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Trinidad "Trini" Iglesias was never recruited into the Mexican Mafia. He was a validated close associate of several Mexican Mafia members while at San Quentin in the 1970's.

Correction: Dopey Dan was killed in 1968, not 1970. Baby Alvarez was convicted in 1970.

On March 4, 1971, Yogi stabbed Officer Robert McCarthy through the tray slot at Soledad's old X-Wing facility, ramming a toothbrush through the officer's eye and mortally wounding him. I think one can guess CDCR personnel probably grieved very little at the demise of Yogi Pinell.

Unless someone has a name and incident to cite, there is only one Mexican Mafia member to die at the hands of a rival prison gang. His name is Rudy "Cheyenne" Cadena and he perished in Palm Hall in December 1972 at the hands of the Nuestra Familia. "Dopey Dan" was stabbed to death in Soledad in 1970...

Great insight, Bumperjack. You have a higher calling now and I commend you, "Snake Eyes," "Kilroy" and others from that life who are now serving the Lord. He will use you more than you can ever imagine.
God bless you !!

I suppose this Top 10 List of Snitches makes for interesting conversation, right up there with people asking which is the baddest prison gang of all time? Agree with Bumperjack's observations when he states "them all" who defect and debrief. The MM certainly does not give out trophies for the "Top 1...

One of the only reason why HMV was the one who led it to power or had a lot of members was because HMV was the one with the best hook up for product and connections. Because if it doesn't make "cents" than it doesn't make "dollars". Actually, it was the Hawaiian Gardens boys ("Huero Buff" Flores and...

According to the book THE MEXICAN MAFIA ENCYCLOPEDIA, check out Chapter 19 Los Maravillosos , beginning on page 242. Not only does it reveal that between 1957 and 1973, 22 top dogs from the Maravilla gangs were recruited by the EME with 17 of them being from Hoyo Mara, their photos, true names, nic...

Hello Silent Man, I know you hear this all the time when books are being hyped and plugged but the NF book will indeed give everyone a very detailed account that has not been read before. All the important characters will be covered and some (like DR and Babo) will probably have their own chapters a...

(((…but it took well into the mid eighties for this to spread completely from the prison yard to individual neighborhoods))) Silent Man, I believe you now have a handle on this “thing” we are/have been discussing. In very early posts, I know it appeared we were “arguing” somewhat but this North-Sout...

((One head scratcher for me though is how could the NF really have taken off to become what it is today if all these early members were informing)) With all due respect, I disagree with you here Silent. Some of the most deadly prison gang members I’ve met put in more work than many current members e...

Hey Silent Man …….. Just happened to check into Streetgangs.com and was wondering why I wasn’t getting any updates. Somehow I was taken off the “lista” and had to log in like a brand new guy and I saw all these posts. I see you read The Shoe War and saw your lengthy review and I also see that you no...

The Shoe War - The History of Nortenos vs. Surenos Sent: June 27th, 2015, 8:37 am From: razorman55 To: silentwssj Greetings Silent. Wow, it's been a while since I've been on this site and I just now saw your inquiries about The Shoe War whereas in the past I would receive an email notification from ...

Please advise when your book is available and I will pick up a copy and share the link with other people.

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Bumperjack ..... You are spot on when it comes to your take on law enforcement people's accuracy. We are woefully limited in what we can bring to the table when talking about gang members. You have a personal belief in not purchasing ex-member's books and I copy that. Many of us would rather hear it...

silentwssj wrote: This book was written by Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza! He is a highly placed EME dropout from the 1st generation of EME members (Was he first generation? he became a member in '70, is that still part of the first gen?) My reply to this post did not appear so I'll give it another go. Mundo...

Hey Silent ..... Just replied to your other post about Prison Menace. You're right, Prison Menace could certainly have used some beefing up but it was indeed more for correctional officers than those who have been in the system and know all this. Don't know if you received my other shout out about S...

Greetings Silent ……………. Just read your review. Quite a journey into early years at San Quentin. Sgt. Hankins was indeed a one-man crusade with ALL upper staff in total denial. In their arrogance, they 1) did not care there was a prison gang preying on everyone, including their own (their attitude se...

10-4. Give us your critique.

To SILENT and anyone interested, ALPHA GUARD - The True Story of California's First Prison Gang Investigator (by William Hankins) is now available at leodiscount.hiredbypolice.com It weighs in at 196 pages and has some interesting chapters. Silent, you will read some never before read history that w...

Hello Silent ................. Breaking development. For internal reasons, one of the co-authors (Sgt. Eric Patao) had to remove his name from any involvement in ALPHA GUARD and the SHOE WAR. This delayed the release of Alpha Guard, which should be available next week. The SHOE WAR has been delayed ...

Effective today, THE PRISON MENACE was released today and is available on either of the following Web Sites:

http://ihelppolice.wix.com/policeandfire1#!books/c1pna

http://mexicanmafiabooks.com/

Oh, and as for the Polish gentleman on your other thread, he sounds very un-American, doesn't he? Opinons are one thing but his goes out to left field. If you acknowledge, they keep it going. If you ignore (or get them DELETED), they go back to playing with their toys.

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Hello Bumperjack …………………. Having elected to survive and put behind that other world, for it does indeed come down to your free will to choose, I commend you for recognizing the finer side of life. You CHOSE your life's partner and productive life over a life of crime. Your hands are never tied, my f...

Oh, believe me, that point of view is no secret to me. I would never dream of attempting to change their minds if that’s the road they wish to remain on. To be honest, there is very little to be learned from most blogs out there because most posters wish to “toot their horns” and net bang. You have ...

Hey Bumperjack ……… One thing we can agree on is the amount of MISINFORMATION out there. Barry Mills and Terrible Tom will surely go down in AB history in the Top 5 and maybe even the Top 2 but, as you know, they were not Founding members as many web sites indicate. Barry was a “second wave” guy and ...

Hello Bumperjack ……. We pretty much ascribe such based on a preponderance of evidence. As investigators, were it not for ex-members, we would have no other way of knowing except wiretaps and mail and prison gang members didn’t go around talking about this in kites, letters or telephone conversations...

Evil is Evil so it almost doesn’t matter that the emulating groups – those who copy the AB and Mexican Mafia name – are NOT part of the California-spawned groups. For historical and training purposes, it is important to know there is indeed a difference. The prison gang template was first establishe...

Hello Bumperjack ….. Many police officers (and younger cons who can only go by what they have been told) have heard far out versions of what took place at the Shoe War of 1968 and the significance of this event. When the authors decided to co-author THE SHOE WAR – The History of Nortenos vs. Surenos...

Hello Silent ..... LIttle Wing ..... Bumperjack and interested folks, As promised, I now have the Green Light to share the information on the three (3) upcoming books. They will be formally labeling these 3 books as a San Quentin 3-part Series, each with it's own distinct subject matter. The prices ...

Hello Bumperjack ...... ((((Greetings fellow historians on Californias prison gangs,the books comming out wil be interesting,also to put some history out there is a question I have for. Readers history buffs ex gang members,current gang members you guys hit the books real hard and are very knowledge...

Hello Little Wing ....... If it weren't for the Update from Streetgangs.com, I almost forgot about this blog. Thanks, Streetgangs … thank you too, Little Wing. "DR" was indeed a ruthless man. He co-authored the NF Constitution at San Quentin with "Daira" Medina and saw many "quality control" issues ...