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The Latin Kings are a violent criminal enterprise comprised of thousands of members across the United States. The Latin Kings adhere to a national manifesto, employ an internal judiciary and use a sophisticated system of communication to maintain the hierarchy of the organization. As alleged in court documents, the gang uses drug distribution to generate revenue, and engages in violence against witnesses and rival gangs to further its influence and to protect its turf.
One thing NOT SAID is the extend of Hispanic and possibly Portuguese immigrant offspring gangs throughout a lot of New England. Not sure of the extent but it seems that besides Massachusetts, logical bases would be in Connecticut (New Haven area); Rhode Island (possibly the whole of Cape Cod up to Provincetown), possibly Maine’s east coast area, and maybe Vermont if the communists let them operate there.
The older generation of Portuguese immigrants were very nice, hardworking people. The problem is that the newer generations got targeted by international and national drug cartels to take over criminal activities areas the old Italian Mafia once controlled, but lost to law enforcement over the years. “The world abhors a vacuum” theory.