gangsters

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And it didn't help that public perception continued to associate tattoos with gangsters and organised crime.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Officials no longer talk about eliminating the PCC but managing its uneasy coexistence with the state—often leaving investigators frustrated or stunned by the links between gangsters and the state itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

There may have been some male suitors but never any who were gangsters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

But I’ve seen that look in pro-fighters, football players and serious gangsters.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

Julio Cesar Cancino Galvez, with Grupo Beta Sur, recalls how a group of about thirty migrants at the Tapachula train station asked him why the authorities weren’t clamping down on the gangsters.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario