ASMSG Scifi Fantasy Paranormal Emagazine May 2014 | Page 14
SFP Indie Issue 2
military worked in concert to hunt down
these powerful cartels. Their efforts may
have slowed the flow of drugs, but
certainly didn’t stop it. They created a
vicious, bloody war that lead to hundreds
of prosecutions and incarcerations. The
U.S. federal prisons are now filled with
Mexican cartel members. These men are
trapped for 10-20 years or more, but
they’re still deeply entrenched in cartel
connections, with powerful family ties in
Mexico.
Now comes the Mexican Mafia, a gang
born on American soil, recruited from the
convicts inside the prisons. Cartel
members doing a life sentence are out of
action, but the other inmates with 1-2-3
years before release are ripe for training.
These parolees hit the ground running,
drugs, cash and guns handed to them as
soon as they set foot on the streets. The
cartels found new life and distribution
channels through the prison-based
Mexican Mafia gang.
In 2010, La Eme – “M” – short for
Mexican Mafia, battled with other gangs
over control of the streets of San Antonio.
Law enforcement joined the battle and
took out huge chunks of gang
membership with massive conspiracy
indictments and arrests. Still, La Eme
thrives. As many people as are thrown in
prison for gang-drug activity, there’s
always a new crop being released, newly
trained and ready to go into business.
U.S. prisons are the breeding ground
for La Eme gang membership. Members
wear distinctive tattoos of a black
handprint with the letters E M E, or,
something derivative of the Mexican flag,
the Eagle and the Snake.
It was years later, 2012, when I moved to
San Antonio. I had missed most of the
excitement. But, my years spent in living
in Mexico stayed with me to this day, vivid
memories of things I may never
comfortably admit to. As you read my
macabre, perverse tales of mafia,
corruption, cartel, and vampires, it’s
obvious I have some intimate knowledge
of these things. Did I learn from jovial
conversations with men whose tongues
were loosened by tequila and lime, or do I
have a story of my own to tell?
I’m not quite
prepared
to
answer
that
question today.
Maybe someday
when I’m old
and grey, and it
just
doesn’t
matter anymore.
For now, enjoy
my tales of
chaos, mayhem
and debauchery,
and take it on
faith that I
know what I’m
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