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Dominicans Don't Play (DDP) is a Dominican-American street gang started in Manhattan, New York in the early 1990s. They are known for primarily using machetes and knives as weapons. DDP is located across New York City, particularly in Brooklyn, The Bronx, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Spain, Dominican Republic and some parts of Puerto Rico.

Recruiting

Recruiting efforts have been done via sites such as YouTube and MySpace as well as schools. Members have to be at least in their teen years to become active members in the gang.

Drug trafficking

The gang is said to have a large share of the cocaine market due to an association with the Colombian crime cartel.

 

While having a number of drug related arrests, members have drawn the interest of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and some faced deportation hearings. The DDP has also drawn the interest of the US Marshals. 


Throughout the group's relatively short history as a gang they have been involved in numerous violent altercations in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida, and Spain.

Gang sets


Bones

There is apparently an off shoot of the DDP gang known as "Bones", which was discovered following an attempted murder of a rival gang member.


Dominicans For Life

Another off shoot of the DDP gang is DFL, short for Dominicans For Life. DFL was discovered by the beads almost like DDP only missing the black and also the similar hand sign. 

Potential for expansion


They are currently the second largest gang of Dominican descent behind the Trinitario Gang. The group has limited potential for nationwide expansion and is largely confined to areas with significant Dominican populations in particular Washington Heights, Chelsea, Florida, Atlanta, Boston and New Jersey. It is the fastest growing gang in the Bronx, and amongst the largest in New Jersey. They are considered to have the largest concentration of Dominicans of any neighborhood in the United States, combined population of Dominicans residing in New York and New Jersey totals around 1.2 out of an overall US Dominican 


In other countries

Spain

However, on March 7, 2006 Spanish Police in Madrid has noted a growing gang presence of the Latin Kings and DDP. Spanish police report 130 documented DDP members, making them the largest in Spain. DDP is the largest and most violent street gang in Spain. The gang has become the most prominent gang in Madrid. On November 5, Spanish security forces arrested 40 DDP members, all of them between 16 and 29 years old. The security forces confiscated 5 guns, one grenade, one machete, ammo, 3 baseball bats, 400 grams of cocaine, and 200.000 Euros in cash.


Gang rivalries


  • Trinitarios - DDP's biggest rival gang since formation in the 1990s.
  • Bloods 
  • Ñetas - one of the gang’s biggest rivals in the drug trade.
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