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Founded | 1990s |
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Founded by | Jeffrey Mendez |
Founding location | Aguada, Puerto Rico |
Years active | 1990–present |
Territory | United States (New York, Massachusetts, Florida, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey), Mexico, Spain (Specifically the canary islands), Panama, Puerto Rico |
Ethnicity | Puerto Ricans |
Membership (est.) | Oath and Murder with 1,000 to 1,500 strong soldiers |
Criminal activities | Racketeering, Corporate crime, Police corruption, Loan sharking, Infiltration of Politics, Political Corruption, Terrorism, Counterfeiting, Arms trafficking, Drug Trafficking, Extortion, Fencing, Kidnapping, Illegal Gambling, Murder, Blackmailing, Money Laundering, Fraud, Serial Killing, Contract Killing, Bribery, Cigarette smuggling, Robbery, Tax Evasion, Mass Murder, Assault |
Allies | Ñetas American Mafia Cali Cartel Guadalajara Cartel Latin Kings Russian mafia Los Pepes |
Rivals | Mau Maus (defunct) Medellín Cartel (defunct) Juárez Cartel Tijuana Cartel Guadalajara Cartel Dominicans Don't Play |
The Puerto Rican Mob/The Puerto Rican mafia, consists of 6 crime families, in the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico around the cities of San Juan, Aguadilla, Añasco and Isabela. The family was founded by Quitoni Martinez, José "Coquito" López Rosario whom later split from the Family to form his own which became a family within the Puerto Rican mafia, Henry Vega, Iván Vega, and Luis Albertos Rodríguez. They had strong connections with The Cali Cartel and small connections with Los Pepes, Paulino Organization, Gulf Cartel and the Puerto Rican street gang Ñetas.[1]