User:Pray Silent/Los Trinitarios

The Trinitarios are a violent New York-based multinational street gang composed of hispanics. Trinitario was founded in 1988 within the New York state prison system by a man known as Julio Caballo, and since spilled into the streets, with chapters in all five boroughs of New York City. Reports of Trinitario activity have also been made in New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alaska, and even Spain. It is considered the fastest-growing gang in New York, recruiting members from high schools local to the gang's area of activity, with the highest numbers of reports coming from Chelsea, Gramercy Park, Harlem, the Morris Heights section of The Bronx and Washington Heights. Their slogan is "Dios, Patria, y Libertad".

Trinitario is a Hispanic gang formed in prison, providing protection and unity for Hispanic inmates within the New York City Department of Corrections. The name "Trinitario", means the trinity brotherhood in English. The three founding fathers are; Juan Pablo Duarte, Ramón Matías Mella, and Francisco Del Rosario Sánchez. The Trinitarios view themselves as being, like their founding fathers, freedom fighters and protectors for Hispanic people, though in this case within the New York City Department of Corrections. It was originally composed of members of smaller, now-defunct Hispanic gangs such as Los Papi Chulos, Dominican Power, and Dominican Posse, as well as unaffiliated drug dealers, and members of their current rival gang, Dominicans Don't Play. Many members remained affiliated with the gang after serving their sentences, and began recruiting in their neighborhoods, the path many prison gangs take as they become street gs.