Rene Enriquez (mobster)
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Rene "Boxer" Enriquez was a high ranking and influential member of the Mexican Mafia
before becoming a Federal witness in 2003. His life is chronicled in the true crime
book The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer by Chris Blatchford.
for brother) during the mid-1980s.
He projected "La eMe" into a status of unprecedented organizational structure, with a base army of approximately sixty thousand heavily armed gang members who control the prison system and a large part of California crime.
"I believe I'm a cut above the rest. As a mafioso, you have to be an elitist. You have an elitist, arrogant mentality," he says. "That's how you carry yourself in the Mexican mafia. That's how you project yourself."
Enriquez has been involved in organized crime for 20 years and was a Mexican mafia member for over 17 years. Rene hopes to seek parole in late 2009, although the parole hearing and date has not been set.
His parole handler was quoted stating, "There is a possibility Rene may get out of prison once his work with the feds are done, however there is also possibility that he may not."
Mexican Mafia
The Mexican Mafia , also known as La Eme , 13 is a Mexican American criminal organization, and is one of the oldest and most powerful prison gangs in the United States.-Foundation:...
before becoming a Federal witness in 2003. His life is chronicled in the true crime
True crime
True crime is a non-fiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.The crimes most commonly include murder, but true crime works have also touched on other legal cases. Depending on the writer, true crime can adhere strictly to...
book The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer by Chris Blatchford.
Criminal career
In his teens, Rene was arrested after committing a string of armed robberies and was sentenced to a long prison sentence. At the age of nineteen, Enriquez first encountered the Mexican Mafia, or La eMe. After committing several murders on behalf of the organization, he was sworn in as a full-fledged Carnal (Mexican vernacular SpanishMexican Spanish
Mexican Spanish is a version of the Spanish language, as spoken in Mexico and in various places of Canada and the United States of America, where there are communities of Mexican origin....
for brother) during the mid-1980s.
He projected "La eMe" into a status of unprecedented organizational structure, with a base army of approximately sixty thousand heavily armed gang members who control the prison system and a large part of California crime.
"I believe I'm a cut above the rest. As a mafioso, you have to be an elitist. You have an elitist, arrogant mentality," he says. "That's how you carry yourself in the Mexican mafia. That's how you project yourself."
Enriquez has been involved in organized crime for 20 years and was a Mexican mafia member for over 17 years. Rene hopes to seek parole in late 2009, although the parole hearing and date has not been set.
His parole handler was quoted stating, "There is a possibility Rene may get out of prison once his work with the feds are done, however there is also possibility that he may not."
External links
- Video: Chris Blatchford talking about book The Black Hand with Alex Alonso for StreetGangs.Com
Further reading
- Christ Blatchford, The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer, 2008.