Spanish Cobras
The Spanish Cobras is a primarily Latino street gang, present in multiple states throughout the Midwestern United States, with a strong presence on the north and west sides of Chicago, Illinois.
History
The Spanish Cobras were founded in the 1970s by former members of the Maniac Latin Disciples.In 1989, leaders of the Spanish Cobras, the Maniac Latin Disciples, and the Two Sixers met to establish the Spanish Growth and Development, a structured organization, in an attempt to control the increasing number of shootings in Chicago. Modeled after the Chicago Outfit, the SGD had a "strict set of rules dispute-mediating mechanisms", though it failed to stop the violence and eventually collapsed.
In February 1996, the escalation of the Insane—Maniac war made headlines in the Chicago Tribune.