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17,762. A gang that terrorised an entire city. Born in prisons and unleashed on the streets. Los Solidos, the solid ones. Their agenda: total domination by any means necessary. They fear no-one. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Connecticut) Gangland s3e8: Blood in the Streets, History 2008
17,763. Hartford has about 120,000 residents; of those, hundreds claim Los Solidos. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Connecticut) ibid.
17,764. Modelling themselves after the Mafia, Los Solidos also called themselves the Family. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Connecticut) ibid.
17,765. By 1992 Los Solidos outnumbered the powerful Latin Kings, but they still had to share the same streets. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Connecticut) ibid.
17,766. Los Solidas’ biggest money-maker though was the sale of cocaine and crack. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Connecticut & Cocaine & Crack Cocaine) ibid.
17,741. Cleveland, Ohio, March 29th 1975: Christie’s Lounge: a well- dressed older man sipped his drink. He was telling a familiar story to the regulars. He was getting out of the rackets, leaving the Mob life, retiring to sunny Florida. He threw back his last swallow, put on his hat and walked out into the cold spring air. Moments later the bar was rocked by a powerful blast outside. Patrons rushed out and chocked on the awful smell of burning flesh. Mobster [Alex] Shondor Birns was finally out of the rackets. Just not the way he planned. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Cleveland & Murder: Greene & Mafia: Cleveland) Mobsters: Danny Greene
17,742. One man refused to hide: Irish mobster Danny Greene. His war would tear apart one of the country’s oldest and most successful Mafia families. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Cleveland & Murder: Greene & Mafia: Cleveland) ibid.
17,743. The Cleveland Mafia had a good thing going. The Boss John Scalish ran a quiet operation but one that pulled in bucket loads of cash. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Cleveland & Murder: Greene & Mafia: Cleveland) ibid.
17,744. He [Greene] resigned from the union and after pleading guilty to corruption charges he was also hit with a $10,000 fine. Danny was out of a job, but his turn as a shady labour leader had got the attention of gambling kingpin Shondor Birns. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Cleveland & Murder: Greene & Mafia: Cleveland) ibid.
17,745. Greene enlisted local thugs and hoodlums into what he called a band of Celtic warriors. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Cleveland & Murder: Greene & Mafia: Cleveland) ibid.
17,746. The thought of taking over the Italian rackets appealed to Greene. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Cleveland & Murder: Greene & Mafia: Cleveland) ibid.
17,747. Cleveland was rapidly becoming the bombing capital of the world. The following year – 1977 – 37 explosions rocked the city and surrounding area. (Gangstas: Connecticut & Cleveland & Murder: Greene & Mafia: Cleveland) ibid.