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The book is called the mexican mafia but its light on actual information on the mafia. The story of rene boxer enriquez, and his life in the mexican mafia. Page after page is filled with partial information except about himself. Popular mexican mafia books showing 110 of 10 the black hand. There are countless grammatical errors and in some instances there are sentences and paragraphs that. He killed for the gang and ordered the deaths of many men. Despite its name, the mexican mafia did not originate in mexico, and is entirely a u. Authored by two former members now working with law enforcement and a network of. Family wants mexican mafia leader brought to justice duration. According to the federal bureau of investigation, the mexican mafia had arranged for contract killings to be carried out by the aryan brotherhood, a white prison gang.
Chris blatchford shelved 2 times as mexican mafia avg rating 4. Morgans death comes at a critical juncture for the mexican mafia, which has brought an uneasy calm to some of southern. The black hand by chris blatchford read online on bookmate. The book is more about a group of attorneys and investigators that prosecuted some cases which involved the mafia. In this, the story of the rise of the mexican mafia, po. Tony rafael discusses his book the mexican mafia youtube. The book was kind of light on the history of the group, how it became such a big player, how its changed over the decades,etc. The first book ever published on the subject, southern soldiers is a pioneering work that unveils the operations of this california prison gang and describes how it. Gangster reveals mexican mafia secrets rene enriquez was once a leader in the mexican mafia.
The black hand is the true story of rene enriquez, aka boxer, and his rise in a secret criminal organization, a new mafia, that already has a grip on all organized. It has been called the most dangerous gang in american history. Lapd criticized for arranging downtown talk by mexican mafia killer. The most comprehensive book ever written on the history and innerworkings of the mexican mafia. Narrated by ramon mundo mendoza, this episode is adapted from the mexican mafia encyclopedia chapter 26, titled nepotism. This book provides an inside look into this criminal world, from street level to organized crime that operates anonymously within our society. Rafaels debut booka study of the southern californiabased mexican mafia told mainly from the perspective of. The author goes on and on about himself and shoots down every other person than has written a book about the mexican mafia. His life is chronicled in chris blatchfords true crime book the black hand.
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