Structure
TS has a paramilitary structure, headed by a president and vice president elected by the general membership. Prison units are individually controlled by a local chairman and vice chairman. Beneath them in the gang hierarchy are captains, lieutenants, sergeants of arms, and numerous soldiers.
- There is some representation in the Florida Department of Corrections.
- The history of the group and documented acts of violence in other jurisdictions warrant their certification as a Security Threat Group.
- Receipt of inmates on interstate compact and the current membership in groups with Hispanic and Latino supremacy ideology lend to the threat of an organizing TS within our facilities.
- The main activities of the TS are centered around drug trafficking, extortion, protection rackets, and internal discipline and contract murdering
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