This article of the New and Improved Solís project.
Under the regime of the Espinosa family, several gangs, clans, and mafia-like organizations were allowed to form and spread throughout the island.
History[]
They controlled huge portions of Solís, both economically and politically; their operations were halted during the civil war, but began again in the corrupt chaos post-victory. The biggest clans were the one from Villanueva, commonly known as the Brutos, and the double-based Vista Futura-Aguaclara clan, led respectively by Hugo Fernandez and Renato Escamilla.
1800-1950[]
The first data on gangs in Solís can be traced back to the 1800s. More precise data shows how the most violent period on the island was from the 1930s to the 1950s, with El Molino being the most violent city. Notable crimes from this era include the murder of politician and businessman Enrico Cabello, who was gunned down in his car during a mafia war, in the middle of Joya del Sol, which used to be an important commercial harbor, and a similar mass murder, when two cars in Quya fired on the crowd as retaliation for a mass trial.
1978-today[]
In 1978, a young mobster called Hugo Fernandez took part in the murder of gangster John de Leòn, under orders by the Villanueva clan Brutos. He gained much respect and started rising through the ranks, clearing out the competition and gaining control of the city; the Brutos arrived to the point that their only enemy was the government. Their main business was low-level drugs like heroin and opium, and from the 1990's onwards prostitution.
In 1996, the new leader of the Quya-Nueva Voz gang Carvalho, Renato Escamilla, made new deals with the Brutos, pulling out of Aguaclara and starting a business with cocaine and waste disposal as its main interests. Escamilla was also the main provider of cocaine for Fernandez, with who he became friends.
As the civil war in Solís started, Escamilla’s business was crippled as Quya was devastated by the battles, and Fernandez took control of its operations in the capital; the fallen boss took his own life. Fernandez would too have a short life, hunted by the Black Hand and threatened by the advancing Army of Chaos: he was forced to retire in its Ensueňo estate and soon killed in a raid.
A few months later, the civil war ended, and the new government found itself full of drug addicts and corrupts, which led organized crime to rise again.
Business[]
The main business of gangs and clans was narcotics. The elite of Solís was highly dependent on high-rise drugs like cocaine and morphine, and lower level drugs such as weed and heroin were popular in the poor, disappointed people. Prostitution and illegal waste disposal were also very profitable activities, and during the war they also (illegally) sold weapons to both sides.