75 supremacists convicted, leaving Aryan Brotherhood of Texas in 'absolute chaos'
Published: 07 August 2016 04:59 PM
Updated: 07 August 2016 06:00 PM
... The U.S. Justice Department secured a combined total of 900 years in prison time for the convicted Aryan Brotherhood members after a federal probe that began in 2008 ...
The Aryan Brotherhood has a history of crimes in Texas that includes robberies, burglaries, kidnappings and murders. Formed in the 1980s in the Texas prison system, its members are all white, heterosexual felons. They can never have served in law enforcement, been an informant or been convicted of child molestation ...
"One of the things they prided themselves on is discipline and loyalty, but it turns out half of them cooperated with the government," said Assistant U.S. Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, who leads the Justice Department's criminal division in Washington.
Among those convicted was Larry Bryan, a senior Aryan Brotherhood general who was in state prison when federal prosecutors brought new charges of racketeering. Bryan admitted to using a smuggled cellphone to lead the group from behind prison bars, but his attorney downplayed the success of the federal sweep ...
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