Don’t Mess With The Family Vicente Silva went too far when he turned on his kin.

Vicente Silva ran an organized crime outfit in Las Vegas, New Mexico in the 1880 and early 1890s.  He covered that by putting on the appearance as a community leader and respected businessman. But things got out of hand in 1893.  Silva feared his brother-in-law was going to rat on him, so he had the man killed. Silva’s wife was suspicious of what happened to her brother; Silva killed her. Finally, some of Silva’s men killed him, fearing he’d lost his mind and would soon come after them.