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Category: Surenos

Mexican Mafia-Linked Prison Gang Accused in Fatal Attack on Rivals at Nevada Prison

Mexican Mafia-Linked Prison Gang Accused in Fatal Attack on Rivals at Nevada Prison

Crime preventionDmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesMexican MafiaPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosSureñosUSA
yagunov17.03.202517.03.2025

Sureños gang members armed themselves with prison-made weapons and makeshift body armor before launching a deadly assault at Ely State…

Hispanic Street and Prison Gangs in the United States: Economics, Subculture, Hierarchies, Case Law and Political Discourse

Hispanic Street and Prison Gangs in the United States: Economics, Subculture, Hierarchies, Case Law and Political Discourse

12th Street18th StreetBarrio 18Comando VermelhoCompton Varrio SegundoDmytro YagunovEl SalvadorExpertsHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesLa Mara SalvatruchaMara 18Mexican MafiaMS-13NorteñosNuestra FamiliaPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureResearchSanta Monica 13SurenosSureñosUnited Latino OrganizationUSAVenezuela
yagunov04.03.202504.03.2025

This article focuses on Hispanic street and prison gangs, which – along with other gangs – constitute a significant and…

Pulido v. Lunes et al: Compton Varrio Segundo (Suicide of a Prisoner Due to the Threat of Revenge from a Prison Gang)

Pulido v. Lunes et al: Compton Varrio Segundo (Suicide of a Prisoner Due to the Threat of Revenge from a Prison Gang)

Compton Varrio SegundoDmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesPaisasPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosSureñosUSA
yagunov20.01.202520.01.2025

Plaintiff is a state prisoner in the custody of CDCR, presently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison, in Corcoran. The events…

California v. Ramirez: the Mexican Mafia

California v. Ramirez: the Mexican Mafia

Dmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesMexican MafiaPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosSureñosUSA
yagunov12.01.202512.01.2025

After hearing evidence defendants Jamie Ramirez and Albert Villa participated in a beating of another inmate while in custody at…

People v. Valdez: Sureño, Norteño

People v. Valdez: Sureño, Norteño

Dmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesNorteñosPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosSureñosUSA
yagunov11.01.202511.01.2025

On January 27, 1994, around 2:30 p.m., a caravan of vehicles, including a white Datsun, drove by the residences of…

People v. Super. Ct. (Guevara): Norteños, Sureños, the Mexican Mafia

People v. Super. Ct. (Guevara): Norteños, Sureños, the Mexican Mafia

Dmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesMexican MafiaNorteñosPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosSureñosUSA
yagunov09.01.202509.01.2025

Edgardo Ortiz Guevara was sentenced to 28 years to life under the “Three Strikes” law. His third strike was a…

United States of America v. Rodriguez: the Sureños, the Mexican Mafia

United States of America v. Rodriguez: the Sureños, the Mexican Mafia

Dmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesMexican MafiaPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosSureñosUSA
yagunov05.01.202505.01.2025

The panel affirmed three defendants’ convictions for conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder stemming from the stabbing of a…

Ramirez v. Reagan, Marshall, Johnson, Jourden, Linfor, Dillard, Bush, Lawrence, Gomez: the Bloods, the Carson Barrio Probe, the Mexican Mafia

Ramirez v. Reagan, Marshall, Johnson, Jourden, Linfor, Dillard, Bush, Lawrence, Gomez: the Bloods, the Carson Barrio Probe, the Mexican Mafia

BloodsCarson Barrio ProbeDmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesMexican MafiaNorteñosPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosUSA
yagunov03.01.202503.01.2025

Armando Ramirez, an Hispanic inmate at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that prison…

People v. Staten: the East Side Dukes

People v. Staten: the East Side Dukes

Dmytro YagunovEast Side DukesHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosUSA
yagunov02.01.202504.02.2025

He said that he had received threatening telephone calls from the East Side Dukes, a local Latino gang. The following…

Personal Restraint Petition of Zachary Steven Skon: the Norteños, the Sureños

Personal Restraint Petition of Zachary Steven Skon: the Norteños, the Sureños

Dmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesNorteñosPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureSurenosUSA
yagunov01.01.202501.01.2025

Most of Zachary Skone’s convictions arose from his shooting of Dane Alexander on January 14, 2018. As part of the…

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