Who are the trintrios?

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The Trinitarios, also known as 3Ni, (meaning Trinity or Special One)[2] are a violent New York-based but multinational street gang composed of http://www.answers.com/topic/hispanic's (http://www.answers.com/topic/dominican-american), whose heritage is traced to the http://www.answers.com/topic/dominican-republic (there does exist http://www.answers.com/topic/puerto-rican-1 and http://www.answers.com/topic/south-america members [3]). It was founded in the late 1980s in the http://www.answers.com/topic/new-york-city-department-of-correction [4] by a man known as El Caballohttp://www.answers.com/topic/trinitario#cite_note-0, and since spilled into the streets, with chapters in all five boroughs of New York City. Reports of Trinitario activity have also been made in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,[5] Alaska,[6] and even Spain. It is considered the fastest-growing gang in New Yorkhttp://www.answers.com/topic/trinitario#cite_note-1, recruiting members in middle and high schools local to the gang's areas of activity, with the highest numbers of reports coming from Chelsea, Gramercy Park, Harlem, the Morris Heights section of The Bronx and, most frequently, from http://www.answers.com/topic/washington-heights-manhattanhttp://www.answers.com/topic/trinitario#cite_note-2. Their slogan is, "Dios, Patria y Libertad," the words printed on the Dominican Coat of Arms.The Trinitarios (sometimes known as Trinitarians [7]) was formed as a prison gang, providing protection and unity for Dominican inmates within the New York City Department of Corrections.[8] It was composed of members of smaller, now-defunct Dominican gangs such as Los Papi Chulos, Dominican Power and Dominican Posse [9], as well as unaffiliated drug dealers, and members of their current rival gang, http://www.answers.com/topic/dominicans-don-t-play, because the http://www.answers.com/topic/latin-kings-gang and http://www.answers.com/topic/etas-3, two rivaling and primarily http://www.answers.com/topic/puerto-rican-people gangs, were, at the time, the dominant forces in the prison system. Many members remained affiliated with the gang after serving their sentences, and began recruiting in their neighborhoods, [10] the path many prison gangs take as they become street gangs.