Ñetas

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The Ñetas Association (Spanish language Asociación Ñetas, or simply Ñetas) is the name of an organization or gang of convicts in Puerto Rican prisons.

The Ñetas, ("new birth"), began around 1979 in the Oso Blanco Prison, located in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. They formed as a mutual protection group, ostensibly to defend themselves against another prison gang called "G'27" ("group 27"), or the "Insects".

The organization was started by Carlos Torres Irriarte, who went by the name La Sombra, ("the shadow"). He professed to believing that the rights of inmates were being violated by prison officials. On March 30, 1981, Irriarte was shot in the head, most likely by the "Insects".

The Ñeta are said to yell the word "Ñeta" three times on special occasions, including the birth of a child, and every 30th day of the month to honor the passing of Irriarte.


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