I was doing some gang research and discovered this on a police website. This is unbelievable. How can we fight the war on terror when these illegal gang members and gangs are a form of it.

http://www.policeone.com/gangs/articles/1638027/


December 05, 2007

Sinaloa Cowboys (Mexican nationals)


By David Ibarra

Sinaloa Cowboys began surfacing in 1988 and 1989 in Southern California. They were originally used by Columbians as drug runners, street dealers and enforcers. During this time, the Columbians became more active in money laundering and the illegal European drug trade. The Sinaloa Cowboys now have a strong hold on the illegal market in California and most of the United States due to the illegal immigrant population coming from Mexico. Some of the illegals were already involved in the illegal drug trade business in Mexico and continue with this illegal activity in the States.

A large number of drug crimes in the United States are committed By Mexican nationals and Sinaloa Cowboys. The Sinaloa Cowboys deal in marijuana, heroin, cocaine, as well as the cooking and distribution of meth. They deal in large sales as well as small street sales. They run their operation as a tight group, and won’t usually deal outside this group.


A man walks past a street shrine with two fully-dressed manequins representing Jesus Malverde, the hero or "saint" worshipped by many drug traffickers, left, and Saint Judas Thaddeus, Patron of Hopeless Causes at a street in Mexico City, Jan. 2007. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
They normally want to know the buyer prior to a big deal. Bars located in low-income Hispanic neighborhoods and Hispanic nightclubs (like the Rio Bravo) are common meeting places. Regular customers, bar employees and even security guards will act as lookouts and can usually tell if police are inside or nearby.

When I worked undercover in these bars and nightclubs (San Bernardino and Los Angeles county), if one of the bar employees suspected a cop was in their establishment they would turn the lights off to let everyone know the place was “hot.â€