Gangs expert: ‘The Latin Kings are known for the accentuation effect’
An order went out across Florida last month: Find and kill William “King Will” Tosado.
A leader of the Latin Kings in Osceola County decided the follower turned informant must die, according to court records.
The gang quickly tracked down Tosado about 200 miles south in Miami. He moved there for protection after agreeing to testify in a racketeering case against the Latin Kings.
Law enforcement said nothing publicly about the failed hit on Tosado’s life after charging Latin Kings leader Joey “King Hush” Hernandez with ordering his murder from inside the Osceola County Jail.
And almost nothing was released to the public about the underlying Latin Kings crime spree a year earlier when Hernandez and fellow gang members, including Tosado, ransacked more than 40 vacation homes near Walt Disney World, according to arrest reports.
The silence is part of a national strategy by law enforcement officials to not publicize gang activity.
But state Department of Corrections records show the Almighty Latin Kings and Queens Nation — one of the oldest and most violent gangs in the U.S. — is now the largest gang in Florida. With nearly 1,000 Latin Kings currently in the state’s prison system, its members are charged with murders, attempted murders, dealing drugs, robberies and running prostitutes.
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