402K subscribers 2 No views 1 minute ago ESPN's Matt Barrie is back for Week 6's Sunday Bloody Sunday to talk through the interim coaches prowess, Alabama's win over Texas A&M, Tennessee. Other factors that were possible motivators were being part of an economically disadvantaged social group, the reality of low wage work as a prison guard, or merely feeling trapped because of the fear of reprisal by prison gang members. The Albanians are too violent and too unpredictable." While both were considered Mexican Americans, state identity was also an important restriction along with ethnic identity. Tejanos were being preyed upon by California prison gangs in some of the most notorious California prisons including San Quentin and Folsom. His crew, with his vast illegal interests went to Anthony Salerno. At about 7:30 pm in the evening at the Darrington Unit day room in Rosharon, TX three Texas Mexican Mafia members Lloyd Vasquez, Jose Arturo Garcia, and Albert Carrillo were all fatally stabbed by Texas Syndicate members Lee R. Castro and Rogelio Cantu who were detained afterwards. A former car dealership displays a graffiti representation of Bloody Sunday on its boarded facade. The Texas Syndicate, a prison gang that operates in and outside of penitentiaries, is considered by state law-enforcement officials to be among the most dangerous criminal organizations in. Released or parole members who generate money for the Texas Syndicate must surrender a 10% tax ("the dime") of all proceeds toward the gang in prison. Moreover, the Albanian mafia families are organized in 3-4 or more levels, which enable them to preserve the organizational action capability even in case some of its members or groups are captured. 01-07-00443-CR (Tex. He convened a meeting at which members voted to have Arredondo killed, according to prosecutor Tuck Tucker (Fair, 1991). The charges leveraged were allegations that Sandoval smuggled drugs into the prison, was involved in illegal drugs or an illegal drug transaction, and that Sandoval acted as a messenger or delivery boy for any gang member (The State of Texas vs Luis H. Sandoval, 1991). The process of this type of coercive manipulation was a unique type of influence pursued by prison gangs in the prison system and highlights the nuance and complexity behind prison gang activity. 8,126 Hispanic members operate across Texas, including specific reportings in the Coffield Unit, about 60 miles southwest of Tyler, and at the Allred prison unit outside of Wichita Falls. We haven't found a single catalogue or brochure for travelling at the agency, computers were not operating, nor has the printer been ever used. Correspondingly, Vasquez, Garcia, and Carrillo who were the earlier victims were all incarcerated for robbery or burglary convictions. New employment opportunities were too good to pass up for Sandoval and broadly speaking, for Mexican Americans. Both prison gangs were identified as Mexican American prison gangs, yet developed at odds with each other, even while representing and emphasizing their Texas state identity. Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Audience Award, writer-director Paul Greengrass' "magnetic and impassioned" drama is a "staggering re-creation" of the events of Sunday, January 30th, 1972 when British troops clashed with unarmed protestors in Derry, Northern Ireland. Since the removal of the building tender system many of the old guard force resigned and left many green guards to come in and figure out the new and changing Texas prison system. (Gang Intelligence 101), In April 2002, members of the Texas Syndicate murder a Tango Blast member at the J.B. Connally state prison. This study is also meant to highlight not only Mexican American prison gangs but the overall Mexican American experience for inmates and guards within the confines of the world of prisons. Thirteen. *Alfredo Aguilar is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Texas Tech University, References This process was an exploitative tactic that many prisoners faced and continue to face in prisons. First prison gang remains a force to fearThousands of Texas Syndicate members behind bars, but murder, mayhem continue. Ellis I Unit prison guard Patrick Ware described a similar tactic used by inmates related to downing the duck. Ware and numerous other current and former guards testified that gang members commonly try to influence prison officers to smuggle drugs to them. Australia Godfather of an Albanian Mafia family 'Daut Kadriovski' gained attention of Australian Authorities after creating a drug pipeline through Albanian and Croatian communities in Sydney and Brisbane. SELMA, Ala. -- March 7, 1965, will forever be etched in American history as "Bloody Sunday." On that fateful day, 600 civil rights activists gathered in Selma, Alabama, to begin a 52-mile march to . More than 15 marchers were hospitalized for injuries suffered in an event known as " Bloody Sunday ." Then, through negotiations or in armed showdowns, the Albanians struck out on their own, daring to battle the Lucchese and Gambino families for territory in Queens, the Bronx and Westchester County, prosecutors say." Texas prison . Two guards, Joel Lambright Jr. and Alex Torres, were also charged in 1994 with murder after Sandoval was charged and convicted (Smith, 1994). A former Texas Mexican Mafia member, Joe Morales, explained this process of escalation. Fields such as criminal justice, sociology, and criminology have provided vast research into prison gangs, and more specifically Mexican American prison gangs. Rent $3.99 Buy $12.99 Believed by MI6 to be Albanian, Le Chiffre is banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Thirteen people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured when members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside - a predominantly Catholic part. In the video game Socom 2 your first mission is to capture several kingpins in Albania. Sandovals letter was a scathing criticism of the TDCJs good ol boy system, which Sandoval claimed has ruled with an iron fist since the penal system was first established (Draper 1991). The murder came as a result of the Gulf Cartel hiring the Texas Syndicate to kidnap Serrano from his home in Texas and take him to cartel members in Mexico. Activists who gathered virtually and in person to commemorate a pivotal day in the civil rights struggle that became known as Bloody Sunday called on people to continue the fight for voting rights as they also honored giants of the civil rights movement, including the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who died last year. This simple action led to a massacre known as Bloody Sunday, and was the beginning of the 1905 Russian Revolution. Almir Rrapo : Leader of the "Krasniqi Crew" based in New York and other US cities. Mexican Americans exist in a difficult space as a protected group under the White category but not Black, such as reflected in the ruling of Hernandez v. Texas. Total Value: $6,014,687: Albanian mafia The Albanian Mafia or Albanian Organized Crime are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic Albanians . (Gang Intelligence 101), In 1980, the Texas Syndicate gain full control of the prison systems drug trade after the practice of using building tenders to assist guards is ruled out by a Civil court. In fact, the building tender system had purposely ignored Mexican Americans as potential candidates based on racial ideas. Southern Albanian groups also have good relationships with Sicilys Cosa Nostra "The Albanian criminals were special from the beginning," said Francesca Marcelli, an organized-crime investigator for the Italian government. A week later, a well-known event called Bloody Sunday occurred on September 8, 1985. Seventeen Texas Syndicate gang members living across Central Texas were arrested after federal authorities uncovered a methamphetamine and heroin trafficking operation, according to a news. The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry or the Saville Report after its chairman, Lord Saville of Newdigate, was established in 1998 by British Prime Minister Tony Blair after . The Aryan Brotherhood which also formed in California is not related to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. Bloody Sunday Marchers marching from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church to Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, March 7, 1965 (Bloody Sunday). On Wednesday, May 29, the jurors milled around outside the courtroom and vented their disgust with the states case to the media (Draper, 1991). Several key figures of the Albanian Mafia seem to reside frequently in the Calabrian towns of Perugia, Africo, Plati, and Bovalino (Italy), fiefs of the Ndrangheta. Bloody Sunday, which took place on Sunday, 9 January 1905, constitutes, even today, one of the most misrepresented events in the history of Russia. By Fintan O'Toole. Un-published manuscript, Texas Department of Corrections, 1986. Prosecutors announced they were pursuing criminal charges against two British soldiers who took part in the Bloody Sunday. The Azteca's murder their TS victim by slamming his head through jail bars. This group has lacked examination within the frameworks of mass incarceration scholarship, even as these studies continue to exponentially grow. Director Paul Greengrass Writer Paul Greengrass Stars James Nesbitt Tim Pigott-Smith Nicholas Farrell The favor increased from the lighting of a cigarette to mailing letters for the inmates as they claimed to lack stamps to do so. Hernandez was eventually sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Joe Arredondo (Fair, 1991). Krasniqi Brothers : Bruno Krasniqi and Saimir Krasniqi; leaders of an international crime organization engaged in murder, kidnapping, narcotics trafficking and other illegal activities in Albania and the U.S. Myfit (Mike) Dika : Former drug kingpin of the Balkan Criminal Enterprises; an international criminal organization which spanned from Canada , the United States , to Europe . App. He claimed the states justification in charging him was based on the fear of a lawsuit. A Guard in Gangland. Texas Monthly Press, August 1991. They undermined, and ultimately controlled many prison guards making them do their biddings, even outside the confines of the prisons as extensions of their economic enterprises. While these prison gangs relied primarily on ethnicity and racial identity for membership, state identity informed their inclusion as well and should be noted. While violence was a problem for both guards and inmates, there were also non-violent measures explored by prison gangs. Historically, prison gangs had been built along strict racial guidelines regarding membership, but also for those who participated in gang activity. It was also against the guidelines of the Texas prison system. Albanian mobsters Rexho and Luan feature in the Danish crime film Pusher III . He was digging himself deeper into their clutches and soon found himself processing a money order of two hundred and fifty dollars and was paid a percentage of that. He had an arranged agreement with them where profits from drug trafficking into the prison were split between himself and the Texas Syndicate. March 1965 Bloody Sunday . The day would be labeled Bloody Sunday. While Sandoval was found not guilty and was vindicated, it came at a cost. Building tenders were inmates who were tasked with monitoring and ultimately controlling the rest of the inmate population. For Sandoval, this was the lighting of an inmates cigarette, a task perceived in the outside world as nonthreatening, but inside the walls of a prison, a very dangerous act. Danielle S. Willkens "Once we identify a name and the story behind them, we can track. Sandoval was charged with the murder of Joe Arredondo through the special prison prosecution unit which was founded in 1984 to directly combat the escalation of prison gangs activity. South Texas Syndicate in La Salle County, TX. This included its leader Alex Rudaj , and effectively ended the criminal organization. Photographer Helped Expose Brutality Of Selma's 'Bloody Sunday' : Code Switch Some of the most iconic images of marchers being attacked by Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in . Perez was found stabbed approximately fifteen times in his upper torso and back (Graczyk, 1985). There are a lot of ways they can get you in trouble (McKay, 1991). Their options were either possibly losing their job, or continue assisting the inmates and they would remain silent. In the movie " In With Thieves " A blood diamond deal goes wrong which throws Albanian Mafioso into chaos in the criminal underworld. The cycle of predatory violence against non-gang members had continued to historically breed new prison gangs. Prison gangs commit homicides and assaults to establish dominance. Morales explains, he gets a life sentence and he ends up doing thirty-five, forty years, or whatever before he even comes up for parole. Travis McDonald, the primary prosecutor for the states recently developed prosecution unit headed this charge against crime inside of prisons. The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday . (Associated Press), In 1993, the Barrio Azteca brutally beat and murder a Texas Syndicate member in the El Paso county jail causing the Texas Syndicate to alliance its self with the Mexikanemi. Mexican Americans were informed by their ethnic identity, but also by state identity as prison gangs formed. The roots of its foundation were directly connected to prison gangs. However, Sandoval later recanted the statements he made to Draper concerning these acts. Like Sandoval, many inmates were both Mexican Americans and Texas residents, thus a sense of comfortability existed between inmate and guard. "On the 27th of July 1999 police in Durres (Albania), with Italian assistance arrested one of the godfathers of the "Sacra Corona Unita", Puglias Italian Mafia. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, time stopped and blood spilled as brave and righteous Americans sought to cross a bridge named after a Klansman in Selma . These inmates came in for robberies and burglaries but had to either graduate to murder or be murdered. [ March 4, 2023 ] Mayor Sylvester Turner expects the state will soon take over Houston ISD Current News [ March 4, 2023 ] Texas school districts face millions in extra costs as state program backing bond debt hits its limit Education [ March 4, 2023 ] As Bloody Sunday grows in significance across the world, organizers want to preserve the integrity of the event Uncategorized Bloody Sunday 2002 R 1 h 51 m IMDb RATING 7.6 /10 25K YOUR RATING Rate Drama History War A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972. Draper, Richard. While the lawyers made their arguments for and against Sandovals case, Sandoval expressed the states impetus to charge him which he argued was based on an entirely different motivation. Under Sandovals watch on December 17, 1986 Joe Arredondo, a Texas Syndicate member was found murdered. Deep in the bowels of the 4,000-man H. H. Coffield State Prison in east Texas, a young prisoner . One of these banks was discovered by accident by the Dsseldorf police when they were checking a travel agency "Eulinda" owned by the Albanians. The Texas Syndicate's activities include drug trafficking, extortion, prostitution, protection, gambling, and contract murder. (Draper, 1991) History The 116th Street Mob In the early 1890s, a group of five brothers (Antonio, Nicholas, Giuseppe and half-brothers Vincenzo and Ciro Terranova) arrived in New York City from Corleone, Sicily. The Polish mob has told its associates that the Albanians are like the early Sicilian Mafia clannish, secretive, hypersensitive to any kind of insult, and too quick to use violence for the sake of vengeance. The Gonzales homicide was merely one representative example of the larger problem of violence stemming from the war between the Texas Syndicate and the Texas Mexican Mafia that raged inside the walls of the prison units. Lulzim Krasniqi :(1863-2006) Former leader of the Albania Mafia based in Zagreb, Croatia. Bloody Sunday, demonstration in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, on Sunday, January 30, 1972, by Roman Catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others (one of the injured later died). Speaking anonymously for Philadelphia's City Paper a member of the " Kielbasa Posse ", an ethnic Polish mob group, declared in 2002 that Poles are willing to do business with "just about anybody. Palma Boys crew. Due to the fact that the Mafia families are based on the blood ties, which is a factor that restricts the number of the clan members, the bonds between them are very strong, which makes getting close to and infiltrating into them almost impossible. On Monday [June 24], at eight in the morning, Sandoval reported for duty at the Ellis I training academy in Huntsville (Draper, 1991) where he eventually secured employment with the TDC as a prison guard after completing several weeks of mandatory training. State identity also occurred as a form of othering by the California prison gangs which did not extend membership to non-Californios. Mexican Americans were also affected by mass incarceration, particularly in the U.S. Southwest. Sandoval contends that the door was kept unlocked and that he was framed because officials at the prison feared they would be held liable in Arredondos death (News Briefs, 1991). The Artichoke King Ciro "The Artichoke King" Terranova controlled the 116th Street Crew during the prohibition era. With the Texas prison administration on alert with the rise of homicides, unit officials had to respond quickly to disturbances. Sandoval as a Mexican American new boot, at the ripe age of twenty-one, during the most violent period of Texas prison history succumbed and became a duck as employment for Mexican Americans was not taken for granted. Ultimately, as the histories of prison continue to expand, the inclusion of Mexican Americans as an integral population to its history is necessary; we grow to contest the views of Mexican Americans as a criminalized population, discern an increased incarcerated population, and also recognize them becoming institutional operatives of the prison system itself. On February 2007, high ranking Texas Syndicate member Ernesto Medrano is sentenced to life in prison for using U.S. military flights to transport hundreds of kilos of cocaine from Columbia to Fort, Bliss Texas. The Aztecas murder their TS victim by slamming his head through jail bars. It was established in the 1960's at Folsom Prison in California in direct response to the other California prison gangs (notably the Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia), which were attempting to prey on native Texas inmates. Hispanic guards, he said, were either coerced into quitting or found doing something wrong. He also stated supervisors treated inmates like animals (Draper, 1991).