EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — More than a dozen members of a Dominican prison gang have been indicted on federal racketeering charges in connection with numerous murders and attempted murders, as well as drug trafficking in Massachusetts.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 26 members of the Massachusetts Trinitarios, including seven of whom have been deported or face deportation, were indicted as part of an ongoing investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations in New England and Homeland Security Task Force partners.
The Trinitarios gang is believed to have been formed inside New York’s Rikers Island Prison in the early 90s to protect incarcerated Dominicans and other Hispanic inmates. They are known for wielding machetes and carrying out swarm executions, ICE said.
The gang also produces music and music videos featuring members in Trinitarios colors and clothing holding weapons and cash. The lyrics typically boast about making money by distributing drugs and threatening rival gangs…