Mexikanemi

Mexikanemi
Founded1984; 40 years ago (1984)[1]
FounderHeriberto Huerta[1]
Founding locationHuntsville Unit, Texas, United States[1]
Years active1984–present
TerritoryTexas[2]
EthnicityMexican and Mexican American[2]
Membership (est.)4,000[2]
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, human trafficking, loansharking, money laundering, extortion, murder[2]
AlliesGulf Cartel[2]
Juárez Cartel[2]
Mexican Mafia[3]
Los Zetas[2]
RivalsNuestra Familia[3]
Texas Syndicate[3]

Mexikanemi, also known as the Texas Mexican Mafia, is a Mexican-American prison and street gang established in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison system in 1984.[4][2] It functions separately from the original California Mexican Mafia, and members consider themselves primarily tied to the area of Aztlán, formerly Mexican territories in the southwestern United States.[5][6] The group engages in a wide range of illegal activities including drug trafficking, loan sharking, and money laundering.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b c Homegrown cartel Jeffrey Wright, San Antonio Current (July 7, 2010)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Prison Gangs justice.gov (May 11, 2015)
  3. ^ a b c Florida Department of Corrections. "Prison Gangs (continued) - Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness". Florida Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  4. ^ "www.justice.gov".
  5. ^ Lyman, Michael D. (2010). Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts and Control. Elsevier. p. 496. ISBN 9781437744514.
  6. ^ "Texas Gangs: An Overview of Security Threat Groups and Other Major Gangs in Texas" (PDF). Texas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  7. ^ "www.prisonoffenders.com". www.prisonoffenders.com.
  8. ^ "FBI arrests man in Texas suspected of being gang hit man". Reuters. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.