From the Houston Chronicle
Five members of the
Texas Mexican Mafia gang were sentenced this week in Del Rio to prison terms for racketeering-related crimes, U.S. Attorney
Robert Pitmanannounced Friday.
The Texas Mexican Mafia was formed in the early 1980s by inmates in the state's prison system, and has branched into criminal activity outside prison, including extortion, narcotics trafficking and violent crime to enforce a 10 percent drug street tax.
The case is the first investigation to target the gang's operations along the Texas–Mexico border area, in Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Crystal City, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde, Sabinal and Hondo.
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