The Mexican Mafia (La Eme)

The Mexican Mafia is a Mexican-American criminal organisation.
== General Information ==
The Mexican Mafia, also known as La eMe (Spanish for "the M"), is a Mexican American criminal organisation in San Andreas. Despite its name, the Mexican Mafia did not originate in Mexico, and is entirely a U.S. criminal prison organisation. Law enforcement officials report that the Mexican Mafia is the deadliest and most powerful gang within the San Andreas prison system.
Government officials state that there are currently 10 official members of the Mexican Mafia and an estimate of more than 50 foot soldiers who also carry out its illegal activities on the streets in the hopes of becoming full members. The Mexican Mafia has influence over every Hispanic street gang in San Andreas, including the notoriously brutal VPLS-13. The U.S. Government considers the Mexican Mafia to be "among the most powerful, dangerous and feared criminal organisations in the world, with an iron grip on organised crime and drug trafficking within San Andreas".
== History ==
The Mexican Mafia was formed in 1957 by five Hispanic street gang members from different Los Santos neighbourhoods. The founding members formed the gang order to protect Hispanic inmates from other prison gangs. The Mexican Mafia gained significant power and control over illegal activities in the San Andreas prison system by using violence. The gang also extended its influence outside the prison system when members who were released from custody began taking control of narcotics distribution in parts of Southern Los Santos, primarily by "taxing" drug dealers.
== Culture ==
Law enforcement believes that La eMe presently is not presided over by a single leader. Many Mexican Mafia members have the authority to order murders and oversee various other criminal activities. Members are expected to engage in tests of their loyalty to La eMe, which may include theft or murder. The penalty for refusing orders or failing to complete an assigned task is often death. According to the gang's constitution, members may also be punished or murdered if they commit any of three major infractions. These include becoming an informant, acts of cowardice, and showing disrespect against fellow gang members. According to gang policy, a member of the Mexican Mafia may not be murdered without prior approval by a vote of three members, yet the murder of non-members requires no formal approval.
=== Rules ===
The rules of conduct are:
# A member may not raise a hand against another member without approval from the higher-ups and leaders.
# A member must not steal from another member.
# A member must not politic against another member or cause dissension within the organisation.
# Membership is for life, the only way out is death.
# Retaliation must be carried out if anyone crosses La eMe, no exceptions.
# Vendetta must be carried out, even if it takes months, years, or decades.
# If a member of La eMe gets harmed or killed by someone else such as police, or another criminal gang, retaliation must be immediate, and must be swift, brutal and deadly.
# It is mandatory to assault/kill all dropouts and traitors.
# La eMe comes first. Even before your own family, religion and god.
# A member must not interfere with another member's business activities.
# A member must protect another member from harm.
# A member must treat another member like a brother.
== Criminal Activities ==
The Mexican Mafia is involved in a variety of criminal activities both inside and outside the prison system, but its main source of income is extorting drug distributors outside prison and distributing various narcotics within and outside the prison system. La eMe is heavily connected to Mexican Drug Trafficking Organisations (DTOs). 
La eMe's alleged most recent and notorious attack was the shooting of the Los Santos' Attorney General Salvatore Greco, leading to the arrest of one La eMe hitman.
Category:Criminal Organisations
Category:Prison Gangs