Los leones criminales

The Lions

This story will begin with the first thing I remember, perhaps it was what made me open my eyes to what was really lived in the streets where I grew up or maybe it is just a whim of my memory.

The lions were a criminal family that dominated my city for almost more than a decade, their strength was in 3 brothers, Alberto, Johnny and Luis, they were the visible heads of this criminal group that controlled the drug trafficking and robberies scale. These guys, along with the other members of their gang, stole armored trucks, banks, extorted small merchants and trafficked in drugs, from marijuana, to cocaine, they were tough, trying to mess with them was a death sentence, your body would appear in some street a shot in the back.

Like many criminals, they also had a code, one that perhaps made them "protected" by the neighborhood for a long time. They did not sell drugs to children, they did not mess with the people in the neighborhood, in fact they often helped those in need. Alberto was the oldest of them, of average height, almost black Afro hair, with dark skin and marked by scars on his face, "memories of child fights," he used to say. Johnny was the second son, and black sheep of the family, whenever they were about to get into trouble with the police, it was because Johnny was involved, he was lighter-skinned than Alberto, and taller, he had become addicted to the same drug they sold and that's why their behavior used to be very erratic.

And finally Luis, the youngest of the 3 brothers, with light skin too, Afro hair like Alberto and the taller one, despite his youth, was violent by nature, once he beat someone who tried to steal him, he was the executor arm of the family, when someone crossed the line that Alberto had drawn for the other bands, he was the one who was going to take charge, beat them, threatened them, and if necessary killed them, everyone in the neighborhood knew it, but As I said before, the same neighborhood protected them in exchange for "security". You will see if you are reading and you wonder why would they protect criminals? Because the answer is simple, at that time it was more reliable to have the protection of criminals than of police.

Their domain was such that in their homes, the parties were of such magnitude that you could get from corrupt policemen to local politicians. All of them were to some degree his accomplices.

Their problems begin at the beginning of 2001, when a new police chief decides that it is time to finish them off, and to let them know he stops Johnny and Luis outside a bar and proceeds to take them to the police station, in that police station An 18-year-old boy was arrested who later on would be key in his fall, Carlos caldera, AKA Barbie face, for his feminine features, at this point everyone in the state knew who they were 2 so those who were in the dungeon with they kept their distance, but in their eagerness to demonstrate what they were capable of doing, or just for simple evil, they raped Barbie, who they say since that day swear would kill them.

Finding themselves at a point where they could not negotiate with the police, they made the decision to demonstrate their power, so they tried to kill the police chief, but he was unharmed, and they only managed to get the police to bother him more, understand this, here in my country when a criminal gets involved with a policeman, there is no trial, they just kill him, that war was maintained for about a year, in mid-2002, it was already public knowledge, the reason why they were never caught, it turned out that Alberto had sex with the wife of a police captain, and she gave Alberto the information.

The first big blow was taken that same year, when Luis was killed by the face of Barbie, who offered him a trap worthy of a movie scene, apparently the sexual preferences of Luis were peculiar, since when he was drugged he seemed to prefer the Transsexual company, which Barbie face took advantage of. After being raped in the dungeon by the two brothers, he was released, moved out of the state and gained a reputation in another state as a drug dealer and hit man.

Seeing that the lions had problems, he decided decided to return is their revenge in mind, and listen to the preferences of Luis, made a recognition of the areas where luis used to look for company of transsexuals and undertook his plan, dressed as a woman, and settled in a corner, he knew that sooner or later he would get the attention of his victim, something that took him 4 nights to achieve, at this point in the story Luis knew that Barbie's face was in town and that he wanted to kill him, but I never suspect I was going to do it this way, the night that Luis sought the company of this "new transsexual in the street", got out of the truck that drove, leaving his gun inside, and what he got when he wanted to get close was a bullet in the leg, to be subsequently stabbed several times in the stomach and groin.

After doing this, it is known that Barbie's face took off her wig and shouted: "One less, I go for the other!". The next day I was in the newspapers, radio, etc., even though everyone expected the backlash of the lions, they did not do anything, the reason, they had a lot of pressure on all sides, so they just kept on with their business waiting a good chance. The second blow was taken the day that when trying to collect an extortion, they provoked a heart attack to an old man, which caused that many people in the neighborhood decided not to support them anymore.

All this finally triggered the fury of the lions, who began to make systematic blows against policemen, trying to instill fear, it was violent, but in spite of everything, the police under the command of their new boss, continued giving them hunts. Which brings us to the third and last blow that this band received, it was already 2004, Alberto was going to see himself once more with the wife of the police captain, they say that he arrived and the woman received him, as always I did, but, there was a difference, a few streets of the house were waiting in unofficial vehicles, a group of policemen who came to catch him.

The plan was simple, enter, catch him in bed and take him away, but the woman apparently betrayed the intentions of the police and Alberto fled to his truck, this caused a strong shooting, where Alberto received 4 bullet wounds, two in the back, one in the neck and the other in the right buttock, despite these wounds, was able to make his escape, until he reached his house, where his brother Johnny was, who like anyone who sees his brother wounded, Alberto decides to take him to the hospital, but there is a problem, Johnny never learned to drive cars, he only drove motorcycles, injured and almost dying Alberto asks him to save him, so Johnny gets on his motorcycle while others help Alberto to hold on to his back from his brother, Johnny goes out as a bullet, knowing that maybe they'll get caught on the road.

But not all the money, nor the contacts, nor anybody, would have expected what happened, it was not the police, or other criminals who killed them, maybe it was karma, or just bad luck, because on their way to high speed on the way to the hospital, a stray dog ​​tried to cross the street, Johnny tried to dodge it, and hit head on a truck, flew through the air, falling, Johnny broke his neck, dying instantly, and Alberto finished dying in the street because of his injuries.

This was the end of this family, because without their three main heads, the only thing they could do was sink, some of them were later killed, others ended up in jail, but if there is no doubt, they left their mark, and to this day they are still being talked about in the neighborhood. But he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.