In 1970, The Texas Syndicate is founded by Juan “Pajaro” Solis-Vela and Francisco “Panchito” Gonzales in California’s Folsom prison. Rivals: Mexikanemi, Mexican Mafia, Nuestra Familia, Aryan Brotherhood, Mandingo Warriors, Black Guerrilla Family * longhorn steer horns, or any figure with hornsĬriminal activities: Drug Trafficking, Murder, RobberyĪllies: Border Brothers, Tri City Bombers, Texas Mafia, Dirty White Boys * Overlapping "TS", or an "S" superimposed over a "T" Released or parole members who generate money for the Texas Syndicate must surrender a 10% tax ("the dime") of all proceeds toward the gang in prison. The Texas Syndicate's activities include drug trafficking, extortion, prostitution, protection, gambling, and contract murder. As a street gang, heavy activity has been reported in Austin, Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, the Rio Grande Valley and the Dallas Fort Worth area.
They have been reported in the Federal Correctional Institute at Oakdale, Louisiana, and in San Quentin, California, with frequency. However, they still maintain their headquarters in California, where their national president resides, and their numbers continue to reach into state and federal prisons across the US. 8,126 Hispanic members operate across Texas, including specific reportings in the Coffield Unit, about 60 miles southwest of Tyler, and at the Allred prison unit outside of Wichita Falls.
It was established in the 1960's at Folsom Prison in California in direct response to the other California prison gangs (notably the Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia), which were attempting to prey on native Texas inmates.Īs of 2000, the Texas Syndicate had about 19,000 members in prisons and jails state-wide, with many more on the outside.
The Texas Syndicate, more than La Eme or Nuestra Familia, has been more associated or allied with Mexican immigrant prisoners, such as the "Border Brothers", while La Eme and the NF tend to be more composed of US-born/raised Hispanics. The Texas Syndicate (or Syndicato Tejano) is a mostly Texas-based prison gang that includes Hispanic and at one time White members (The organization at one time did allow non-Hispanic members to join, but that policy was repealed in the 1980s).
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