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The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of 'Boxer' Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer

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Paul Boehmer

14 Hours 3 Minutes

Tantor Media

December 2008

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Rene 'Boxer' Enriquez grew up on the violent streets of East L.A., where gang fights, robberies, and drive-by shootings were fueled by rage, drugs, and alcohol. When he finally landed in prison-at the age of nineteen-Enriquez found an organization that brought him the respect he always wanted: the near-mythic and widely feared Mexican Mafia, La Eme.

What the organization saw in Enriquez was a young man who knew no fear and would kill anyone-justifiably or not-in the blink of an eye. That loyalty and iron will drove him up the ranks as a mob enforcer and ultimately to the upper echelons, where he would help rule for nearly two decades.

Enriquez helped La Eme become the powerful and violent organization that it is now, with a base army of approximately 60,000 heavily armed gang members who control the prison system and a large part of California crime. Arguably the most dangerous gang in American history, its reach is growing.

And now award-winning investigative journalist Chris Blatchford, with the unprecedented cooperation of Rene Enriquez, reveals the inner workings, secret meetings, and elaborate murder plots that make up the daily routine of the Mafia brothers. It is an intense, never-before-told story of a man who devoted his life to a bloody cause only to find betrayal and disillusionment.

After years of research and investigation, Blatchford has delivered a historic narrative of a nefarious organization that will go down as a classic in mob literature.

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  • Octavio V.

    Great book. Would\'ve been better, if it wasn\'t for the absolute worst narrator. The narrator made this book plummet due to the inaccurate pronunciations in Spanish that are not even understandable. Great book, bad narrator.

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  • Joe B.

    This is a great book with lots of great information. I couldn’t wait to see what, was going to happening next. I highly suggest this book.

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  • Diane L.

    Love this book couldn’t put it down

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  • Cris Sayago

    Boxer Enriquez is a complicated man. He killed indiscriminately, used more drugs than famous Rockstar's, easily influenced by his "carnales" in the Mexican Mafia (the biggest gang in all of LA and in prisons across our great country) But he also wanted to live a life of normalcy, one that he never would find. Growing weary of all the death and fighting he renounced his gang life and became a federal informant. Chris Blatchford and Mr. Enriquez take is through a hellish journey of street gangs, prison shot callers, assassination attempts on Hollywood personalities, insane drug use, petty prison beefs, organizational infighting and ultimately murder. In the years since this book has been released, Mr. Enriquez has proven himself to be a valuable asset to law enforcement, the Mexican Mafia however are like a cockroach that just won't die (one of their current rackets is to attack African-American families in Southern Los Angeles in order to force them from their homes.) many of the old guard is gone, but new bloodthirsty madmen have taken over and sooner or later it will have to come to a stop. Boxer Enriquez will likely die in prison, I only hope his efforts in bringing down his former "family" are successful

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