The Ghetto Brothers

The Ghetto Brothers were founded by Benjy Melendez and his real life brothers. This gang had a political motivation to uplift the young Spanish and Black brothers in their community. Although they did start as a gang later on they had more positive goals in mind. Kind of like "The Young Lords Party", The Ghetto Brothers set their sights on helping people in their area and trying to stop the rampart gang violence that made The Bronx during the 1970's a very dangerous place to grow up and live. During that time a fellow Ghetto Brother who was the peacekeeper for the gang was murdered while trying to settle a beef between other gangs.His name was "Black Benji" R.I.P. Those responsible for his death were "The Immortals, The Mongols, & The Black Spades" according to Benjy Melendez. This Death Had All The Ghetto Brothers from all over uniting trying to find "Black Benji" Killers. A big truce meeting of all the gangs was set up as a result of what had happened, In the meeting Benjy Melendez spoke directly to The Seven Immortals telling them how they had taken his brother out this world and how the other gangs needed to unite and stop the senseless killings that were occuring. The Ghetto Brothers even recorded an album of latin funk soul music back in the 70's - This album is supposed to be reissued this year 2005 - look out for it, It's a Gang Classic! In The Late 80's The Ghetto Brothers & The Savage Nomads formed a Nation in Connecticut called Los Solidos.

Street gangs continue to be involved in the drug trade and drug crimes. Some New York gangs have traded heroin for guns to fight their rivals. It is likely that any drug crime attorney Columbus has been involved in a gang member related case.