Express-News (San Antonio), March 28, 2008
A riot at a federal penitentiary in Three Rivers this morning has left one prisoner dead and 22 others injured.
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Friday afternoon, prison officials identified the slain inmate as Servando Rodriguez, 38. He was serving a 54-month sentence for violating his federal supervision related to a conviction on charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and being in this country illegally after being previously deported to Mexico.
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Fifteen inmates were taken to area medical facilities, including some in San Antonio. Seven others were treated at the prison for minor injuries. A Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman said Friday afternooon that three inmates have been returned to Three Rivers.
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Some criminal intelligence sources said they believe the riot might have been between Mexican-American inmates who consider themselves Chicanos and inmates who have closer ties to Mexico. A similar type of faceoff occurred last week at a Houston jail that houses federal pre-trial inmates.
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Apparently, there’s growing resentment and bad blood between the groups of inmates.
Prison officials could not confirm those reports, saying the matter remains under investigation.
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The Three Rivers prison has seen its share of violence—which had previously been undisclosed.
In June 2007, inmate Ernesto “Neto” Rodriguez, an alleged member of the Texas Mexican Mafia, the largest prison gang in Texas’ state prison system, was stabbed there but survived.
In January, the FBI, San Antonio police and investigators with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice obtained a racketeering indictment against more than 30 members of the Texas Mexican Mafia. In that indictment, they charged Jacinto “Cache” Navajar, a purported gang general, with attempting to murder Rodriguez by stabbing and cutting him. The indictment cites the gang for committing 22 murders, mostly in San Antonio, since 2000.
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Original article
(Posted on March 31, 2008)
Comments
Hey, having lived close to East Los Angeles most of my life, Chicanos are no picnic. They were considered trouble makers, thieves and malcontents as long as I can remember. Anyone who has grown up close to the area knows what I’m talking about.
Posted by Bobby at 6:35 PM on March 31
Im just glad that the Woods (whites) are not victims of any Mexican violence.
Posted by Peejay in Frisco at 9:49 PM on March 31
How many know that one of the founders of the Mexican Mafia was actually European immigrant to the U.S.?
This is one of the reasons the Mexican Mafia and the Aryan Brotherhood are allies and watch each other’s backs and carry out hits for each other.
The History Channel had an interesting program on La Eme.
Posted by at 10:38 PM on March 31
i have an idea: let’s relocate the non-white united states federal and state prison population to the continent of antarctica. after a sizable investment in infrastructure antartic inmates would enjoy gourmet food, satellite television entertainment, many other indoor activities and inmate jobs to maintain upkeep. we would have no fear of prison escape. and prison rebellion would be met with prison banishment (frozen graveyard) prison employees would receive room and board (saving their generous pay) and be rotated seasonally. stateside many prison beds would be made available for additional incoming and the overall tension of prison life would be reduced.
Posted by mrJAXX at 11:47 PM on March 31
“He was serving a 54-month sentence for violating his federal supervision related to a conviction on charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and being in this country illegally after being previously deported to Mexico.”
This is ridiculous. How is he serving time in America for being in America illegally? If the feds don’t have the balls to shoot these people on site, at least throw them back into Mexico instead of wasting the money of American taxpayers.
Posted by hank chinaski at 12:21 AM on April 1
So now Mexicans in Texas are attacking other Mexicans who they consider too Americanized?
Let’s deport all of them like President Eisenhower did.
Posted by Lothrop Stoddard at 12:44 AM on April 1
This proves once again that diversity is our strength.
Posted by at 3:31 PM on April 1
Golly, I never understood that there is such a fine distinction between “Mexican” and “Chicano”. This could almost have come out of The Onion. Next, a three way battle among Mexicans, Chicanos, and Latinos.
Posted by WR the elder at 5:26 PM on April 1
