Las authorities chilean announced the arrest of more than 40 people, including “one of the operational arms” of the so-called banda The Trinitariansa organization criminal formed in New York three decades ago by immigrants Dominicans and has spread to countries in America and Europe.
The organization criminal originated between 1989 and 1992 in the violent prison of Rikers Island, where prisoners of Creole origin banded together to protect themselves from attacks by other inmates.
The banda of prisoners surpassed the prison walls and, once free, the members turned it into a organization criminal with a presence in five districts of New York, whose tentacles reached countries such as Spain, the United Kingdom and, of course, the Dominican Republic.
The banda was considered the fastest growing in the Big Apple, because it marked the schools local high schools as their targets for recruiting new members.
The presence of The Trinitarians It has been registered in the Chelsea, Gramercy Park, Harlen, Inwood, The Bronx and Washington Heights districts of New York. Its motto is God, Country and Freedom and are identified with the color green.
The Trinitariansfar from representing the values from sociedad founded by Juan Pablo Duarte in search of national independence in 1838, are related to drug trafficking, robberieshomicides, arms trafficking and kidnapping.
One of the violent events most recent attributed to the gang In New York, it was murder of the young man Dominican Lesandro “Junior” Guzmán Feliz, who was stabbed on the night of June 20, 2018 outside a warehouse in the Bronx. The Trinitarians They thought it belonged to a banda rival.
Links with him Sinaloa Cartel
In the case of drug traffickingthe organization established business with Sinaloa Cartelfrom which they received shipments of cocaine that were distributed throughout the streets of the Big Apple.
Hector Tolentinoof Dominican descent and identified as one of the leaders of the gangwas apprehended in 2019 during a DEA operation in Queens where several firearms were confiscated, in addition to multiple doses of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.
Tolentino appeared as one of the witnesses at the trial of Genaro García Lunathe former Secretary of Public Security of Mexico who is awaiting sentencing after a New York jury found him guilty of drug trafficking.
During his testimony, gangster spoke, even though he had no contact with García Luna, about the distribution of drug of the sign founded by Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán in the Big Apple, which managed to The Trinitarians will establish themselves as distributors of cocaine and other drugs in New York.
With these connections, Tolentino said he managed to move between 40 and 50 kilograms of cocaine after 2014, earning 5% of profits.
To testify against García Luna, the prosecutors they offered to gangster originally Dominican a letter asking the judge in his case to consider reducing his sentence.
The Trinitarians in Chile
Las authorities chilean They said this Monday that they dismantled a branch of the banda criminal international after Smooth 123 homes, of which drugs, weapons, money, cryptocurrencies and vehicles were seized and real estate was confiscated.
- “Here there is one organization of character criminal, that it was a threat to the security of the country and that it has been dismantled,” said the Vice Minister of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, when commenting at a press conference on the operation that took place on Friday in 15 sectors from the capital Santiago.
More of 60 personas were detained during the operation, at least 40 of them were part of the banda.
Las authorities of Chile also arrested one of the leaders of “The Trinitarians“, who was detained after landing in the Chilean capital from the Dominican Republic.
The identification of the detainee has not been revealed.
…In Spain
In the European country, The Trinitarians are recognized as one of the bands juveniles that cause the most problems in Madrid, involved in actos criminals and bloody murdersespecially against gang rival, Dominican Don’t Play (DDP).
Representatives of the dangerous banda in Spain they are known for using machetesknives or razors to commit their actos.
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2024-04-09 03:13:59
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