Member of Dominican gang arrested in Amsterdam
May 1, 2024

A member of Los Trinitarios was arrested in Amsterdam this week at the request of the Spanish authorities. The Trinitarios is a criminal organization with mainly members with a background in the Dominican Republic. The man is suspected of attempted murder and other violent crimes.

Nightclub
Spain had issued a European arrest warrant for the man. He had been on the run since February 19, 2017 after a shooting at a Madrid nightclub. He is said to have shot at a criminal rival after a confrontation inside the club between members of the Trinitarios and another Dominican gang: Dominican don't Play (DDP).

Fingerprints
The Spanish police had requested fingerprints from the suspect in the Dominican Republic. This established that a man who lived in Amsterdam under a different identity was actually the suspect.

He was observed while regularly visiting relatives in Amsterdam.

Rikers Island
The Trinitarios is originally a prison gang, founded in 1993 in the prison on Rikers Island in New York by two Dominicans. Latinos of Dominican descent were vulnerable and disorganized in American prisons. Other Latinos, of Central American (and Mexican descent), had united in gangs such as Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha.

The Trinitarios have a strong presence in cities on the east coast of the United States, in Spain and in the Dominican Republic.

https://www.crimesite.nl/lid-dominicaanse-gang-gearresteerd-in-amsterdam/