The Teen-Age Mafia was known secretly to its members as PACHUCO

"PACHUCO girls -- hopped-up sexpots who brawl, steal and kill like men - are syndicating crime, working their way into juvenile gang leadership from coast to coast." --From the magazine FOR MEN ONLY

"PACHUCO, a teen-age crime club dedicated to violence, stretches across the nation. Unless its back is broken it will become a greater power for evil than the Mafia." -- From the magazine TEEN-AGE JUNGLE

"Only one thing can stop the upsweep of PACHUCO - a glare of publicity. Pachuco is a cult that demands an identifying mark, easily recognizable to its membership. As long as Pachuco is kept under wraps, it's a perfect setup. But once the public law enforcement agencies, judges and juries know what the Pachuco cross means, Pachuco hasn't got a chance. it's going to be too dangerous to spot the Pachuco cross once law-abiding citizens recognize the threat it poses." --From a POLICE BULLETIN on the West Coast