| Founded | Founded c. 1971 by Troy Martin in or near Austin |
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| Formerly known as | Central Insane Vice Lords |
| Affiliations | Give details |
| Colors | Give details |
| Primary ethnicities | African American |
| Symbols | Give details |
| Status | Active |
Between the year 1968-1971 a few Vice Lord factions formed in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s west side in order to fight back against racism against African Americans during a difficult racial transition in southern Austin. The Conservative Vice Lords settled Austin at this time but there was also the foundation of the Apache Vice Lords, Undertaker Vice Lords and Cicero Vice Lords. The Cicero Vice Lords and Undertaker Vice Lords were real close and were “first cousins” to one another. They then formed an alliance in 1971 called “Insane” and that was the birth of the “Cicero Insane Vice Lords” and the Undertaker Vice Lords were part of Insane as well. In that same year of 1971, Troy Martin created his own branch called the “Central Insane Vice Lords” and they became part of the Insane alliance. The Central Insane Vice Lords were started along Central Avenue by Columbus Park around the Central Ave and Madison Street to Adams Street area. This was a park being hotly contested racially at the time, especially over the pool at the park. The Apache Vice Lords would also join in the Insanes and became the “Insane Vice Lords.”
In November of 1976, King Troy Martin was convicted of murder/attempted murder. King Troy’s home was burglarized, and he accused Charles Mcgee of burglarizing his home. Mcgee claimed he didn’t burglarize the home and Martin offered to have him come over to his place to clear up the accusation. When Mcgee arrived, Martin came out of another roof with a large silver knife and stabbed Mcgee in the chest a few times according to court documents. Mcgee managed to escape and survive but died a few months later in 1977, this caused Martin to receive a murder charge. Despite being in prison, Troy Martin continued to operate the Central Insanes (Source: People v. Martin).
After Martin’s incarceration the Central Insane Vice Lords were not real strong in numbers on the streets of Austin. In the year 1989, Troy Martin gathered with other Vice Lords leaders of the Insanes and created something much larger as he changed the name of the Central Insane Vice Lords to the “Mafia Insane Vice Lords” and the Insane alliance was obsolete. Instead, the majority of Undertaker Vice Lords, Insane Vice Lords and Cicero Insane Vice Lords flipped to Mafia Insanes by the time the MIVL gang formed on the streets in 1990 making the Mafia Insane Vice Lords one of the larger branches of Vice Lords. Everything the Insane Vice Lords had in the 70s and 80s was handed over to the Mafias which included some suburbs and south side territories. Mafia Insanes were now in Rockford, Bellwood and Maywood as examples. A Grand Boulevard deck the Insane Vice Lords owned was not under the Mafias and the Mafias took over IVL hoods in South Chicago and Fuller Park.
In the year 1998, Troy Martin was released from prison after spending over 20 years behind bars. According to court documents, Martin became immediately involved in major drug trafficking and weapons trafficking in collusion with Four Corner Hustlers and Cicero Insane Vice Lords(Source: UNITED STATES v. MARTIN). When Troy Martin got out of prison the Mafia Insanes grew incredibly as they expanded into Joliet, Cicero, Decatur and multiple other states, suburbs and more city blocks.
In 2004, authorities closed in on Troy Martin and by 2005 he was back in prison. Martin would spend around 10 years behind bars until his case was reviewed and he was released. Martin did not step into retirement after his release and continued to run the Mafias and he moved to the suburb of Bolingbrook. Because he was still active in the Mafias he ended up being arrested and brought up on more RICO type charged in 2021 at close to 70 years old. After 2021, I am not sure about the status of Troy Martin but that is Mafia Insane business. The Mafia Insanes have now become the second largest Vice Lord branch in the country.
Known decks of Vice Lords past and present:
Austin neighborhood, established 1967
Decks of Austin
Chicago & Monticello
Kilpatrick & West End
Cortland to North Ave, Austin to Mayfield (Deathrow)
North Ave & Lockwood (Deathrow)
North Ave from Cortland to Mayfield (Deathrow)
(former Insane Vice Lord territory)-Rice to Superior, Austin to Mayfield (The Ave)
(former Insane Vice Lord and Cicero Insane Vice Lord territory)-Chicago Ave & Cicero Ave (The Ave)
(former Insane Vice Lord territory)-Chicago Ave Lavergne to Lamon (The Ave)
Maypole & La Crosse
Washington to Jackson, Lavergne to Cicero (LA)
Mafia Insane Vice Lords and Conservative Vice Lords-North Ave & Lorel
Adams & Lavergne
(Former Cicero Insane Vice Lord territory)-Fulton & La Crosse
(Former Cicero Insane Vice Lord territory)-Iowa & Cicero
(Former Cicero Insane Vice Lord territory)-Lake & Cicero
Madison & Cicero
Madison & Lamon
Madison & Lotus
Madison & Menard
Madison & Waller
Monroe & Lavergne
Mafia Insane Vice Lords and Undertaker Vice Lords-Ohio & Cicero
(Former Cicero Insane Vice Lord territory)-Potomac & Cicero
Superior & Cicero
Washington & Cicero
West End & La Crosse
Madison to Maypole, Lavergne to Kilbourn
West End & La Porte
Douglas neighborhood, established 1979
Decks of Douglas
41st to 43rd, Wabash to Calumet (Mafia Town TYB)
Decks of Fuller Park
Root to 43rd, Shields to Wentworth (Princeton Mobb)
41st & Princeton
43rd & Princeton
Garfield Ridge neighborhood, established 1979-2011
Decks of Garfield Ridge
Mafia Insane Vice Lords and Conservative Vice Lords-43rd to 47th, Cicero to Lavergne (Leclaire Courts projects shared with Four Corner Hustlers, 43rd and Cicero was 4CH and CVL, 45th and Leclaire was MIVL and CVL, South End Conservatives) Established 1979-2011
Grand Boulevard, established 1979
Decks of Grand Boulevard
Conservative Vice Lords and Mafia Insane Vice Lords-44th & Evans (Washington Park projects)
South Chicago neighborhood, Established 1979-present years
Decks of South Chicago
Mafia Insane Vice Lords (Former Renegade Vice Lord territory)-79th to 80th, Muskegon to Exchange (O-City)
Mafia Insane Vice Lords-81st Place & Exchange (Bad Black Brothers)
Mafia Insane Vice Lords-82nd & Coles
Mafia Insane Vice Lords-80th & Coles
Mafia Insane Vice Lords-83rd & Exchange
South Deering neighborhood Established 1980-2000s
Washington Heights neighborhood Established 1979-present years
Decks of Washington Heights
94th & Loomis
West Garfield Park neighborhood Established 1964-present years
Decks of West Garfield Park
Fulton & Hamlin
Washington & Kilbourn
Mafia Insane Vice Lords (Former Renegade Vice Lord territory)-Madison & Kildare
West Humboldt Park neighborhood Established 1976-present years
Decks of West Humboldt Park
Mafia Insane Vice Lords-Augusta to Iowa, Hamlin to Lawndale
Mafia Insane Vice Lords-Chicago from Monticello to Drake
Mafia Insane Vice Lords and Conservative Vice Lords –Augusta & Monticello
Wicker Park (West Town) established Established 1962-present years
Decks of Wicker Park
Mafia Insane Vice Lords-North Ave & Damen
Suburbs
Cicero
Decatur
Gary, Indiana
Joliet