Texas Syndicate members are required to follow a "Constitution," stipulating that members: Ranking members in prison are automatically demoted to the level of soldier upon institutional reclassification. Each prison unit is controlled by a chairman, who oversees a vice chairman, captain, lieutenant, sergeant of arms, and numerous soldiers.
TS has a paramilitary structure, headed by a president and vice president elected by the general member population. Released or parole members who generate money for the Texas Syndicate must surrender a 10% tax of all proceeds toward the gang in prison. After building tenders disappeared, the Syndicate's activities turned to drug trafficking, extortion, prostitution, protection, gambling, and contract murder. Rivals of the Texas Syndicate have included or presently include:ĭevelopment of the Texas Syndicate was initially motivated by self-protection against the historical "building tenders" in prison. As a street gang, heavy activity has been reported in Austin, Texas, Corpus Christi,Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley. They have been reported in the Federal Correctional Institute at Oakdale, Louisiana, and in San Quentin, California, with frequency. However, they still maintain their headquarters in California, where their national president resides, and their numbers continue to reach into state and federal prisons across the US. 826 Hispanic members operate across Texas, including specific reportings in the Coffield Unit, about 60 miles southwest of Tyler, and at the Allred prison unit outside of Wichita Falls. It was established in direct response to the other California prison gangs (notably the Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia), which were attempting to prey on native Texas inmates.Īs of 2000, the Texas Syndicate had about 1,000 members in prisons and jails state-wide, with many more on the outside. The Texas Syndicate, more than La Eme or Nuestra Familia, has been more associated or allied with Mexican immigrant prisoners, such as the "Border Brothers", while La Eme and the NF tend to be more composed of US-born/raised Hispanics. The Texas Syndicate or Syndicato tejano (Texas 7) is a mostly Texas-based prison gang that includes mostly Hispanic members, and no longer allows white / Caucasian members.