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2 lip 2021 · Fifty years ago this week — June 27, 1971 — Gustavo Colon, a teen Latin King, shot and killed Glenn Burr, a teen Vice Lord, at the intersection of Potomac Avenue and Leavitt Street. The...
2 lip 2021 · Fifty years ago this week — June 27, 1971 — Gustavo Colon, a teen Latin King, shot and killed Glenn Burr, a teen Vice Lord, at the intersection of Potomac Avenue and Leavitt Street. The following year, Colon was sentenced to at least 30 years in state prison for the murder.
Latin Kings North Side faction leader Gustavo "Gino" Colon was sentenced to life in prison as a result of the case. [73]
According to court documents, on the night of June 27, 1971 Gustavo “Hercules” “Hippie” Colon was hanging out at the intersection of Leavitt and Potomac in the Wicker Park neighborhood that night. According to court documents Colon and Florentine “Brillo” Menendez spotted Glenn Burr and his sister and friends walking down the street.
Latin King documents reveal that Gino Gustavo Colon (a.k.a. "Lord Gino") is considered the "SUN" of the Almighty Latin King Nation in Chicago. Currently he is serving a life sentence in federal prison due to a 25-count indictment, which includes charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other drugs.
Papa King is dead today, killed by his own gang in 1988. This was one of the few "organizational shakeups" in the Latin Kings. Countless members repeated the same oral history: "Lord Gino wanted the organization to go in one direction and Papa King wanted the organization to go in another direction and in the summer of 1988 Papa King was killed".
24 lis 2015 · Garcia and Zambrano were the highest-ranking Latin Kings to be convicted and sentenced since Gustavo “Gino” Colon, who also holds the title of “Corona,” was sentenced to life in prison in 2000. The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew Porter, Nancy DePodesta and Tinos Diamantatos.
