TY - BOOK ID - 118595063 TI - The Mexican Mafia AU - Rafael, Tony. AU - United States. PY - 2007 SN - 128248768X 9786612487682 1594032734 PB - New York : Encounter Books, DB - UniCat KW - Gangs KW - Prison gangs KW - Mexican American criminals KW - Organized crime investigation KW - Mexican Mafia (Gang) KW - Criminal investigation KW - Criminals, Mexican American KW - Criminals KW - Crews (Gangs) KW - Crime syndicates KW - Street gangs KW - Teen gangs KW - Teenage gangs KW - Juvenile delinquents KW - Hoodlums KW - Eme (Gang) KW - La eMe (Gang) KW - Sureños (Gang) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118595063 AB - It has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agenda. It waves the flag of the Black Hand and its business is murder. Although known on the streets for over fifty years, the Mexican Mafia has flown under the radar of public awareness and has flourished beneath a deep cover of secrecy. Members are forbidden even to acknowledge its existence. For the first time in its history, the Mexican Mafia ER -