Tattoos That Could Land You in Serious Trouble: What You NEED To Know!

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Ready to ink your skin forever? Before you commit, discover the tattoos that could land you in serious hot water. From controversial symbols to designs that defy local laws, we're diving deep into the art that carries major consequences.   This video explores the hidden dangers and cultural taboos associated with certain tattoo choices. Understand how historical meanings and regional regulations can turn a design into a legal or social minefield. We'll uncover surprising examples and give you the essential knowledge to avoid a permanent mistake you'll regret.    Think twice before you pick up that needle. Knowing the backstory and potential impact of your tattoo is crucial for responsible body art.   #TattooLaws #ControversialTattoos #InkRisks

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00:00تطوك أن تطوك تشعرون بشكل من د bachelor منوكي أن تطوك في مدير قبل لديك تجربة من أجل من واحد

00:05أن تستطوك في مدير صافي لضمك إيقافة

00:07تشعر بالتشعر بالنسبة لديك بأكد من قبل ولانستكم عليهم المصرين لتكلمين من القوة

00:16ونالتهم يمكن تبعكين من الموصول إلى في الكلمةظيفة أجل من الصفحة إلاحظيم التقصيد الانتقل

00:25the blurry lines between ink art and real life consequences to reveal the tattoos that can get

00:30you into serious trouble ms13 tattoos what you see on the screen are the images of inmates at the

00:36penal de ciudad barrios prison showcasing their sprawling ink art and confirming their affiliations

00:42with the infamous ms13 gang according to the confession of a former gang member gerardo

00:47lopez the code name ms actually stands for mara salvatrucha which roughly translates to street

00:53tough salvadorans while the number 13 represents the position of the letter m in the english

00:58alphabet known for its notoriety the ms13 gang terrorizes the entire south central and north

01:03america it wields so much power and influence that it once caught the attention of a former

01:08president of the united states to any member of ms13 listening i have a message for you

01:14we will find you we will arrest you we will jail you we will throw you the hell out of

01:24the country

01:24over time the site of ms13 members has become synonymous with extreme brutality but even beyond

01:30their love for violence these gang members have developed a staunch devotion to wear and publicly

01:34showcase tattoos of the gang's emblems to anyone and everyone who cares to see them understandably

01:39most ms13 gang members opt to tattoo the gang's initials on their body with m placed somewhere

01:45around the right shoulder and the letter s positioned on the opposite side interestingly

01:49some of the inked body art they wear tattoos are inspired by their religious beliefs for instance

01:54several members of the gang have been seen wearing a tattoo of hands clasped together in prayer and a

01:59rosary a gang communication expert contacted by el heraldo says this symbol represents the phrase

02:04forgive me mother for my crazy life this mystery remorseful phrase carries an even deeper meaning

02:09than you would think on one hand it signifies regret for the crimes that they've committed but

02:13on the other hand it suggests that they're not willing to give up the life because they realize

02:17that it could lead to deadly consequences including the death of their mother ms13 members also tend to

02:23ink tats showing the widely publicized illusion of the face of jesus christ some even take it a step

02:29further by incorporating the letters ms into it another religious symbol the maras often ink on their skin

02:35is the image of the virgin of guadalupe perhaps to show their dedication to the supposed supernatural

02:40mother and their strong beliefs in her protection power other notable symbols frequently drawn by

02:45members of the group include emblems of the devil's horns tear tattoos as well as laughing and crying

02:50clown faces which represent laugh now cry later members sometimes also have the numbers six and seven

02:56tattooed on their body which adds up to their magical number 13 gang members have also been spotted

03:01rocking tattoos of yin and yang a traditional philosophical chinese concept that represents

03:06opposite but interconnected forces other less fancied symbols that are synonymous with the ms13 gang

03:12include spider webs barbed wire and three points arranged in a triangular shape occasionally you may

03:17also spot phrases like cuidado la banda de el salvador esta aquí viva el salvador or cuidado maravilla

03:24el salvador esta aquí on their body the ms13 gang first originated as a violent street gang in downtown

03:30los angeles back in the 1980s at the time a couple of central american countries like el salvador

03:36guatemala nicaragua were engulfed in civil wars the unrest that ensued triggered the mass migration of

03:42refugees from the region into several parts of california from east and downtown los angeles all

03:47the way to the san fernando valley from its founding base in la the gang has expanded into new territories

03:53with an active presence in 42 states in america as well as strong connections and crime footprints

03:58across several countries in the americas including guatemala honduras el salvador mexico

04:03and canada currently the ms13 gang has over 50 to 70 000 members and multiple partnerships with other

04:10violent gangs such as the losetas aside from its scary tattoos the gang adopts a three-word motto kill

04:16rape control and over the years the gang has lived up to these words as it emerged as one of

04:21the most

04:21savaged criminal gangs in the americas at one point the honduran government revised its laws to

04:26introduce the death penalty for gang membership but the ms13 remained unfazed and even put up a

04:32stiff resistance in a daring show of force gangsters affiliated to the group stopped a bus and executed

04:37its occupants with a machine gun killing 28 people including women and children meanwhile in the

04:42neighboring el salvador the ms13 gang had so much that members as young as eight were mounting roadblocks

04:48and demanding a fee from road users anyone who failed to pay was subjected to the wrath of older members

04:53interestingly the united states also suffered its fair share of ms13 sponsored violence in one

04:59sad incident members of the gang murdered four teenagers as part of its initiation ceremony in

05:04new york the gang's appetite for executing people was uncontrollable so much that even something as

05:09basic as a disagreement with an ms13 gang member could lead to the death of a person that was the

05:14case

05:14for two high school girls nisa mickens and kayla cuevas who unwittingly had a dispute with some

05:19members of the gang a few days after the disagreement they were brutally murdered with

05:23a machete and a baseball another woman vanessa argüeta was hacked to death for disrespecting

05:28a gang member and when her two-year-old son started crying in protest he was shot twice in the

05:32head

05:32crimes like this have seen the ms13 gang members are among the most wanted criminals in the world and

05:38as you'd expect their tattoos are one of the easiest ways of identifying them so for your own good

05:42if you're ever looking to get your body inked it's best to steer clear of any of the symbols words

05:48or

05:48phrases that are synonymous with gang chinese triad tattoos in asia across countries like china

05:54vietnam taiwan malaysia singapore and hong kong triad tattoos have become a symbol of style and

06:00criminality particularly among members of a notorious transnational organized crime syndicate known as the

06:05chinese triad the notorious gang seems to have a special likeness for mythical animals with two of its

06:11most popular symbols being the dragon and the eagle for members of the gang the dragon symbolizes

06:16prosperity strength and health it is usually drawn on the arms back or on the chest another

06:21animal adopted by the gang is the eagle which symbolizes strength these symbols are often

06:25complemented by emblems of confucius and for law enforcement agencies the presence of one or all

06:31of these tattoos is sometimes seen as an indication that a suspect belongs to the chinese triad the

06:36notoriety of the chinese triad is well documented all through history the criminal gang was formed in

06:4219th century as a revolt group against warlords the stiff resistance by the triad eventually led

06:48to the chinese revolution of 1911 and since then they've grown in heaps and bounds spreading their

06:53tentacles outside the continent of asia into other parts of the world including canada australia new

06:59zealand the united states and elsewhere today the chinese triad is regarded as one of the world's

07:03largest criminal groups with an estimated membership of around 2.5 million people worldwide in addition the

07:10the gang also reportedly controls around 85 percent of the world's opium and heroin supplies

07:15each triad family consists of between 260 000 members from all walks of life in other words the

07:21gang welcomes everyone and anyone who is willing to join this includes lowly rated gangsters serial

07:27killers civil servants judges and other respected members of the public according to official reports

07:32a single chinese triad family makes between 500 million and 10 billion dollars every year much of

07:38this profit is garnered from illegal activities such as extortion racketeering narcotics smuggling

07:43illegal gambling loan sharking protection rackets human trafficking and armed robbery generally members

07:49of the triad are known for their staunch loyalty but according to low t wing a professor at the

07:54university of hong kong who studies criminal gangs in the region the deepest allegiance of every triad

07:59family is to make money they don't work for political ideology professor wing said individual triad

08:04members have their own ideologies but triads as a group they only work for money and as expected

08:09they'd go any length to achieve this aim even if it means breaking the law and committing all sorts of

08:14atrocious crimes according to official data the activities of the different chinese triad families

08:19is one of the biggest contributing factors to the increase in the number of bound and mutilated bodies

08:24found in the famous yellow river and other waterways across china in macau for instance the chinese triad

08:30murdered three civil servants and a prison guard during the same operation the gang made a brazen

08:34attempt on the life of a police chief who very narrowly escaped the attack in may 1997 three suspected

08:40gangsters were killed during a brutal war between two triad gangs that same year 15 people lost their

08:45lives in hong kong in a fire incident deliberately created by members of the sun yi of triad gang two

08:51years

08:51later in 1999 a vicious battle broke out between rival triad gangs on the eve of macau's handover to china

08:58this face-off disrupted the lives of over 500 000 residents living in the region at the time and

09:03also caused the homicide rate to rise exponentially fast forward to august 2009 a senior triad member

09:09named lee tai hung was knocked down by a car and assassinated by three knife-wielding men outside the

09:15shangri-la hotel in hong kong until his death lee was a member of the sun yi on gang and

09:20often regarded as

09:21the baron of sim shatsui east by gang members in fact his death was said to have been the highlight

09:26of a

09:26long-running battle between the sun yi on gang and the wo xing wo crime group beyond personal

09:32attacks like this triad groups are also known to have a strong level of political influence

09:36such that they're sometimes hired to hunt down the political enemies of prominent politicians and

09:41critics of the government back in the early 90s during the republican era the chinese nationalist

09:46party used triad gangsters as foot soldiers against their political enemies similarly in 1927 the party

09:52used the notorious green gang in shanghai to intimidate union members and commit a brazen

09:57massacre in which thousands of communists lost their lives although rare this uncanny collusion

10:03between the government and triad gangs has reportedly continued to happen in different forms across

10:08several countries even to this very day but of course in most cases members of the chinese triad are

10:13seen as prime targets for law enforcement agencies all over the world so ultimately getting a tattoo that

10:18looks like theirs would most likely make you a prime target as well yakuza tattoos among the list

10:23of tattoos that can get you serious yakuza tattoos are perhaps the most colorful of the lot but make

10:28no mistake these motifs popularly known as irizumi are not drawn for their aesthetic value alone on the

10:34contrary they're usually tied to the personal identity or experience of a gang member and often

10:39portray a deep message that most people don't understand for instance the carp is drawn to symbolize

10:43courage the dragon is believed to symbolize wisdom the tiger represents strength while the snake embodies

10:48the gift of healing similarly the samurai yakuza tattoos symbolize that a person is a warrior who

10:54makes noble decisions and does not succumb to fear typically yakuza tattoos are drawn with bright colors

10:59or complicated back outlines and they're strategically positioned across the entire body from chest to

11:05shoulder to the back and butt and everywhere else that can be covered with clothes usually members

11:09of the same yakuza syndicate families tend to wear the same pattern of tattoos as part of the ritualistic

11:15rights of the group new members get inked in the presence of other people most of these colorful

11:20codified arts adopted by members of this criminal syndicate group are inspired by the shinto mythology

11:25sui code and tail and ancient woodcuts that dates back to hundreds of years ago back then most woodcut

11:31artists doubled as tattoo artists and as a result they basically applied the same technique used in

11:36wood cutting to carve tattoos the process starts with the hiroshi artist using metal needles and nara ink to draw

11:42designs on the gangster's body once this special ink oxidizes under the skin it turns to a blue green

11:48color according to folklore it is believed that the more painful and bigger a tattoo is the higher the

11:53commitment of a member to the gang and that's perhaps why most yakuza gang members tend to cover

11:57their entire body with tats to understand the origin of the yakuza gang we have to travel back to the

12:03early

12:0317th century during this period a strict caste system was enforced in japan which ranked people of

12:08barakumin as minority most people of this ethnic group were criminals and they did the worst jobs

12:13that no one else would do yet they were made to suffer discrimination from the government and the

12:17society this unjust treatment forced members of the barakumin to form a close bond which eventually

12:23led to the formation of the yakuza gang movement initially they started out as takia a small criminal

12:28group that robbed and scammed people of their valuables and resold them on the black market another

12:33section of the group operated as an illegal gambling gang known as bakutos historians believe that

12:38this ancient gambling ring was one of the first gangs to adopt mutations as a means of punishment

12:43for airing members according to reports the group had a tradition of chopping off the first joint of

12:48the little finger of offenders this tradition was adopted to promote discipline and unflinching loyalty

12:53to the hierarchy of the gang so by the time the group metamorphosed to become the yakuza gang this

12:58brutal tradition was upheld and meted out to people who choose to relinquish their membership at the

13:03peak of its powers in the 1960s the notorious criminal syndicate had over 180 000 members the

13:09gang wielded so much power and influence that the mere mention of yakuza sparked fear among citizens and

13:15gang members were literally seen as untouchable a study by the national police agency in japan

13:20involving 2885 companies revealed that the yakuza gang had tried to extort at least 337 of these firms

13:27even worse the study showed that at least one out every five of these companies paid around 5

13:32million japanese yen to the gang this is equivalent to over 30 000 in today's money beyond extortion the

13:39gang also engages in other forms of violent crimes like murder in 1998 a yakuza gang named kudo kai

13:45gunned down 70 year old kunhiro kajiwara because he refused to award government contracts to its members

13:50similarly members of the same gang launched grenades into the homes of higher king officials working at the

13:56kyushu electric power plant they also pelted the home of former prime minister shinzo abe with

14:00molotov cocktails the gang has also been fingered in the murder of the famous nagasaki mayor itcho ito

14:06and other vicious crimes like sex trafficking inside trading illegal dog fights match fixing and massive

14:12fraud schemes resulting in the loss of nearly two million yen interestingly despite these seemingly

14:17unforgivable crimes and the widespread popularity of the gang security operatives do not exactly rely on

14:23yakuza tattoos to identify gang members this is partly because these tattoos over the years have

14:28become a symbol of style and confidence and also because most yakuza tattoos are often concealed with

14:33clothes but nonetheless inking any of the symbols affiliated with the group could automatically put

14:38you in the bad books of their rivals hell's angels tattoos known for its constant involvement in

14:44violence and hardcore crimes the hell's angels is one of the most recognized bikers clubs in the world

14:49and perhaps even more prominent than the name and reputation of the gang is the body arts of

14:53its members the most popular of them all is the death head emblem this mythical symbol is seen as the

14:58main logo of the group and is usually found on all members the one percenter sign which symbolizes the

15:04gang's rebellious disposition is another tattoo that you're most likely to find on a member of the

15:08hell's angels gang it is believed that before you wear the one percenter sign you must have committed

15:13several violent acts for the group sometimes in addition to these symbols members go a step further to

15:18reiterate their loyalty to the gang by inscribing the letters a f f a this four-word acronym stands

15:23for angel forever forever angel officials say these brazen tattoos are used by criminal gangs to

15:29intimidate rivals and law-abiding citizens in most cases members of this notorious motorcycle club would

15:35ink at least two of these signs on their body once they officially join the group but it is definitely

15:39not uncommon to find members wearing all three symbols and perhaps even more speaking of more

15:44dane bashkovich the leader of the hell's angels bikers club in west australia has taken his

15:49support for the group to the extreme by covering his entire body with tattoos renowned as the most

15:54tattooed biker in the world dane's excessive body art has earned him huge publicity in the past the words

16:00hell's angels are boldly written on his forehead and the one percenter symbol is boldly etched on his

16:05neck however the fierce looking gangster may now have to pay hundreds of dollars to clean off these

16:09symbols and other hell's angels tattoos on his body after he was kicked out of the club in 2022

16:14aside from his controversial banishment from the gang dane brajkovic could also face the wrath of the

16:20law after a new law was enacted in west australia prohibiting tattoos relating to 46 biker clubs in the

16:26country including the coffin cheaters gypsy jokers bandidos and the hell's angels john quigley the west

16:32australian attorney general believes that this newly enacted law is the toughest and most comprehensive

16:38reforms to fight organized crime of all australian states and territories meanwhile the

16:42acting police commissioner in the west australian region cole blanche has a bit of useful advice for

16:47dane and other tattooed bikers who are expected to immediately find intuitive ways to conceal their

16:52codified arts i would start with things like band-aids or makeup certainly or have it removed or

16:58alternatively people can choose the option not to live in western australia if this law passes blanche

17:03said in an interview with 6pr founded back in 1948 in the city of california the hell's angels

17:08bikers club has grown in heaps and bounds with 467 chapters in 59 countries across the world before

17:15his death on june 29 2022 ralph sunny barger the founding member of the oakland california chapter

17:21of the hell's angels motorcycle described the gang as a bunch of fun-loving guys but their actions

17:26suggest otherwise in fact based on research and statistical data gathered over the years some sources

17:32believe that the hell's angels is actually a criminal enterprise disguised as a bikers club

17:36in 2009 16 high-ranking members of the gang were indicted on several charges including murder

17:42after a 21-month-long operation where undercover operatives infiltrated the oakland california

17:48chapter the accused members denied these allegations and most of them got away with light

17:52jail sentences but that didn't do much to whitewash the reputation of hell's angels as there is

17:57several incriminating evidence of the gang's involvement in violence in december 1969 a young

18:03man named meredith hunter and his girlfriend bretta hoff attended the altamont free concert perhaps

18:07out of excitement the 18 year old black teenager climbed onto the stage during the performance of

18:12rolling stones understandably hunter's incursion into the stage area angered members of the hell's

18:18angels motorcycle club who were tasked with keeping members off the stage so they approached hunter and

18:23violently gave him his marching orders unimpressed by the way he was rough handled and

18:27the behavior of the gang throughout the night the teenager drew a long barreled 22 inch smith and wesson

18:32revolver to scare off the hell's angels gangsters who had continued to assault him even away from the

18:37spotlight of the stage but he was never going to be able to match the violence of a notorious gang

18:42like the hell's angels as the brawl continued hunter was stabbed by a gang member named angel alan

18:47passaro and was eventually beaten to death by other hell's angels gangsters alan passaro was

18:52charged with murder in 1971 but a 12-man jury concluded that the gangster was innocent because

18:58they believed he stabbed the teenager in self-defense however footage of the incident was captured and made

19:03available to millions of viewers worldwide so even a favorable judgment like the one passaro wasn't enough

19:09to repair the gang's irredeemable reputation in fact as a result of the gang's long history of

19:14committing violent crimes the hell's angels are outlawed in berlin and in the netherlands

19:18their activities are also being monitored and scrutinized by local and international law

19:22enforcement agencies in many parts of the world and so are their symbols and tattoos in other words

19:27getting a hell's angel tattoo is a bad idea well except you want the feds constantly chasing you down

19:32albanian mafia tattoos unlike most other mafia groups that adopt multiple symbols the albanian

19:38mafia are mostly identified by the symbol of the double-headed eagle occasionally you might find

19:43gangsters rocking other tattoos like this one right here however the double-headed eagle symbol

19:48which also features on the country's flag is the predominant symbol among members of the gang the

19:53double-headed eagle is one of the most iconic indo-european symbols representing different

19:57beliefs across several religious cultures including christianity and paganism the double-headed eagle

20:03is believed to have originated from the hittite empire sometime in the 16th century after this era

20:08the symbol went awol for about two millennia before making a grand return in the latter days

20:13of the jewish empire where it was used as chandeliers in ashkenazi synagogues and on household items

20:18and other basic objects like the temple menorah torah shields and tombs back then european jews saw the

20:24double-headed eagle as a symbol of loyalty to the government this belief is shared by members of the

20:29albanian mafia gangs of today even on the national level the double-headed eagle is seen as a symbol of

20:35heroism strength and resilience in albania and considering their level of success it's obvious

20:40that the mafia gangs in this small balkan country also draw inspiration from the symbol the albanian

20:45mafia gangs are by far the most lethal marco trafficking groups in the whole of europe with

20:50efficient divisions in several countries in the balkan region and even beyond to include countries

20:55like germany france italy belgium and the united kingdom according to reports investigators have

21:00also cited significant footprints of albanian mafia gangs in north africa specifically between

21:05morocco and libya as of 2022 official reports confirmed that there were at least 40 albanian gangs

21:12operating in germany across the north sea in the uk albanian gangs are firmly in charge of the

21:17narcotic trafficking schemes in the country and thanks to the efficiency of their operation

21:21customers can now get banned substances like cocaine quicker than they would get a delivery pizza

21:26at the last count the cocaine market in the uk is believed to be worth between 2.5 and 6

21:32.2

21:32million dollars and a large chunk of this profits ends up with the bosses of the albanian mafia gangs

21:38their strong connections with south american cartels and italian mafia means albanian gangs are able to

21:43sell the cheapest and purest cocaine in the history of the uk they have shown that you don't have to

21:48be

21:48greedy to dominate drug markets they've gone down the route of sustainable prices good quality as part of

21:54their illicit activities albanian gangs are also heavily involved in human trafficking in 2018 the

21:59uk national crime agency claimed that albanian criminal gangs were responsible for the significant

22:04increase in victims of human trafficking in the country around 12 000 of the 45 000 illegal immigrants

22:10who crossed into the uk in 2022 were albanians around 2 000 of these victims were females who were

22:16smuggled into the country as part of an illegal prostitution scheme that generates hundreds of millions

22:21every year in 2003 luan plakichi one of the front runners of this scheme who reportedly made

22:27over one million dollars from trafficking was arrested and jailed for 23 years with such a

22:32devastating reputation security operatives have learned to pay extra attention to albanian gangs

22:37over the years and surely getting any body art that's synonymous with the gang ultimately puts

22:41you up for extra scrutiny both from law enforcement agencies and rival gangs aryan brothers tattoos like

22:47the ms13 and the chinese triad criminal groups members of the aryan brotherhood gang have a

22:52wealth of codified body arts to choose from the catalog of tattoos adopted by the gang includes some

22:57symbols affiliated with the neo-nazi movement like the swastika and lightning bolts others sometimes

23:02opt for an image of a viking warrior but undoubtedly the most popular body ink art adopted by the violent

23:08gang is the symbol of a shamrock placed directly over the letters ab which obviously is the initials for the

23:13gang's name gang members sometimes etch the number six in each leaf the shamrock is known

23:18worldwide as the symbol of ireland and represents qualities such as faith love and hope the aryan

23:23brotherhood gang is a notorious white supremacist group renowned for its violent activities across

23:28the united states founded in 1964 in the san quentin state prison the aryan brotherhood is the oldest

23:34largest and deadliest crime syndicate in the united states the group was formed by a group of irish

23:39prisoners at the san quentin state prison in california to resist segregation from other

23:44prisoners but over the years they've evolved to become a radical criminal group with active

23:48involvement in several illicit enterprises like extortion murder prostitution illegal gambling and

23:54drug trafficking the gang's watchword blood in blood out tells you everything you need to know

23:58about it historians believe this motto is inspired by the initiation rituals of the aryan brotherhood gang

24:04which mandates prospective members to kill or injure a law enforcement agent or a rival gangster of a

24:09other race within the confines of the origin aryan brotherhood gang members are sometimes required

24:14to perform a range of tasks which include theft impersonation murder and drug trafficking a portion

24:20of the profits accrued from these illegal schemes are handed over to the boss of the gang nowadays the

24:25gang has well over 20 000 members and continues to operate viciously across several prison facilities

24:31across the united states based on a set of strict rules and regulations first and foremost the law of

24:36the gang stipulated that gang members must extend help to their colleagues throughout their stay in

24:41prison and even outside confinement this rule is further enshrined in the gang's membership pledge

24:45which reads an aryan brother is without a care he walks where the weak and heartless won't dare and

24:50if by chance he should stumble and lose control his brothers will be there to help reach his goal for

24:55a

24:55worthy brother no need is too great he need not but ask fulfillments his fate for an aryan brother death

25:00holds no fear vengeance will be his through his brothers still here this membership pledge also

25:05emphasizes the group's values which include revenge and discrimination against people of color for the

25:11aryan brotherhood murder is a way to make a social statement if blacks attack whites we send a message

25:16we go pick one of their shot callers we catch them walking across the prison yard under guard escort and

25:21handcuffs it don't matter we're going to butcher him in front of god and everybody at high noon in the

25:25middle of the yard and it's not just going to be a few clean stab marks it's going to be

25:29a vicious

25:30brutal killing because that's how brothers take care of business and a brother's work is never done

25:35obviously the message propagated by the aryan brotherhood membership pledge is not welcomed

25:40in the current society and so are the various symbols associated with them mexican mafia tattoos

25:45mexican mafias need no introduction their contributions to the widespread violence and

25:50drug dealings across south america and north america is well documented but even more

25:54prominent is their appetite for a stylish lifestyle and extravagant tattoos the main

25:59symbol adopted by mexican gangs is an image of an eagle holding a snake in its mouth this symbol

26:04is often placed on a set of letters such as eme or mm other famous tattoo designs adopted by the

26:09gangs include symbols of guns naked humans preferably humans or three dots all of these designs represent

26:15different values including strength authority dominance power family bond fearlessness and recklessness

26:20so for anyone looking to ink any of these symbols on their skin it is paramount to understand

26:25what they mean and the messages they promote before adopting them having one of these notorious body

26:30arts is one of the most legitimate pieces of evidence that a person belongs to a crime syndicate

26:35group in mexico's criminal underworld after the first inkling the number of tattoos on a gangster's

26:40body is expected to grow as their career in the underground world progresses and in situations

26:45where this so-called gangster finds himself in prison these tattoos are to identify them but

26:49perhaps more importantly a prisoner's tattoo sometimes determines whether he is safe or not

26:54getting these tattoos isn't exactly a walk in the park as most people would think in fact it's almost

26:58impossible to get a mexico mafia body ink drawn in a tattoo parlor so for most members the only way

27:03to

27:03get them done is to go underground or while they're in prison at the peak of their powers mexican cartels

27:08controlled a significant part of the narco trafficking business across the americas at some point

27:13mexico's biggest drug trafficking gang the sinaloa cartel was responsible for a significant

27:18amount of the cocaine smuggled into the united states through the mexican border the organized

27:23crime history in mexico dates back to the late 1970s when miguel felix gallardo founded the guadalajara

27:30cartel in 1989 he was arrested and extradited to the united states where he was eventually tried and

27:35failed for 40 years the drug lord remains in prison even till the days but the seed of crime that

27:40he

27:41sold several years ago has developed so much that it has spiraled out of control and despite

27:45the increased efforts on the part of the government to curb the activity of organized crime groups in

27:49mexico these notorious groups seem to have become bigger and more efficient over the years for context

27:55since 2006 when the mexican government renewed its efforts to clamp down on violent gang activities in

28:01the country over 340 000 people have lost their lives in the turf war that ensued afterward for gang members

28:07who are lucky enough to outlive these turf wars they're constantly being hunted by law enforcement

28:11agencies and rival gangs and you can imagine that this will most likely be the case for anyone who

28:16adopts any symbol associated with a mexican mafia gang thanks for watching this video to the end if

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