Mau Maus
Founding location | Drug trafficking, arms trafficking, assassination, bribery, kidnapping, extortion, money laundering, murder, racketeering . |
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Rivals | Bishops Apaches other gangs |
Mau Maus was the name of a 1950s
Nicky Cruz wrote a book about his experiences called Run Baby Run. Israel Narvaez committed his life to God and wrote a book called Second Chance: The Israel Narvaez Story. David Wilkerson wrote a biography The Cross and the Switchblade and a film of the same name was released.
History
The Mau Maus were a
Research published in 2018 established that the gang was formed in 1957 by Puerto Rican youths who lived in the Fort Greene Housing Project in Brooklyn, New York. The youths began by approaching the dominant local gang, the Chaplains, to discuss the idea of a new gang. They were supported by Earl Tooley, a leading Chaplain, and the new gang was initially called the Mau Mau Chaplains before becoming simply the Mau Maus. The first leaders were Juan Seda as president, Israel Narvaez as Vice-President and Carlos Reyes as Warlord. The name Mau Maus was chosen after the members watched the movie
Around January 1958 a member of the rival Bishop gang and a candy store owner were stabbed to death by some of the Mau Mau gang, supposedly in retaliation for the Bishops' killing of Mannie Durango, a member of the Mau Maus. One of its best known members was Nicky Cruz, who was president, Vice President, and Warlord at different points during his tenure. Cruz said he stabbed 16 people while a member.
Cruz and his best friend Israel Narvaez became
See also
References
- ^ David J Van Pelt, Brooklyn Rumble, 2018
- ^ http://newyorkcitygangs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/agron1.jpg [bare URL image file]