Mexican Mafia
Mexican Mafia (also known as MM or La Eme ) is one of the largest prison gangs in the United States . It was founded in the 1950s by members of Mexican street gangs in Tracy Prison in the US state of California . Over time, she rose to become one of the largest drug traffickers inside US prisons and also tried to get drug trafficking outside of prisons under her control.
The American federal authorities estimate that the Mexican Mafia today has about 30,000 permanent members who are predominantly criminal in prisons and on the streets all over the USA, especially in Southern California and Texas . The authorities estimate the number of half-members, aspirants, who sell drugs and commit murders on behalf of the Mexican Mafia to be more than three times as high .
In order to be admitted to the MM or to kill a member, the consent of three full members is required. Above all, members must adhere to four rules which, if ignored, result in death: They must never inform the police, they must not be homosexual , they must never show fear and they must not disrespect any other member.
The Mexican Mafia is part of the Sureños and is led by two leaders, one from a Maravilla gang from East Los Angeles , the other from the Black Angels from San Bernardino County .
The Mexican Mafia has close ties to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and sometimes murders for them.