Today in "20 minutos", somebodies favorite soure of information, they had a text about the Latin Kings.
Apparently, to be a good latin king you need to
keep your bedroom tidy,
respect your parents and their house, maintain a good level in your exams and pay 5 euros a month in membership fees. They regularly hold prayer meeting and strategy sessions. This is the gang that the media has been going crazy about here for the last 6 months, should we be afraid? Ok, in total there are more of them than Thurlesonians, but the whole 5euros, clean your bedroom thingy doesn´t have me conivinced.
Members worldwide (estimated at more than 80,000) celebrate "King´s day" on January 6th and have an all out fiesta for King´s week, which takes place the first week in March, although they claim to protect the neighbourhood from drugs, crime and racism, these are the mothers with the good shit.
The 5 points of the crown represent love, respect, sacrifice, honor and obedience. These guys are mean!!!!
Compared to other gangs, their beliefs/rules are strongly enforced with elections every 2 years to decide who are the "kings" of the barrio and what´s cool and what´s not, with strict rules on 8 being the minimum age for voting. There are usually 5 kings representing each barrio, with each one responsible for upholding 1 point of the crown.
Gang rules are violated by showing fear, cooperating with the police or a crime against a fellow Latin King, and punishment is handed out by fellow members of the gang, which involves the gang beating the shit out of you for several minutes, where you can´t defend yourself or fight back. The same method applies for members entering or leaving the gang.
That´s it from the Latin Kings headquarters in Sant Marti, time for bed, excuse me for not being convinced.
I feel as if I write inSpanglish, do I??
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