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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Gangs in Brazil, Gangs in Colombia, Gangs in Mexico, Hells Angels, Mara Salvatrucha, Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Cartel, Mexican Mafia, Gulf Cartel, Juarez Cartel, Mongols, Netas, Vagos Motorcycle Club, Tijuana Cartel, 18th Street gang, Colima Cartel, Los Negros, Primeiro Comando da Capital, Cangaco, Sonora Cartel, Lampiao, Comando Vermelho, Black Eagles, La Linea, Logan Heights Gang, Guadalajara Cartel, Milenio Cartel, Oaxaca Cartel, Maras, Los Pelones, South Pacific Cartel, Gente Nueva, Amigos dos Amigos, List of gangs in Mexico. Excerpt: The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is a worldwide one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Their primary motto is "When we do right, nobody remembers. When we do wrong, nobody forgets." Both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service classify the Angels as one of the "big four" motorcycle gangs, contending that members carry out widespread violence, drug dealing, trafficking in stolen goods, and extortion. Members of the organization have continuously asserted that they are only a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who have joined to ride motorcycles together, to organize social events such as group road trips, fundraisers, parties, and motorcycle rallies. The Hells Angels were originally formed in 1948 in Fontana, California through an amalgamation of former members from different motorcycle clubs, such as The Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington. The Hells Angels website denies the suggestion that any misfit or malcontent troops are connected with the motorcycle club. However, the website notes that the...
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本書は中南米を蝕む暴力の連鎖と、そこに生きる者たちの歪んだ美学を剥き出しにする暗黒の地図です。ウィキペディアという集合知が編み上げた事実に宿る圧倒的なリアリズムは、フィクションの想像力を遥かに凌駕します。冷徹な記述の裏側に潜む、富と権力を渇望する人間の業、そして崩壊した社会構造が生み出した組織の成り立ちは、読む者に背筋が凍るような戦慄と、無視できない知的好奇心をもたらすでしょう。 特筆すべきは、各組織が掲げる掟や象徴が持つ奇妙な精神性です。善行は忘れられ悪行は刻まれるといった標語に象徴されるアウトローの自尊心と、国家を凌駕する冷酷な暴力機構の対比は、現代社会の闇を鮮烈に浮き彫りにします。これは単なる記録ではなく、秩序と混沌の境界で喘ぐ人間たちの剥き出しの生存戦略を解剖した、戦慄のノンフィクション叙事詩なのです。