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Defendant-appellants, all members of the Chicago street gang the El Rukns, were convicted for their various roles in a conspiracy to commit terrorist acts throughout the United States in exchange for payment from the Libyan Government.
The El Rukns are a Chicago street gang with slightly over 100 members.
The gang began in the 1960’s as the Blackstone Rangers.
In the 1970’s, they were known as the Black P Stone Nation.
In the 1980’s, Jeff Fort became the undisputed leader of the gang and the organization was renamed the El Rukns, meaning “cornerstone.”
The El Rukns, under Fort, became a carefully structured enterprise.
Fort, the “Imam“, sat at the top of the hierarchy.
Beneath him in descending rank were “generals,” “Officer Muftis,” “ambassadors,” and “soldiers” or “Els.”
Under Fort’s leadership, the El Rukns also embraced certain elements of the Black Muslim faith. Their headquarters at 3947 South Drexel was known as the “Mosque,” and occasional religious services, educational classes and social gatherings were held there.
United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Leon Mcanderson, Roosevelt Hawkins, Jeff Fort, Alan Knox Andreico Cranshaw, Defendants-appellants, 914 F.2d 934 (7th Cir. 1990). US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit – 914 F.2d 934 (7th Cir. 1990)Argued Feb. 16, 1990. Decided Sept. 28, 1990.
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