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El Rukns  

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  • aka Blackstone Rangers In 1985, El Rukns, one of Chicago's most notorious street gangs, contacted the Libyan government, offering to commit terrorist acts within the United States in exchange for $2.5 million. The ensuing federal trial marked the first in which U.S. citizens were found guilty of planning terrorist acts on behalf of a foreign government in exchange for money. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; El Rukns]

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