Mexican mafia hand. An exclusive look inside the inner workings of la eme the mexican mafia. A sign of the mexican mafia gang is a tattoo of the letter m in old fashioned script along with a symbol of the black hand. He was a high ranking influential member of the mexican mafia before becoming a federal witness in 2003.
The black hand is borrowed from the italian mafia and represents extortion but the mexican mafia will often tattoo an actual black hand on their body. M is the 13th letter of the alphabet and to this end this became the iconic symbol of the gang and their affiliates. Author of the black hand.
Mexican mafia symbols include images of a black hand. The case went cold. This image is an homage to sicilian mafia members who used it to describe a method of extortion.
The gangs primary symbol which is often used in tattoos by members is the national symbol of mexico eagle and a snake atop a flaming circle over crossed knives. That the crime involved farmworkers that it involved the mexican mafia that the motive was to avenge a rape that the motive was to punish someone who had stolen cocaine and that it had all stemmed from a fight at a labor camp. Members of this gang tattoo themselves on the chest with this symbol which is appropriately a black hand.
The mexican mafia tattoos are usually inked while in prison but many are done underground by other members of the gang to show this person is now a member of the group. Rene boxer enriquez born july 7 1962 in artesia california is a former mexican american gang member. Police got a welter of confusing tips.
The gangs primary symbol which is often used in tattoos by members is the national symbol of mexico eagle and a snake atop a flaming circle over crossed knives. These tats are a way to show rival gangs this person has completed membership in the mexican mafia and the tattoos keep coming as that persons criminal career begins to unfold. Loza among the most junior members of the mexican mafia murdered gonzalez to raise his standing in the organization another prosecutor wrote in court papers pointing to the black hand one of.
This gang is also commonly known as la eme which means the m in spanish.