pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy charge and to engaging in transactions with a foreign narcotics trafficker.

She also helped buy land for the tunnel and smuggle Guzman's messages to his subordinates while he was in prison, which allowed him to stay in control of the Sinaloa cartel while behind bars.

According to the Feds, the Chapitos have "expanded their enterprise with sophisticated fentanyl laboratories" and increased their use of maritime and air transportation for smuggling, according to the US State Department.

Lou Diaz was the lead agent on the case against the biggest black drug dealer in the mid 1970's-- Nicky Barnes, subject of the upcoming Netflix project "The Council" starring Will Smith

If you're a fan of Jay-Z, then you'll love this interview with his former best friend DeHaven. In this interview, DeHaven shares many stories about his time spent with Jay-Z, from their early days in Brooklyn to their time in Trenton and later on in Maryland. This interview is a must-watch for any fan of Jay-Z or DeHaven!

This is the marketing blurb for the book “Cartel Wives” published by the wives of the infamous Flores Twins of Chicago- who were two of the key turncoats in the conviction of El Chapo- while they were in hiding and their husbands were in the witness segregation wing of the Federal prison system… which probably meant a halfway house type environment much different than a normal Federal Prison.

Now when criminals write their own stories or have it packaged up by Entertainment professionals it becomes very sanitized. The blurb claims that their story is about “love, family, and doing what’s right”. Now that’s about as accurate as Rick Ross and Jay Z posing as former Narcos. Laughing emoji.

Not that the Flores families don’t have love or family bonds… but its definitely always about the money first and foremost in the world of serious gangsters. Never ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

Now, last year I actually had an hour long phone conversation with one of the Flores twins and his wife- I was in Chicago and someone put me on the phone with them in whatever place they were relocated to, and we talked… mostly about their “fairytale romance”, how they were enjoying “normal suburban life” wherever they were at, and how they wanted to make a positive change in their community. Now, all of those things are probably true to some extent or another, but, even after “doing the right thing” and learning “that money doesn’t buy happiness”.. It turns out they were still spending dope money on lavish trips and material items. Though they did pay their kids school tuition, and ironically, paid off their own student loans.

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That's the position Daniel Kinahan has put himself and all the boxers he "consulted" aka rounded up money for…or "extorted"... used for "money laundering"... like padding the purse in exchange for "consulting fees"

This includes not only heavyweight champ Tyson Fury- whose ties to Kinahan are so close he is currently banned from entering the U.S. but also the current #1 ranked Pound 4 Pound boxer in the world, Terrence "Bud" Crawford who has had some type of relationship with him but could possibly wriggle free of the Kinahan taint, though it is complicating the potential mega fight between him and Errol Spence, jr. So now, the other shadowy mastermind of Boxing, Al Haymon looms for Terrence Crawford. Al Haymon is very interesting, but there is no criminal taint at all against Haymon, a Cleveland born Harvard graduate who is the mastermind behind Floyd "Money" Mayweather being the top earning boxer…and is he the top earning athlete of all time?

But why would Daniel Kinahan be so interested in boxing? The same reason organized crime always has been, well maybe with a different twist. Money laundering. And Kinahans consulting fees, like the ones paid to him by Bob Arum and Tyson Fury for arranging matches…in places like Saudi Arabia-- where the global banking system aka the American Criminal justice system would have no way of knowing that, say, Daniel Kinahan chipped in 6 million to the fight purse in exchange for a 4 million dollar check from Arum's Top Rank Boxing or Tyson Fury. Clean money. Clean money is the Kinahan's specialty… they had a half billion taken from them in 2010 by Irish and Spanish authorities and they got it all back in 2020.

Now, also in part 3 I want to give you some context of how powerful and sophisticated the Kinahan Cartel, as the U.S. government calls it, was or is. The are considered on a par with such famous criminal powerhouses as the Yakuza , the Zetas, and the Camorra. The $5 million dollar U.S. bounty on each of the heads of Christy Kinahan and his two sons Daniel and Christy jr is the same as the bounty on El Chapo- so called public enemy #1 for a long time. And yet, Daniel Kinahan wasn't just involved in boxing as a hobby or side hustle or money laundering scheme- he was poised to possibly become the single most important figure in the business of boxing. Now Don King and Bob Arum- the two most important boxing businessmen of the last 40 or 50 years- certainly don't have the greatest reputations- but having one of the highest level organized crime groups with heavy control on boxing and the tens of billions of dollars generated is shocking. Unless, that is, you know about the history of boxing. Which, during the 1940's and 50's, was semi-controlled by the Italian Mafia in America- and it took the weight of a Black gangster like the old school Don King or even the Nation of Islam backing Muhammed Ali to somewhat offset their insidious control, but what would it mean if a major international sport's top management and promotions team were also the biggest traffickers in Europe? irish mafia

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About 18 months ago, On July 27, 2020, agents executed federal search warrants at 2 locations. First, inside a studio apartment in Atlanta, agents found approximately 28 kilograms of heroin, six kilograms of cocaine, eight kilograms of marijuana, and more than $1 million in cash. There were 41 firearms stashed throughout the apartment, along with kilo-presses, scales, strainers with white powder residue, and a money counter.

And then the big score. Inside a home in Atlanta, agents found 142 kilograms of heroin and four kilograms of cocaine.

So who is, allegedly, at the center of this massive Heroin operation? Antonio DaShawn Daniels, a/k/a Freckleface Shawn, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia-- who was indicted on August 11, 2020.

According to the U.S. District Attorney the investigation In October 2019, federal agents uncovered ledgers from a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization showing that Daniels received just over 1,000 kilograms of cocaine between August 2018 and October 2019. The ledgers reflected that Daniels returned more than $31 million in drug proceeds to the organization that were eventually transported to Mexico. 31 million in 14 months, that he turned in to the Mexican Narcos.

During the investigation, federal agents identified multiple apartments and homes in the metro-Atlanta area that Daniels allegedly used to prepare and distribute drugs. To call the seizure of 142 keys of H “Large” is an understatement. It’s the largest heroin seizure, other than at the border literally coming into the country, that I’ve ever heard about.

Now Daniels got out of Federal prison back in 07, not sure for what, but, as is often the case, he apparently made some kind of contacts in there. After all, where do people from inner cities thousands of miles from Mexico, Colombia or other source countries, meet people that will front them millions of dollars dope on consignment?

Are the Pagans letting Latin Kings join?

The DEA claims the Outlaws MC may be "partnering" with a black street gang but us it true?

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Andrew J. Bernstein was born in San Francisco and then raised in Palo Alto from the age of three. As a college student, he studied English and Multimedia, but his heart was really in music, social causes, and all the opportunities afforded by the San Francisco Music and Cultural Revolution. They say that if you remember the '60s, you weren't there! Thank god, Bernstein took notes.... American dope al profit documentary acid dreams

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This is a very old, and still very poor, area of the city, the first stopping point for many immigrants from south of the border, but generally NOT from Mexico. Once upon a time in El Barrio, the original gangs of LA, the Mexican gangs, would not allow Central Americans to join and preyed upon the new immigrants. So MS-13 street was formed for Salvadorans and Guatamalens- to protect themselves from the Mexican gangs. 18th Street was initially formed by Mexicans that wanted to start their own clique from an old gang in this area but were rejected. Eventually they started recruiting central Americans, and even some whites and blacks. Today 18th street is so large there are more of them than all the Bloods combined. All through the 90’s so many 18th street and MS-13’s were deported from Los Angeles back to Central America that Guatemala and El Salvador have seen those to LA street gangs become powerful political forces in those 2 small countries, both decimated by American political decisions.

If you think politics in America is all about money, its on a whole next level south of the Border. In my upcoming documentary “Cocaine Condor” I talk about the nexus of politics and American Corporate interests in Central and South America being the primary force that led to the age of cheap cocaine and crack on the streets of the United States, and El Salvador, home of the Contras- and home to the Danilo Blandon, the man who fed Freeway Rick Ross his cocaine, was an epicenter of this process.

So El Salvador’s government, which is run by a 40 year old with near autocratic powers that is the guy that made the country’s official currency Bitcoin and is selling government bonds based on mining bitcoin using energy from a Volcano-- more on that interesting story later… is cracking down hard.

6,000 arrests have been, filling up the already totally overloaded prison system, which is rife with violence. In fact, the prisons in El Salvador are primarily segregated with MS-13 only being in some prisons and Barrio 18 in others. Though back in April 2020, as coronavirus swept through the country, President Bukele imposed a 24/7 lockdown for imprisoned gang members after more than 50 people were killed in three days, and argued that many of the murders were ordered from behind bars and said prisoners belonging to rival gangs would be made to share cells in a bid to break up lines of communication. I don’t think this actually happened as the bloodshed from that tactic would have likely made the global news.

“I am no longer a member, leader, or even an elder statesman of the Gangster Disciples, I want nothing to do with it now and forever.”

“I am no longer the Larry Hoover people sometimes talk about, or he who is written about in the papers, or the crime figure described by the government.”

This is Larry Hoover renouncing any connection to the Gangster Disciples in a letter he just wrote to the same Federal Judge who denied his release last year after Federal Prosecutors objected, even though several GD’s considered to be just one rank under the so-called Chairman of the board were let out early under the First Step Act enacted under President Trump.

Hoover also wrote that he was “anecdotally” aware that “some misguided people” had used him as a symbol, adding that he wished “this were not so”.

“Regardless, these people are apart from me and do what they do with zero encouragement or direction from me,” he wrote. “To be clear, if I had any ability to influence them, I’d ask that they’d forget me and forsake the gang life forever.”

Wrong To Strong was founded by JC Almanza, a Chicago projects born personal trainer who has spent his life rebuilding himself. He has gone from tragedy to victory. JC is the product of decades of strife, starting in a broken home. From there, he entered the life of Latino gangs and succumbed to their influence, resulting in a combined seventeen years of multiple stents inside federal, state, and international prison systems. While inside, JC studied and developed a method of prison exercise and weight training with the core principle that through fitness, mentoring, and community people’s lives can change.

JC brought his hopes and ambitions from behind bars, secured his personal training certificate, and created Wrong To Strong. He began training gym members, using his no holds barred HIIT style workout, at Tangible Fitness, in Phoenix. JC began mentoring and gathering people from many walks of life, focusing on those with felonies, recently released convicts, veterans returning from combat, those struggling with substance abuse and addiction, and all experiencing reintegration issues. He developed the brand, Wrong To Strong Lifestyle, that embraces the chains and constraints of time served, and shows people that there truly is hope of breaking the cycle and making a complete recovery. JC and Wrong To Strong have continued to grow by the day, with over twenty members in his crew, a corporate office and soon the completion of his 501c3 Wrong To Strong Fitness, Inc. Its primary focus will be assisting individuals with reintegration related complications through fitness and mentorship. With every step he takes, JC is closer realizing his vision: on a large scale, assisting those in their darkest times, positively impacting his community by showing it is possible to go from Wrong To Strong.

During a virtual news conference on Tuesday, Moore spoke candidly about the increase in crime and said he's increasing patrols to curb the violence.

"Right now, I believe that the efforts of the last year and a half or so created at least a perception of a more permissive environment," said Moore. "For people that have the ability to go out and engage in this type of conduct we are talking about here with no consequence."

Zero-bail policies mean, in some instances, suspects are quickly released from custody after they're arrested and booked for the crimes. The current zero-bail policy was designed to reduce jail populations during the pandemic.

"Two years ago, a person arrested would be in custody and set to be arraigned in 72 hours," said Moore. "Today, that process is, with the zero-bail, that person is in and out back in the community and their next court appearance is an arraignment that's four or five months out."

Moore said homicides have gone up about 50% since 2019 and aggravated assaults have gone up about 16%.

Shabiha (Levantine Arabic: شَبِّيحَة Šabbīḥa, pronounced [ʃabˈbiːħa]; also romanized Shabeeha or Shabbiha; lit. 'ghosts') is a colloquial and generally derogatory term for various loosely-organised Syrian militias loyal to the Assad family prior to the collapse of the Assad regime, used particularly during the initial phase of the Syrian civil war. As the war has evolved, many groups which had previously been considered shabiha were amalgamated into the National Defence Force and other paramilitary groups.[10]

The mercenaries consisted of mostly Alawite men paid by the regime to eliminate figures of its domestic opposition and alleged fifth-columnists. The Shabiha were established in the 1980s to smuggle weapons to the Syrian soldiers stationed in Lebanon during the Syrian occupation of Lebanon.[11] While most Shabiha were members of the Alawi minority, the main common denominator of the groups was loyalty to the Assad family rather than religion, and in areas such as Aleppo they were primarily Sunni.[12]

The word became common in the 1990s, when it was being used to refer to "thugs" who work with the government and often drove Mercedes-Benz S-Class and gave their guards the same car; that specific car model was nicknamed Shabah (Ghost) in many Arabic countries which led to its drivers being called Shabeeh [13] The Syrian opposition stated that the shabiha are a tool of the government for cracking down on dissent.[14] The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has stated that some of the shabiha are mercenaries.[14] Strongly loyal to the Assad dynasty and containing anti-Sunni factions, shabiha militias are discreetly financed by powerful Syrian businessmen, and have often been responsible for the more brutal actions against the opposition, including possible massacres. Psychological warfare against Syria's Sunni population is also known to have been employed by Alawi Shabiha, which includes demonising Sunni religious beliefs and usage of deriding slogans such as "There is no God but Bashar".[

Cavario seems to think so.

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But who were/are Los Antrax and who was El Chino? #SICARIO part 3 American Dope

Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa aka Chino Antrax grew up in Culician, capital of Sinaloa- and his father was a small political official and he wanted to be an air force pilot- but he had the skin condition psoriasis so the Mexican military took a pass…so he went to college for architecture- which is one of those professions that sounds cool- but has limited actual opportunities and once he got married and had a daughter he dropped out of college to take advantage of a real job opportunity. Working for his next door neighbors… the sons of El Mayo- one of El Chapo's equals in the Sinaloa Federation. So Chino Antrax definitely did not grow up poor, unlike El Chapo, or El Mayo for that matter.

At first, according to his lawyers, El Chino, was doing "small errands" for El Mayo's sons. Including Vicente - who famously testified against El Chapo and turned in 1.2 Billion to the U.S government in exchange for an 11 year prison term--which means he is out and about in the free world as we speak. But, at some point before 2009, El Chino became a member of a newly formed Sicario cell named after the deadly nerve agent Anthrax- all members had tattoos-. This group was initially tasked with security for El Mayo's family.. But in NarcoLand the best defense is an aggressive offense and thus Los Antrax morphed into, probably the most important, and definitely the most famous, Sicario crew under the Sinaloa umbrella.

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This is an interview conducted by Al Profit with KK for American Dope.

. After Biggie passed he became de facto head of security.. eventually landing him in prison for 11 year due to an "incident" at Hot 97 aka Shot97 hot 97 ebro in the morning

LSD permanently changed America. The first drug that the intelligentsia and social elites picked up on as a tool for personal development, for enlightenment, even. For a brief moment, taking LSD was akin to a religious sacrament. BUT. It was also a dark Pandora’s box. The CIA tried to use it as a mind control drug on U.S. citizens, and LSD helped birth the drug culture that still pervades America today. Did it derail the countercultural movements of the 1960’s. We will meet brilliant scientists, philosophers, naive young geniuses, and murderous motorcycle gangs. We will see the holocaust camps of Nazi Germany, the salons of 1950’s Hollywood, and the forgotten back alleys of mid-century America.

And finally, this week, the trials against them are finally set to begin.

Along with Cameron Pettit, two guys named Andrew Walter and Ryan Reavis are, as of now, going to trial. While you may be surprised none of them has turned informant, sometimes there is nothing to inform on and sometimes the prosecutors want to slam everybody involved and make an example out of people.

Cameron James Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood; Stephen Andrew Walter, 46, of Westwood; and Ryan Michael Reavis, 36, a former West Los Angeles resident who relocated to Lake Havasu, Arizona earlier this year, were charged in a three-count indictment.

This story is not simply a gossip piece about yet another overdose of a famous musician… being on a low rung of fame and actually moving around in LA/Hollywood myself I have something more interesting to explain.

Out here there is a type of social structure that doesn’t exist anywhere else, the only historical precedent I can see is that of royal courts during the heyday of European power. The royal courts and families were the celebrities of the day. They had the money & the power, but like modern celebrities they also had an abundance of free time. And so arose the system of courtiers - people that lived amongst the royals -some of them were actually useful like tutors and military advisors and scientists and artists..Leonardo da Vinci was a sometimes courtier… but some were just there to keep the Princes company or to facilitate their bad habits. For those of you familiar with Shakespeare the characters of Rosenkranz and Guildenstern from Hamlet should come to mind. And then you had the courtesans. The women who “kept the company” of the royal men. So that’s what you have in Hollywood, all these worthless people, many of whom came to LA from other places thinking that they were going to be celebrities, but now they just supply the drugs and sex, or perhaps just keep the lonely rich people company. Even if you’re not looking for them they appear in your lives… I temporarily got into the bad habit of trolling them when I realized what was going on. Most of them come and go like the Super Bowl as there really is nothing to them. But Mac Miller crossed paths with one that sold him some F pills and now hes dead. Same thing happened to Prince, and probably to Rock legend Tom Petty.

Now Mac Miller, as we will see from his text messages, had built up quite a poly-drug habit and one of the questions I want you to think about is this: is it kind of arbitrary to charge drug dealers with killing people when, in fact, celebrities have a whole court full of courtesans and courtiers who let them become dopefiends and, in most cases, actively facilitate and promote their addictions so they can maintain their own personal lifestyle of the rich and famous which they are incapable of earning on their own?

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The Mafia was, and perhaps still is, one of the most important players in the American pop music business. From Rock n roll to rap, but especially, R&B, and Nathan McCalla had been the business partner, bodyguard, and protege of one of music industries biggest gangsters. Morris Levy. And Big Nat would never have been knocked off without the go-ahead from his so-called mentor Morris Levy and his Genovese Mafia Music bosses.

Big Nat McCalla was Levy’s right-hand man and vice president of Roulette Records, as well as the owner of a tiny R&B music label backed by Levy named Calla Records. Morris Levy is infamous stealing publishing royalties from many, many famous music acts. In the 50’s Levy had Count Basie and Frankie Lymon.. Who was a heroin addict by 14 years old. A fresh faced white kid from Pittsburgh who came to New York with offers to sign from every single major label.. Found that all the offers were retracted the very next day because Morris Levy called them. Tommy James ended up having over 30 million.. In 1970’s and 70’s money -over 100 M’s today- stolen by Levy and McCalla at Roulette Records. So Morris Levy and the Mafia stole more money from Tommy James alone than, say, the infamous Frank Matthews, made and stashed. Think about that. Tommy James was forced to leave New York, and eventually extricate himself from Roulette records when there was a Mob war in New York and Levy was afraid Tommy James would be targeted by the Colombo famlly because the Genovese were his backers.

3 young gangsters: one from Brooklyn, one from the Bronx, and one from Harlem.

This unholy trinity would have more effect on the day to day living of "the streets" of the Rotten Apple, than probably anyone during the 60's and 70's.

Their names were Joey Gallo, Matty Madonna, and Leroy Barnes and for the most of the following 20 years they helped keep the streets of New York full of the most soul enslaving drug ever. The Big H.

Joey Gallo was a soldier in the Profaci family, and when Barnes met him he was fresh off being a triggerman in one of the most infamous gangland hits ever, the barber chair job on Albert, the "Mad Hatter" Anastasia of Murder Inc.

As the story goes, Joey Gallo schooled Barnes on the structure and practices of La Cosa Nostra whose institutional strength is such that is now well over 100 years old.

Madonna’s friendship with Barnes blossomed in the 1960’s and into the 70’s, as he became, possibly, the single largest Heroin connect in the country for the Italians. After their release from prison, Madonna started supplying large quantities of heroin to Barnes. Madonna would drop off a car with a trunk full of heroin at a Manhattan parking lot. Barnes would pick up the heroin later and exchange it for cash. A few days later, Madonna would return to pick up the car with the cash. Madonna and Barnes continued this arrangement until 1975, when Madonna was arrested for attempting to deliver 10 keys of H from Bangkok in New York City, mostly likely destined to Leroy “Nicky” Barnes. On December 21, 1976, Madonna was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

In December 1981, while still in prison, Madonna received a summons to testify before a grand jury about narcotics activity in the New York area. In two appearances before the grand jury, Madonna refused to testify, even after being granted immunity from self-incrimination. The judge finally held Madonna in contempt of court. Madonna received an extra 528 days added to his sentence.

The year is 1999, and Aryan Brotherhood leader Barry “the Baron” Mills holds an unfulfilled murder contract from imprisoned Gambino Mafia Boss John Gotti. Its 3 years old, dating from Gotti's assault by a black inmate at Marion prison back in 96, and an AB soldier from Northern California named Ronnie Yandell was finally in position to fulfill Gotti’s contract on Gotti’s attacker…. But when Mills realized Yandell was soon to be paroled he stopped the hit. The Baron figured Yandell potential usefulness on the streets of the Bay area exceeded the need to bring John Gotti’s contract to fruition.

The year is 2018 and legendary Contra Costa County meth cook Donnie Phillips is facing yet another set of Federal charges in his long career. This time though, he has a unique defense: “I was forced to sell large amounts of crystal methamphetamine to help my son fight his death penalty case.” Phillips tells the court through his lawyers.

How are these interesting, but seemingly disconnected criminal events, in fact, connected? The answer is called FAIM, the Family Affiliated Irish Mafia, and its leader the infamous white East Bay Gangster Coby Phillips- the son of… Donnie Phillips.

And why was Coby Phillips facing the death penalty, supposedly causing his dad to get back into the meth cooking game to raise money for his son’s defense?

That goes back to Ronnie “Renegade” Yandell, the AB who was allegedly going to handle John Gotti’s murder contract. In May of 2001, about 2 years after his release from Federal prison, Yandell was arrested for killing 2 men in El Sobrante, a city in Contra Costa county right next to the city of Rodeo- Coby Phillips’ home base.

At this point, as the government narrative goes, Coby was ruling a multi-million dollar meth empire- possibly powered by his own father’s cooking skills - remember this was still the era where most meth was being cooked in America and ephedrine was still obtainable. Coby Phillips and his crew were spending their profits on trips to Benihana, Cadillac Escalades and exotic pets, including a pair of alligators Phillips illegally shipped from Florida. Ironic how people under the Aryan Brotherhood umbrella have the same spending habits as rappers.

I documented "Operation Headache"- where Federal officials arrested Hoover and other GD's in their state prison cells for running a criminal enterprise across state lines here: https://youtu.be/Nnd2i8Y2jyE

But just before that indictment Hoover had gotten in to politics, and many astute observers think Hoover's move into politics scared the "powers that be" in Illinois and they wanted him out of their state. Which is what happened when he was convicted in Federal court and sent to the same prison that now houses "El Chapo"

The Twenty First Century Vote campaign was led by Wallace "Gator" Bradley-a former enforcer for the Gangster Disciples in their early days. Sent to prison he was eventually pardoned by the governor of Illinois and when Larry Hoover turned GD into Growth and Development, Gator was the leader and almost won a seat on the Chicago city council. american dope vladtv larry hoover interview big meech frank matthews

Well, that’s just what happened to KTS DRE. His real name was Londre Sylvester and he was 31 years old. “KTS” stands for “Kill To Survive."

The phrase was tattooed on KTS Dre's neck with a target symbol. How ironic.

Sylvester had just been released from custody and was fitted for electronic monitoring as a condition of his bail, the police report said. He and a 60-year-old woman were walking “to an awaiting vehicle when several unknown (suspects) exited two separate vehicles and all began to shoot in Sylvester’s direction, striking him numerous times,” the police report said.

Fifty-nine shell casings littered the 2700 block of West 27th Street in Little Village — across the street from the jail — around 8:50 p.m. The 31-year-old man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:25 p.m. The police report said Sylvester suffered as many as 64 bullet wounds to his head and other parts of his body, however a full autopsy report detailing his injuries won’t be released for weeks.

Attempts to reach the 60-year-old woman who was shot were unsuccessful.

A second woman, a 30-year-old who was walking in the area at the time, suffered a graze wound to her mouth, according to a police report.

If he is 31 and the woman was 60, sounds like his mother just bailed him out and he got her shot while he was killed. Reminiscent of Honeycomb Brazy, but at least in this case it was the rapper who got killed and the parent or grandparent who only got shot. (insert news).

“Londre” aka KTS Dre was in jail for violating bond on a 2020 felony gun case. He went in on July 1st, and it “only took a week or so” for the people that allegedly loved him to come up with $5k to get him out of Cook County Jail.

He was ordered to get an electronic ankle monitor before his release, but whoever wanted to get their get back didn’t even give him a chance.

I’m not here to promote the War in Chiraq like DJ Twerpademic, but it bears mentioning that the 3 sided gang beef he was mixed up in.

He was from Lakeside the area and part of the Kill to Survive KTS click which pairs Vice Lords and Gangster Diciples down on the East Side of Chicago… which is anything on the South Side east of State street and includes some of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods. By some estimates there has been an incredible 21 murders from the KTS and Lakeside vs TerrorTown beef.

The Cook County Jail is the size of 72 NFL football fields put together and has been under a Federal consent decree since 1980! Which means they admit the jail is poorly run and violent and “fix it” before the Feds come in and take over… but obviously that’s a dog and pony show since its been going on for 40 years. Divisions 9 and 10 of the jail — the largest single-site jail in the country — was described as also being one of the most violent by experts at a recent Federal hearing about the violence guards inflict on inmates there.

A video played in federal court shows a prisoner in a yellow jumpsuit bent over at the waist and crying out as a sheriff's deputy lifts the man's handcuffed hands above his head as he led him to an elevator. And to give you an idea of how chaotic and dangerous Cook County is, inmates can sign themselves into protective custody at any time, actually making it a prime location to find an inmate targeted for attack. For example one inmate wants to get at another, so they are held on different tiers. But if the target makes the mistake of going into protective custody, his stalker can simply sign himself into PC as well and pounce. Sounds like the opposite of protection to me.

United States Attorney Leonard R. Gilman said: ''Part of the problem is that by using these juveniles, who can't be prosecuted in adult courts, the leaders of the operation have managed to insulate themselves from law-enforcement efforts. Worse, we're trying to catch men who the kids working on the streets see as folk heroes.''

Fat Joe and his "Terror Squad" have quite a few anecdotes floating around about them actually spreading "Terror" in the hip hop business…from Big Pun kidnapping WhoKid to Fat Joe chasing Jay-Z around his office to Cuban Link getting his face slashed in an internal beef. But there's levels to violence and I've seen first hand several well known "street guy" rappers be intimidated by active street guys. Fat Joe just told an interesting story along those lines and I did some more research about it.

Pun died in early 2000, so this would have been 98 or 99, probably. Bridgeport, Connecticut is driving distance from New York and has a large Puerto Rican population, as well as a thriving "street economy". Joey Crack and co.'s brush with death began when Big Pun invited them to perform at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Bridgeport, although Pun didn't end up going himself. When Terror Squad arrived, they were "treated like kings" by local kingpin Frankie "The Terminator" Estrada and his crew. The "treated like Kings" isn't just the usual saying, Estrada was a leader in the Latin Kings, though his involvement with them is an interesting look into how power works on the streets vs jail. Guys who mill around liquor stores and ask for change in the free world might be big deals inside the joint and when Estrada went to prison circa 1990 he was already making money in the streets and became an extortion target. And though his nicknam "The Terminator" came from getting rid of people no amount of tough can protect a single person from a large well organized gang in a prison setting…so Frankie Estrada became a Latin King. Just like they could give him a problem inside the joint, he could give them problems on the streets of Bridgeport. His money and power was concentrated around the P.T. Barnum public housing project.

Estrada eventually made enough money to own one of the largest nightclubs in the state of Connecticut, but he definitely came up the hard way. While steel a teenager he went to cop his first ki of yayo for $17k in Brooklyn. His dad was the middleman…and stole his own sons street money. Ran off with cash. After his release from prison in 1995, Estrada set up shop in Bridgeport's infamous PT Barnum projects, specializing in H, with brand names like "Hawaiian Punch". During this period Frankie's street activities put his own family in peril, for example some stick up guys robbed his sister's apartment, shooting a cousin in the process and throwing Frankie's mother out of a window.

El Camello is in a U.S. Federal prison today, perhaps for life, perhaps not, as he, like most high level Narcos, testified against others as part of his guilty plea. Chávez added that he controlled a group of hit squads that were responsible for killing more than 2,000 people in Juárez in a war between the Vicente Carillo Fuentes and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa Cartel.

What's disturbing to know, with possible ramifications for the immediate future of America, is that El Camello was an El Paso, Texas gang member, not some crazed killer from a third world country, and he had already served a five year prison term in Louisiana for smuggling years ago. His gang is known as Barrio Azteca, formed in the Texas prison system in 1986 for guys that fell out of El Paso- and the Barrio Azteca, just like the Logan Heights gangs from San Diego did for the Arellano Felix brothers in Tijuana- became part of the the Juarez Sicario system. In San Diego-Tijuana- the American guys were probably responsible for executing a Catholic Cardinal. Let that sink in. Unlike in the days of Colombians being the narco powerhouse, with Mexico sharing a common border, and increasingly common culture in the Southwest, many of the low paid and bloodthirsty young sicarios are born and raised in the U.S.A.

I interviewed Baltimore street legend John "Liddy" Jones for my documentary about the biggest black gangster of all time-- Frank Matthews- the man who got away.