Ñetas
Gang that began in the Puerto Rico prison system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The NETA Association (Asociación Pro-Derechos del Confinado, "Association for Prisoners' Rights", Asociación NETA, or simply NETA) is the name of a gang that began in the Puerto Rico prison system and spread to the United States mainland. Although Puerto Rico has many small street gangs claiming its poorer neighborhoods, NETAS is by far the largest and most dominant, controlling the illegal drug trade in the island's prison system.
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Founded | 1979; 45 years ago (1979)[1] |
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Founder | Carlos Torres Irriarte[2] |
Founding location | Río Piedras State Penitentiary, Puerto Rico[3] |
Years active | 1979–present |
Territory | 9 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Spain.[4][5] |
Ethnicity | Puerto Rican[3] |
Membership (est.) | 13,000[4] |
Activities | Drug trafficking, assault, murder, auto theft, burglary, extortion, money laundering, robbery, weapons trafficking.[4][6] |
Allies | Boricua Popular Army[3] |
Rivals | 20 Luv[7] Latin Kings Trinitarios Dominicans Don't Play Los Solidos[3] United Blood Nation[8] |
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