| Founded | Founded c. 1968 in or near Austin |
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| Formerly known as | Cicero Vice Lords |
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| Primary ethnicities | African American |
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| Status | Active |
The Cicero Vice Lords came about in the year 1968 when African American families and Vice Lord gang members first moved into the Austin neighborhood. White residents were very unhappy that African Americans were just moving into Austin and began taunting black youths and even beating them up. Gangs like the Playboys, Ventures and Rice Boys dominated Austin and had the goal of keeping African Americans out. The first area of Austin to be settled by African Americans was over by Cicero Ave and Jackson and very soon the black community spread further north and south along Cicero Ave. The Vice Lords moving into the area started their own faction naming themselves after Cicero Avenue where African Americans were moving near to. This branch became known as the “Cicero Vice Lords.” The very first piece of turf for Cicero Vice Lords was at Cicero Ave and Jackson right in the heart of where African Americans were first moving.
In the year 1971, Cicero Vice Lords and Central Vice Lords formed the “Insane” alliance that was created by both groups. The Insane alliance took in Insane Vice Lords and Undertaker Vice Lords as well.
Over time the Cicero Insane Vice Lords landed in the Brainerd area of the Washington Heights neighborhood and they also settled in suburbs in towns like Bloomington or Cicero.
The Cicero Insane Vice Lords were at their peak in the 1980s but in the year 1990 most of the Cicero Insanes went in on a decision with Troy Martin of the Central Insane Vice Lords to leave the Insane alliance and instead create the “Mafia Insane Vice Lords” and the majority of the Cicero Insanes flipped to Mafia Insane Vice Lords. The rest of the Cicero Insane Vice Lords held down some territory on the west side through the 1990s and into the 2000s but eventually left the west side and only currently have operations on the south side in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
Austin neighborhood, established 1967
Decks of Austin
Fulton & Lavergne
Cicero & Jackson Established 1967
Potomac & Cicero
Lake & Cicero
(Former Insane Vice Lord territory)-Iowa & Cicero
Ohio & Cicero
Superior & Cicero
West End & La Crosse
Washington Heights neighborhood Established 1979-present years
Decks of Washington Heights
Loomis to Ada, 90th to 92nd
94th & Loomis (Macheteville)