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" The black hand : "
Chris Blatchford.
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BL
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956631
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b711001
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| Main Entry
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Blatchford, Chris.
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| Title & Author
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The black hand : : the bloody rise and redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican mob killer /\ Chris Blatchford.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Morrow,, ©2008.
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xx, 332 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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006125729X
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: 9780061257292
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index.
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| Contents
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Blood in, blood out -- Mexican Mafia history -- Boxer beginnings -- Drugs, dealing, robbing, and rebellion -- Boxer graduates to college (prison) -- The wrecking crew -- Boxer and the black hand -- Mafia politics : like swimming with sharks in a bloody pool -- Back outside : the brutality of the streets -- Preserving hoodlum honor -- Boxer meets steely-eyed Chuco -- Hit the streets like a wildman -- Shifting loyalties and sweet revenge -- A reign of terror -- Learning a sweet lucrative scam -- Hungry pirhanas in a tank -- Die like a man, you punk -- Mafia gratitude goes only so far -- La Eme goes to Hollywood -- Drive-bys, drugs and the Pepsi generation Mafia -- Dealing with pure evil -- The Eme plot to kill the governor of California -- Operation Pelican Drop -- Calling the shots from prison -- Baby killers -- Dead men don't pay -- Chuco rolls on La Eme -- A rat or just smart? -- A mini-mob convention -- Boxer, Bat, and the Tijuana drug cartel -- It was just business -- Race riot madness -- Phony peace talks -- Growing mob-weary -- Man is made or unmade by himself -- Missing life -- Dropping out of the mob -- A wonderful break -- You can't play by the rules -- La Eme spreading like a cancer -- Trying to be more.
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Chronicles the experiences of an enforcer for the La Familia Mexicana mob organization, documenting its influence and growing number of loyal members while describing the enforcer's violent and disillusioning two-decade career.
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Enriquez, Rene,1962-
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Enriquez, Rene,1962-
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Mexican Mafia (Gang)
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Mexican Mafia (Gang)
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Criminals-- California, Biography.
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Gangsters-- California, Biography.
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Mexican American criminals-- California, Biography.
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Criminals.
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Gangsters.
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Mexican American criminals.
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California.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1092B
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HV6248.E585B55 2008
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