Kioshi "Craigslist Killer" Higashi takes on the Sureno prison gang ...

bboard Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:34 pm

Craigslist murderer Kiyoshi Higashi may spend the rest of his life in prison looking over his shoulder.
Pierce County Detective Ed Troyer told KIRO Radio's Ron and Don Show, Higashi, convicted of killing a Tacoma man during a Craigslist meet-up, recently started a fight with a member of the Surenos 13, a dangerous Mexican gang.

"(He) broke the gang leader's jaw before the fight was broken up," he said.

Higashi was placed in isolation, but he can't stay there forever.

"You don't stick your hand in a hornets nest and walk away from it. He's got himself looking over his back for a long, long time because these guys are connected and they're in state institutions. They communicate with people on the outside who communicate with people on the inside of other correctional facilities, so it won't be any secret as to what happened here," Troyer explained.

So why would Higashi knowingly stir the nest with one of the most connected prison gangs?

"When they go to prison, they want a reputation that will follow them, especially some of these guys that are going to be in there for life," Troyer said.

The prison system is legally obligated to do what it reasonably can to keep Higashi safe, but Troyer said if an assault can happen in county jail, there's no telling what could happen when Higashi settles into a state prison.

"Everybody knows who everybody is. They have all day long to figure it out. There's a social structure set up there are leaders of certain groups. That happens immediately in our county jail," he said. "If you watch some of the reality shows on prisons, that's how it really is."

Troyer said the worst part about tension between gangs within the prison system is for the correctional officers who have to mediate.

"He's going to cause us a lot of grief because we have to do everything we can to keep him safe," he said.

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EVANS STR. GANG Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:28 am

i don't really consider the dudes upstate claiming "sur" real southsiders thats just my opinion a large majority of them have never lived down here and i've seen many of them are just lil paisas

W.Devil Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:57 pm

This isn't upstate its in Washington.

EVANS STR. GANG Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:59 pm

oh crap.. didnt notice that... well now i know they aint real

P_LOKO Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:13 pm

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worseloks Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:18 pm

EVANS STR. GANG wrote:oh crap.. didnt notice that... well now i know they aint real

lol yea funny thing is, is that farther away from southern california they get the more paisa the are

EVANS STR. GANG Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:37 pm

worseloks wrote:
EVANS STR. GANG wrote:oh crap.. didnt notice that... well now i know they aint real

lol yea funny thing is, is that farther away from southern california they get the more paisa the are

LOL yeaah i know ey i seen em up north they look like those paisas that put on those huuuge ass pants like if they r still in the 80s lol long hair n shit, not that i have anything against it but alot of em look like those oaxacos all dark n indian looking lol

worseloks Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:25 pm

EVANS STR. GANG wrote:
worseloks wrote:
EVANS STR. GANG wrote:oh crap.. didnt notice that... well now i know they aint real

lol yea funny thing is, is that farther away from southern california they get the more paisa the are

LOL yeaah i know ey i seen em up north they look like those paisas that put on those huuuge ass pants like if they r still in the 80s lol long hair n shit, not that i have anything against it but alot of em look like those oaxacos all dark n indian looking lol

foreal dog haha nah bu some got the chunti haircuts where u shave the rest of your head and leave it long in the front that shit is so dumb