Marielitos (gangs)
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Founded | Early 1980s |
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Founding location | United States |
Years active | 1980s-present |
Ethnicity | Cuban mafia |
Marielitos is the name given to the Cuban immigrants that left Cuba from the Port of Mariel in 1980. Approximately 135,000 people left the country to the United States from April to September in what became known as the Mariel boatlift.[1]
History
While there already was a largely successful Cuban immigration to the United States before the 1980s, the third and most well-known wave of Cuban immigration was in 1980. The Cuban government permitted approximately 125,000 Cubans to board a decrepit fleet of boats in
The U.S. government claimed they were ready to accept Marielito refugees with open-arms on May 5, 1980; however, this was short-lived after
Restrictions on these new American citizens tighten and loosen with the subsequent presidential administrations.
In 2013
In 2019 Raul Castro stepped down and
Membership
Marielito crime gangs consist of generally male Cubans. Many of the original Marielitos have specific tattoos, displaying patron saints, names, words or arcane symbols. Marielito gang members, Afro Cubans as well as Black-Cubans, are members of Afro Cubans religious cults engaged in religious rituals often resulting in self-inflicted bodily scars.[1] While the original Marielito gang members came to the US in the 1980s, younger Cuban-Americans living in impoverished neighborhoods may imitate the rituals of the original Marielito criminals.
Activities
Marielito crime groups are mostly involved in drug trafficking and contract killing, although
References
- ^ ISBN 9781439825662. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ Vulture. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ Springer, Katie (26 September 1985). "Five Years Later, Overriding Crime Is Mariel Legacy". Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 9781576073377. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ "Chronicling the Mariel Boatlift". 2018.
- ^ "Plundering America". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ LeoGrande, William M. (18 April 2019). "Trump declares economic war on Cuba". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-04-01.