Oshkosh Public Library

The black hand, the bloody rise and redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican mob killer, Chris Blatchford

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-314) and index

individual biography

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non fiction

The black hand

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Chris Blatchford

the bloody rise and redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican mob killer

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