United Latino Organization

This article focuses on Hispanic street and prison gangs, which – along with other gangs – constitute a significant and iconic phenomenon of contemporary political discourse in the United States, as well as social and economic life in this country. In the XXI century, the prison systems of most countries continue to be characterised by…

On June 4, 1997, at approximately 9:45 in the evening, two teenagers were shot at DeArco’s Pizzeria, on the southwest side of Chicago. One of them, Miguel Macias, was killed, and the other, Hugo Munoz, was badly injured. Macias and Munoz were members of a gang called the United Latino Organization (ULO). According to eyewitnesses,…