MARAFIOSOS ~ THE GREENLIGHT GANG
Posted: May 23rd, 2005, 7:53 pm
THE GREENLIGHT GANG
The war between MARAVILLA and La eMe has been raging since the early 90s. If you remember your eMe history, carnales were sent forth to organize all SOxCAL Varrios under the Sureño flag. Part of the deal was that all Sureños had to pay taxes to the carnales under penalty of death. Almost all Varrios, either willingly or grudgingly fell into line with the program and kicked up.
But there were holdouts who basically told La eME to pound sand. La Mara Salvatrucha was one of those that declared themselves tax-free zones and immediately felt the heat. The MaraVilla Varrios also became tax-free and they were later followed by Lowell Street.
As result the EME declared these Varrios as ALWAYS VERDE, giving every Sureño the green light to take care of any vatos from these non-tax-payers.
With open war declared, the hard core tax-rebels decided on some get even, and eventually any greenlight gang member who raised his hand to take care of a Sureño or a carnal became known as a “MARAFIOSO,” a moniker of distinction. A select few of those hard-core MARAFIOSOS have now becomed known as the GREENLIGHT GANG, and they are essentially a secret society whose members are known only to each other.
Lowell Street & Las MaraVillas over time have been streghtened by others, with close to 20 EAST SIDE Varrios being said to contribute members to the GREENLIGHT GANG.
Claimed to be among those Varrios are said to be - East Side 18th ST, East Side Clover, and Cypress Park, making North East L.A. a hotbed of rebellion against the tax and edicts coming from La eMe.
The GREENLIGHT GANG is deep undercover and business is kept secret from the rank and file members of their own Varrios, and as an extra measure of security, the shooters in the GREENLIGHT GANG take pictures of themselves standing together, this in order to discourage defection back to the Sureño side or betrayal to the carnales.
Its a DAVID and GOLIATH struggle. The carnales and Sureños have the numbers on their side together with a lot of control inside and outside, but on the other hand, a gang of hard-core shooters who can maintain a high level of secrecy and operate undercover, can become a problem for the carnales.
The Greenlight Gang is becoming the vanguard movement from the East Side, which may well over time recruit enough members to openly defy La eMe.
The infamous Vietnamese Leader HO CHI MINH once said that a tiger can defeat an elephant.
“All he has to do is bite the elephant hard once a day and run.”
The war between MARAVILLA and La eMe has been raging since the early 90s. If you remember your eMe history, carnales were sent forth to organize all SOxCAL Varrios under the Sureño flag. Part of the deal was that all Sureños had to pay taxes to the carnales under penalty of death. Almost all Varrios, either willingly or grudgingly fell into line with the program and kicked up.
But there were holdouts who basically told La eME to pound sand. La Mara Salvatrucha was one of those that declared themselves tax-free zones and immediately felt the heat. The MaraVilla Varrios also became tax-free and they were later followed by Lowell Street.
As result the EME declared these Varrios as ALWAYS VERDE, giving every Sureño the green light to take care of any vatos from these non-tax-payers.
With open war declared, the hard core tax-rebels decided on some get even, and eventually any greenlight gang member who raised his hand to take care of a Sureño or a carnal became known as a “MARAFIOSO,” a moniker of distinction. A select few of those hard-core MARAFIOSOS have now becomed known as the GREENLIGHT GANG, and they are essentially a secret society whose members are known only to each other.
Lowell Street & Las MaraVillas over time have been streghtened by others, with close to 20 EAST SIDE Varrios being said to contribute members to the GREENLIGHT GANG.
Claimed to be among those Varrios are said to be - East Side 18th ST, East Side Clover, and Cypress Park, making North East L.A. a hotbed of rebellion against the tax and edicts coming from La eMe.
The GREENLIGHT GANG is deep undercover and business is kept secret from the rank and file members of their own Varrios, and as an extra measure of security, the shooters in the GREENLIGHT GANG take pictures of themselves standing together, this in order to discourage defection back to the Sureño side or betrayal to the carnales.
Its a DAVID and GOLIATH struggle. The carnales and Sureños have the numbers on their side together with a lot of control inside and outside, but on the other hand, a gang of hard-core shooters who can maintain a high level of secrecy and operate undercover, can become a problem for the carnales.
The Greenlight Gang is becoming the vanguard movement from the East Side, which may well over time recruit enough members to openly defy La eMe.
The infamous Vietnamese Leader HO CHI MINH once said that a tiger can defeat an elephant.
“All he has to do is bite the elephant hard once a day and run.”