NAE is a white supremacist prison gang that was formed inside of the Arkansas prison system back in the 1990s.
They are the largest white gang in the state of Arkansas with an estimated 5,000 members within the state.
Majority of the Latin Kings in Mississippi are white Caucasian males with a few black and hispanic members.
The 5th and Hill gang is a gang that was formerly located in Downtown LA. It was formed in the 1970s by a group of Mexican immigrants who made a living as day laborers on the 5th Hill streets in Downtown LA. They started their career as criminals by robbing pedestrians who passed through their neighborhood, before starting sales of heroin in the 1980s. Authorities believe they received the heroin in bulk directly from Mexico. The gang is mostly known for being one of the few Mexican gangs in LA that didn’t adopt the Sureno identity, but Rather joined the “Paisa car” in Prison, and adopted “22” to their name, 5th and Hill 22. The 22 symbolizes “BB”, the Border Brothers gang. They’re known for having close ties to the Sinaloa cartel, the Border Brothers gang, and various other criminal organizations. Everything was looking up for the gang, heroin was their best-selling product. Downtown turned out to be an ideal spot to find clients and dealers because of the low-income immigrants that were easy to spot and recruiting was easy because the gang offered a better, easier way to make a lot of money rather than doing manual labor. The gang was known to be the top drug dealers in Downtown Los Angeles, though not everything went as planned. In 2007 the LAPD launched an investigation into the 5th and Hill gang. Months-long crackdowns affected the sales and many high-profile members of the 5th and Hill gang were arrested. “The police, after the raids were over, found over a million dollars' worth of heroin. Police say that they recovered over 45,000 balloons of the product. They also found 85 pounds of tar heroin, enough to fill half a million balloons when diluted. Officers arrested 31 people, alleged leaders of the gang, as well as scores of alleged street sellers that worked for them.” The gang is known for getting along with most blood gangs. They have a few beefs, but their biggest one is with the 18th Street gang. The gang had beefed with Florencia 13 in the past, but buried the hatchet so they could band together against 18th Street. They’re known for throwing up an H, or the number 5 with their hands as their gang sign. They wear mostly orange and sport a variety of different hats. Most hats seen being worn by the gang members are the Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Atlanta Falcons, and the Pittsburgh Pirates (for Paisa).
Paisas are not a prison gang, they are a union similar to Tangos. They are not under anyone, they are their own car. In SoCal and Feds they run with SS, and in NorCal they run with Norte. In the Feds they are known as Paisa 16, although this is more of a movement than a gang. In Texas they run with Tangos and go by Paisa Tango Mexicles. They also run with PRM, HPL, and AA, although they have come in conflict with these groups. They are sworn enemies of the Barrio Aztecas, MS-13, and Tren de Aragua. In Arizona they run under the Border Brothers. Although they have come into conflict with them. This is mainly due to a Paisa street gang in Phoenix, WBP. WBP even formed their own temporary group called Doble Familia to war against the BBs. Ultimately the BBs maintained control of the Paisa car in Arizona. Paisas are the deepest in the Feds, due to the nature of their crimes.
The Raza Unida (RU) is a Latino prison gang that originated in 1988 in the southern Texas prison system. The founders of the gang were convicted felons from Corpus Christi and Dallas, Texas. Soon after the gang's inception, a conflict arose between the RUs and another prison gang called the Barrio Azteca. The Aztecas murdered an RU member, claiming that the victim had once been a member of the Barrio Azteca. The claim turned out to be legitimate, so the Raza Unida did not retaliate. Following the Raza Unida’s primary years, the gang struggled to gain the respect from “The Big 3” – the Mexican Mafia, the Texas Syndicate, and the Barrio Azteca, the state's larger and more established prison gangs. In 1992 the Mexikanemi instigated a brief war with the weaker Raza Unida. Three members of the Raza Unida were killed in an attack from the Mexican Mafia at the Coffield state prison. During the conflict with the Raza Unida and the more powerful Mexican Mafia, the Raza Unida had no choice but to join an alliance with the Texas Syndicate. This meant that they gave the Texas Syndicate a quarter of Corpus Christi, which was officially Raza Unida drug-dealing territory. As a result, the Texas Syndicate protected the Raza Unida. In 1994, the TS and the RUs wanted to take over the Brownsville, Texas drug route, which was being run by a rival prison gang, the HPL (Hermanos Pistoleros Latinos). After five years of war, they reached an agreement that all three gangs would share the drug trade in Brownsville by dividing the city into sections. The Raza Unida began to multiply in 1995 after a murderous war erupted between the TS and the Barrio Azteca. The Raza Unida refused to get involved in this war or assist the Texas Syndicate. Instead, the Raza Unida severed its alliance with the Texas Syndicate and declared complete independence. These infuriated members of the Texas Syndicate but the TS could not afford to retaliate against the RUs. While the Texas Syndicate was being consumed in warfare against their rival Barrio Azteca gang, the now independent Raza Unida was able to gain control of the prison drug trade. Unfortunately, the Raza Unida’s newfound power did not last long. In July 1997, the Texas Syndicate regained power and control of the prison system drug trade. During these war years, it became known to the Texas Syndicate that the RUs were importing drugs from the Brownsville, TX, and Matamoros, MX international port of entry and trafficking them to Dallas and Houston, which were predominantly Texas Syndicate territory. In late March 2002, RU members assaulted and killed a TS member at the Polunsky Unit, and lockdowns were ordered for all known or suspected TS and RU members and affiliates. A full-scale gang war erupted between both gangs and violence erupted in units statewide as well as in cities such as Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston. The Raza Unida suffered great losses and was on the verge of collapse when a conflict arose among ranking members of the Raza Unida. The RU’s Dallas and southern Texas members split into two factions after the two could not reach an agreement or a truce.
The majority faction is called RU Surenos, which makes up members of the southern part of Texas, and the minority faction from Dallas which remains Raza Unida. The split caused a loss of morale for many of the organization’s original members, and several hundred quit. Raza Unida is known to be tied with the Gulf Cartel and shares many family bonds.
- Raza Unida(Original/Dallas): The original but minority faction, known to work closely with the Los Escorpiones and Los Ciclones factions of the Gulf Cartel.
- Raza Unida Sureños(New/San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Houston): The majority faction of the RU, known to work closely with the Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel.
The Paisa Tango Mexicles was formed in the Texas prison system by a group of Mexican nationals and immigrants who banded together to protect themselves from being recruited or assaulted by other STGs. Although members of this gang may be tattooed with the word “Mexicle” or “Mexicles,” the term is not used exclusively by them. The word “Mexicle” is a term used to describe a Mexican citizen and thus is sometimes found in tattoos worn by members of other gangs, such as the PRM, who they are in conflict with. This group should not be confused with Los Mexicles, a Juarez based prison gang.