12. Numbers Gang
Via sickchirpse.com
Numbers Gang is a prison gang formed in South Africa primarily operating out of the Western Cape prison of Pollsmoor, though many think that they run all South African prisons. When a member of the Numbers Gang (labeled 28s, 27s, 26s) transfers prisons they go through a rigorous ordeal to establish themselves in their new place of incarceration. It all starts when the new prisoner is taken into his new cell, he must ask the cell cleaner, “Who are you?”. If the cleaner is a 28 he says “I am a son of Nongoloza, that he works by night.” If he is a 27 he states the same phrase replacing the last two words with “by day” and that he is the son of Kilikjian. This is all a test to prove that the prisoner is actually a member of the Numbers Gang, everything hinges on the prisoner’s knowledge of the right language and you better not get it wrong!
11. MS-13
Via darkhorsenews.com
There was an FBI task force set up to monitor and dismantle the dangerous gang MS-13. While investigating, the FBI captured some of the brutal rituals that the gang members go through when being initiated. Those who are being courted are called chequos and full-fledged MS-13 members are called homeboys. In the initiation ritual chequos first must carry out one assassination against a rival gang member, then homeboys vote on whether or not the chequo can join. Once the vote is final, and the chequo is invited into the gang, the real initiation starts. While one homeboy counts slowly down from 13 other homeboys beat the chequo mercilessly. If he survives then he is welcomed into the gang as a fellow homeboy. When it was all finished, fellow homeboys would say “welcome to the Mara” and hold up devil horn gang signs. This 13-second-beating is also used as a punishment when a homeboy acts out.
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