Aryan Brotherhood of Texas

Aryan Brotherhood of Texas tattoo
Location of Texas in the United States of America. New Mexico is the bordering state to the west.

The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) is a European-American White supremacist and Neo-Nazi gang founded in Texas in 1981. The gang is known for drug trafficking, extortion, and robbery.

ABT is both a street gang and prison gang. They have spread from Texas into the prisons of neighbouring states, particularly New Mexico.

ABT is also known as the tip and ace deuce. Members sometimes refer to themselves as "Peckerwoods". Tattoos of a shield with a sword (sometimes incorporating a Swastika) are popular.

Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is not connected with the Aryan Brotherhood, another White supremacist prison gang in the United States.

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