The rise of crack cocaine and the drugs war in the 1980s led to a change in how gangs worked. The Latin Kings used to be very hierarchical, but that's gone into reverse now. People who call themselves Latin Kings might buy drugs from higher ups who have connections to Mexican cartels. That's the thing with guns even, but they're not really under the command of them anymore.

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