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Seen it on Univision the day DR lost to the Dutch... Anyways just sharing thought it'd be posted on here..
My N' Manny got caught in this.. SMH
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...uptown_drug_gang_trinitarios_ripped_apar.html
Uptown drug gang Trinitarios ripped apart in bust; 34 members face barrage of federal charges
BY Michael E. Miller and Wil Cruz
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 11:53 PM
Watts/News
Several alleged members of Trinitarios drug gang, target of 41 indictments by the U.S. attorney's office, are in police custody outside 26th Precinctstationhouse in Harlem.
Cops dealt a crippling blow Tuesday to a fast-growing Washington Heights drug gang that has recently ratcheted up the violence, branching into murder toprotect its turf.
Thirty-four members of the Trinitarios, including three of its leaders, were charged with a slew of crimes, including drugs, weapons and murders, lawenforcement officials said. Police recovered 20 pounds of marijuana, $2,000 and, during the 20-month investigation, several handguns, including three 9-mm.weapons, a .45-caliber and a .357 magnum.
Cops said the mostly Dominican gang, which also operated in the Bronx, had become more brutal recently.
"Over the last couple of years, they've started to delve into more and more violence," said Capt. Gerry Farrell, commanding officer of the Bronxgang squad. "What started out as slashings and stabbings with knives and machetes has escalated to shootings and homicides."
The U.S. attorney's office Tuesday handed down an indictment that charged 41 members - authorities were still seeking seven more - with commandeering afour-block stretch in Washington Heights to sell cocaine, crack and Ecstasy, among other crimes.
"Members of the Trinitarios ... committed and conspired, attempted and threatened to commit acts of violence to protect and expand their drug-traffickingoperation," according to the indictment.
The bust included the arrests of Jonathan Feliz, Reynaldo Montilla and Amantino Ramos, three of the gang's alleged leaders. Prosecutors said Feliz, theboss, ordered a cohort to kill off a rival drug dealer, a plan that ultimately failed.
There are some 250 documented members of the Trinitarios in the city and scores of others who have not been accounted for, Farrell said. The gang came ontoauthorities' radar after a fatal Thanksgiving 2006 shooting in Manhattan.
The arrests did little to ease Washington Heights residents.
"It doesn't make me feel safer at all," said Vera Marino, 44. "There's always going to be some left on the outside. They can'tarrest everybody."
My N' Manny got caught in this.. SMH
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...uptown_drug_gang_trinitarios_ripped_apar.html
Uptown drug gang Trinitarios ripped apart in bust; 34 members face barrage of federal charges
BY Michael E. Miller and Wil Cruz
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 11:53 PM
Watts/News
Several alleged members of Trinitarios drug gang, target of 41 indictments by the U.S. attorney's office, are in police custody outside 26th Precinctstationhouse in Harlem.
Cops dealt a crippling blow Tuesday to a fast-growing Washington Heights drug gang that has recently ratcheted up the violence, branching into murder toprotect its turf.
Thirty-four members of the Trinitarios, including three of its leaders, were charged with a slew of crimes, including drugs, weapons and murders, lawenforcement officials said. Police recovered 20 pounds of marijuana, $2,000 and, during the 20-month investigation, several handguns, including three 9-mm.weapons, a .45-caliber and a .357 magnum.
Cops said the mostly Dominican gang, which also operated in the Bronx, had become more brutal recently.
"Over the last couple of years, they've started to delve into more and more violence," said Capt. Gerry Farrell, commanding officer of the Bronxgang squad. "What started out as slashings and stabbings with knives and machetes has escalated to shootings and homicides."
The U.S. attorney's office Tuesday handed down an indictment that charged 41 members - authorities were still seeking seven more - with commandeering afour-block stretch in Washington Heights to sell cocaine, crack and Ecstasy, among other crimes.
"Members of the Trinitarios ... committed and conspired, attempted and threatened to commit acts of violence to protect and expand their drug-traffickingoperation," according to the indictment.
The bust included the arrests of Jonathan Feliz, Reynaldo Montilla and Amantino Ramos, three of the gang's alleged leaders. Prosecutors said Feliz, theboss, ordered a cohort to kill off a rival drug dealer, a plan that ultimately failed.
There are some 250 documented members of the Trinitarios in the city and scores of others who have not been accounted for, Farrell said. The gang came ontoauthorities' radar after a fatal Thanksgiving 2006 shooting in Manhattan.
The arrests did little to ease Washington Heights residents.
"It doesn't make me feel safer at all," said Vera Marino, 44. "There's always going to be some left on the outside. They can'tarrest everybody."
