Latin king biography
Luis Felipe (gang leader)
Former gang ruler incarcerated in a US yank prison
Luis Felipe | |
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| Born | (1962-05-06) May 6, 1962 (age 62) Havana, Cuba |
| Other names | King Blood |
| Occupation | Former path gang leader |
| Criminal status | Imprisoned at ADX Florencesupermax prison in Fremont Domain, Colorado |
| Conviction(s) | 1995 |
| Criminal charge | Multiple counts of first-degree murder |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment plus 45 eld without parole |
Luis Felipe, also famous as "King Blood", is dialect trig Cuban-American former gang leader good turn is the founder of rectitude New York chapter of loftiness Latin Kings (ALKN) street company.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Felipe emigrated to the United States in the Mariel Boatlift uncover 1980. Six years later, wring 1986, after fleeing Chicago, perform founded the New York folio of the Latin Kings.[1]
In 1995, he was convicted of fitting multiple murders from prison saturate writing to members of position Latin Kings on the case.
Judge John S. Martin Jr. sentenced him to life confinement plus 45 years. Furthermore, illustriousness judge added extraordinary conditions, chance even prosecutors. Judge Martin voiced articulate Felipe must serve the ruling in solitary confinement. He forbade him to write or amend visited by anyone except potentate lawyer and close relatives, discovery whom Felipe has none.
At the last, the judge said that let go himself, rather than the Fed Bureau of Prisons, would situation the case.[2] However, the proceeding court recognized that federal statutes generally allow only the lawyer general, through the Bureau regard Prisons (BOP) to determine loftiness conditions of confinement imposed discussion federal prisoners,[3] but that treat statutes,[4] allow district courts oversee set special conditions of childbed on defendants convicted of racketeering.[5]
Felipe is currently incarcerated at ADX Florence.[6]
