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{{short description|Street gang founded in Miami, Florida, US}} |
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1990}} |
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| founding location = [[Miami, Florida]], U.S.<ref name=FBI/> |
| founding location = [[Miami, Florida]], U.S.<ref name=FBI/> |
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| territory = [[South Florida]],<ref>{{cite news |work=Hispanically Speaking News |date=25 February 2011 |url=http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |title=ICE Operation in South Florida Net 24 Criminal Aliens |access-date=26 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302142106/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |archive-date=2 March 2011 |url-status= |
| territory = [[South Florida]],<ref>{{cite news |work=Hispanically Speaking News |date=25 February 2011 |url=http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |title=ICE Operation in South Florida Net 24 Criminal Aliens |access-date=26 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302142106/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/ice-operation-in-south-florida-net-24-criminal-aliens/5606/ |archive-date=2 March 2011 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name=leecounty>{{Cite news |date=19 May 2014 |title=Crime Stoppers helps to catch Miami's Little Haiti Zoe Pound member |url=http://www.local10.com/news/crime-stoppers-helps-to-catch-miamis-little-haiti-zoe-pound-member |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428224601/http://www.local10.com/news/crime-stoppers-helps-to-catch-miamis-little-haiti-zoe-pound-member |archive-date=28 April 2017 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=WPLG}}</ref><ref name=ftpierce/> [[Evansville, Indiana]],<ref name=FBI/> [[Quebec]],<ref name=montreal/> and the [[Bahamas]]<ref name=canada>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2018 |title=Bahamas: The Zoe Pound gang, including activities, areas of operation, key members and state response (2013-September 2018) [BHS106154.E] |url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2006655.html |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |via=ecoi.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith-Cartwright |first=Tanya |date=15 February 2021 |title=INSIGHT: ‘We’re living in a cowboy town and there’s nothing anyone can do about it’ |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/feb/15/insight-were-living-cowboy-town-and-theres-nothing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215140454/http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/feb/15/insight-were-living-cowboy-town-and-theres-nothing/ |archive-date=15 February 2021 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=The Tribune |quote=Back in the day there were high school gangs like the “Syndicate” and the “Raiders”. Now there is the Haitian movement Zoe Pound and One Order to name a few.}}</ref> |
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| ethnicity = [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]]<ref name=FBI/> |
| ethnicity = [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]]<ref name=FBI/> |
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| membership est = 2250{{citation_needed|date=April 2024}} |
| membership est = 2250{{citation_needed|date=April 2024}} |
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'''Zoe Pound''' is a |
'''Zoe Pound''' is a criminal [[street gang]] based in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]] founded by [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]] immigrants in 1990.<ref name="FBI">{{cite web |date=4 February 2010 |title=Twenty-Two Charged Federally in Evansville Drug Trafficking Case |url=http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip020410.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817115452/http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip020410.htm |archive-date=17 August 2010 |access-date=20 February 2011 |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite episode |title=All Hell Breaks Loose |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqdObNwHyFI&rco=1 |series=Gangland |series-link=Gangland (TV series) |network=History Channel |date=4 December 2008 |season=3 |number=12}}</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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"Zoe" is the anglicized variant of the word ''[[wikt:zo#Haitian Creole|zo]]'', [[Haitian Creole]] for "bone", as members were known to |
"Zoe" is the anglicized variant of the word ''[[wikt:zo#Haitian Creole|zo]]'', [[Haitian Creole]] for "bone", as members were known to be "hard to the bone." When conflicts against Haitians arose, the ''pound'' would be sought out to retaliate; thus, the street gang name, "Zoe Pound", was born.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Daddy, Trick |url=https://archive.org/details/magiccitytrialso0000tric |title=Magic City: Trials of a Native Son |author2=Bailey, Peter |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4391-4852-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/magiccitytrialso0000tric/page/169 169] |url-access=registration}}</ref> |
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An alternate theory states that "Pound" acts as an acronym for "Power Of (the) Unified Negroes (in) Divinity".<ref name=":0" /> |
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An alternate theory states that "Pound" acts as an acronym for "Power Of (the) Unified Negroes (in) Divinity"; but in truth the name was given for the pounds being sold out of a traphouse called the 'Whitehouse' on the corner of NE 56th Street & 1st Avenue. Ganue was the glue that held the unity among the Pound and Solo was the one that made sure everyone ate off the money made; no matter if you was on the streets or incarcerated.With these two men, the Whitehouse ran like a military fortress. Ganue passed away due to questionable circumstances and Solo was murdered at the Rolexxx stripe club, while throwing a "Free Mac-A-Zoe Party".<ref name=":0" /> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The gang was founded in 1990 in response to attacks on [[Haitian Americans]], initially acting as a [[Vigilantism|vigilante]] self-defense group.<ref name=":0" /> |
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From Northeast 41st Street to Northeast 59th Street and from Norh Maimi Avenue, headed east acros to the train tracks; this was the aera where Zoe Pound was created. The Zoe Movement was founded in the mid 1980s,at the height of the Cocaine Cowboys war; when the Columbians tried to cut the Cubans out of the distributions of the cocaine shipments. Haitians and the Marielitoes became close friend in the immigration detention centers, like; Guantanimo Bay, Krome and Turner Guilford Knight. Miami-Dade County Jail is were the "Zoe" monicker was created; in response to attacks on [[Haitian Americans]], initially acting as a [[Vigilantism|vigilante]] self-defense group. This movement spreaded to the streets, upon release. Althought the Zoes had a movement that united them, they were still receiving disrespect from the "Yanks"; and with this being said; Yanks can never be Zoe. The Zoe Movement, gave birth to the Zoe Pound Movement in 1992.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Zoe Pound first gained the attention of the media in the spring of 1997, when gang members robbed ships docking along the [[Miami River (Florida)|Miami River]], kidnapping and torturing crew members.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 March 2010 |title=Zoe Pound Gang: Learn More About Haitian Group Featured On History Channel |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zoe-pound-gang-learn-more_n_387606 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=HuffPost |quote=In April 1997, the group looted ships docked along the Miami River and tortured their crew members.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Royse |first=David |date=16 May 1997 |title=The Land Pirates In Miami, Pirates In Pickup Trucks Board Freighters At Boat Yards, Robbing, Torturing And Kidnapping Sailors For Drugs And Money |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/16/the-land-pirates-in-miami-pirates-in-pickup/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420053134/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/16/the-land-pirates-in-miami-pirates-in-pickup/ |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=The Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |
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Having branched out from Miami in the two decades leading up to 2010, they are known to be involved in drug trafficking and robbery and related violent crimes in support of their drug trafficking activities in [[Evansville, Indiana]].<ref name="FBI" /> |
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In 2004, six Zoe Pound leaders were arrested on [[racketeering]] and conspiracy charges in [[Fort Pierce, Florida]] after [[Florida Department of Law Enforcement]] offices convinced several gang members to [[Turn state's evidence|give testimony for the prosecution]].<ref name="ftpierce">{{cite web |last=Greenlee |first=Will |date=18 June 2009 |title=Six alleged leaders of Fort Pierce gang facing charges |url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jun/18/six-alleged-leaders-of-fort-pierce-gang-facing/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716194638/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jun/18/six-alleged-leaders-of-fort-pierce-gang-facing/ |archive-date=16 July 2011 |access-date=26 February 2011 |website=TCPalm}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:08, 22 September 2024
| Founded | 1990 |
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| Founding location | Miami, Florida, U.S.[1] |
| Territory | South Florida,[2][3][4] Evansville, Indiana,[1] Quebec,[5] and the Bahamas[6][7] |
| Ethnicity | Haitian[1] |
| Membership (est.) | 2250[citation needed] |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, robbery, murder, prostitution[1] and racketeering[4] |
| Allies | Black Mafia Family,[3] Bloods, and Crips[5] |
| Rivals | MS-13[3] and Hells Angels[5] |
Zoe Pound is a criminal street gang based in Miami, Florida founded by Haitian immigrants in 1990.[1][8]
Etymology
[edit]"Zoe" is the anglicized variant of the word zo, Haitian Creole for "bone", as members were known to be "hard to the bone." When conflicts against Haitians arose, the pound would be sought out to retaliate; thus, the street gang name, "Zoe Pound", was born.[9]
An alternate theory states that "Pound" acts as an acronym for "Power Of (the) Unified Negroes (in) Divinity".[8]
History
[edit]The gang was founded in 1990 in response to attacks on Haitian Americans, initially acting as a vigilante self-defense group.[8]
Zoe Pound first gained the attention of the media in the spring of 1997, when gang members robbed ships docking along the Miami River, kidnapping and torturing crew members.[10][11]
Having branched out from Miami in the two decades leading up to 2010, they are known to be involved in drug trafficking and robbery and related violent crimes in support of their drug trafficking activities in Evansville, Indiana.[1]
In 2004, six Zoe Pound leaders were arrested on racketeering and conspiracy charges in Fort Pierce, Florida after Florida Department of Law Enforcement offices convinced several gang members to give testimony for the prosecution.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Twenty-Two Charged Federally in Evansville Drug Trafficking Case". Federal Bureau of Investigation. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "ICE Operation in South Florida Net 24 Criminal Aliens". Hispanically Speaking News. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c "Crime Stoppers helps to catch Miami's Little Haiti Zoe Pound member". WPLG. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Greenlee, Will (18 June 2009). "Six alleged leaders of Fort Pierce gang facing charges". TCPalm. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ a b c Thibault, Eric (30 August 2012). "Parrains floridiens?" [Florida sponsors?]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Bahamas: The Zoe Pound gang, including activities, areas of operation, key members and state response (2013-September 2018) [BHS106154.E]". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via ecoi.net.
- ^ Smith-Cartwright, Tanya (15 February 2021). "INSIGHT: 'We're living in a cowboy town and there's nothing anyone can do about it'". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
Back in the day there were high school gangs like the "Syndicate" and the "Raiders". Now there is the Haitian movement Zoe Pound and One Order to name a few.
- ^ a b c "All Hell Breaks Loose". Gangland. Season 3. Episode 12. 4 December 2008. History Channel.
- ^ Daddy, Trick; Bailey, Peter (2010). Magic City: Trials of a Native Son. Simon and Schuster. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4391-4852-5.
- ^ "Zoe Pound Gang: Learn More About Haitian Group Featured On History Channel". HuffPost. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
In April 1997, the group looted ships docked along the Miami River and tortured their crew members.
- ^ Royse, David (16 May 1997). "The Land Pirates In Miami, Pirates In Pickup Trucks Board Freighters At Boat Yards, Robbing, Torturing And Kidnapping Sailors For Drugs And Money". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.