BX9 are a Dominican gang of thugs encountered frequently by the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Their crimes include hate crimes, assault, rape, and murder. They are named after a bus line that runs through the Bronx. (SVU: "Learning Curve")
History[]
BX9 first came into SVU's crosshairs when they beat and sodomized Ken Randall's fiancé Alejandro Pavel and SVU took the case unofficially. They eventually connected this attack to another and got one of the participants, Cesar, to flip and give up the three gang members who committed the attacks. (SVU: "Learning Curve")
They later cross paths with SVU again when they are suspected in the gang-rape of a girl named Avery Capshaw. They round up all the participants in the assault, including her boyfriend Manny Montero. Unfortunately due to circumstances surrounding the rape, they have a tough time proving it was rape. It gets even tougher when BX9 stop the entire Capshaw family and beat them within an inch of their lives to intimidate Avery into not testifying. Upon further investigation they learn the gang's leader, Carlos Hernandez, killed Manny's brother and uses that as leverage to get him to flip, which works. Hernandez hears about this, however, and has Manny killed before he can testify in open court. SVU manages to get a break, however, as Hernandez got a call from his girlfriend Marisol Pavel and confessed to committing the murder to her. With that, they are able to use Manny's testimony to convict him and the remainder of the participants of all charges against them. Each member was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole in maximum security. (SVU: "Betrayal's Climax")
Hernandez was last seen sharing a cell with William Lewis and is later questioned after he escapes. (SVU: "Beast's Obsession")
The gang is mentioned to still be in operation after the arrest of several prominent members. They were initially implicated in running an underage sex trafficking ring, but they were quickly found to have been framed by cops working for the St. Fabiola's Sex Trafficking Ring. (SVU: "Manhattan Transfer")
During the trial of Gary Munson, a man approaches ADA Barba on the doorsteps of the courthouse during a media frenzy and threatens his life. (SVU: Intersecting Lives) The man was later identified as Felipe Heredio, a lieutenant of BX9 whose brother Rigo was put away by the SVU for his involvement in Avery Capshaw's gang-rape. A search was conducted at Heredio's residence, but it turned up no sign of Heredio. He is finally tracked down, arrested, and identified by Barba in a lineup. (SVU: "Heartfelt Passages")
Resurfacing and Targeting Captain Benson[]
After a few years, BX9 resurfaces, with Trial Division Chief Lorraine Maxwell commenting that they are a growing scourge on the city. Manhattan SVU encounters BX9 once again when members of the gang attack a family visiting from Ohio on a subway train, raping a girl, Nora Whitman, and killing the father, Robert Whitman. The SVU work with the Bronx Gang unit, namely Captain Mike Duarte and Detective Grace Muncy, to arrest the attackers. (SVU: "The One You Feed") However, this makes Captain Benson a target, and members informed her of this by tagging their name on her apartment building. (SVU: "And a Trauma in a Pear Tree")
A few weeks later, BX9 is emboldened to attack Benson and her son, Noah Porter-Benson, outside their apartment building. She is able to get Noah inside, while she is taken to the ground and given a black eye. However, she is able to shoot one member in the leg, and the gang flees. Benson then sends Noah away and decides to work with the Bronx SVU to try to take on BX9. (SVU: "Jumped In")
While investigating another crime involving BX9, Elliot Stabler confronts Oscar Papa in prison, though Benson calms him down. (OC: "Shadowërk")
Work for Hire[]
While in prison, a member of the gang, Junior Suarez, became involved in a crime-for-hire website called Shadowërk. (OC: "Pareto Principle)
Known Members[]
- Oscar Papa (current gangleader; currently in prison)
- Carlos Hernandez (AKA "O.G.") (former gangleader; currently in prison)
- Miguel Castillo (AKA "Sandman") (lieutenant; currently in prison)
- Rigo Heredio (lieutenant; currently in prison)
- Felipe Heredio (lieutenant; currently in prison)
- Jesus Montero (gangbanger; deceased)
- Manny Montero (gangbanger; deceased)
- Wilfredo Diaz (gangbanger; status unknown)
- Ricky Pinto (gangbanger; deceased)
- Sabo Santiago (gangbanger; deceased)
- Manuel Rivera (gangbanger; deceased)
- Cesar Rodriguez (gangbanger; deceased)
- Albert Diaz (gangbanger)
- Hector Suarez (gangbanger; currently in prison)
- Junior Suarez (gangbanger; currently in prison)
Known Associates[]
- Cesar (Marisol's baby daddy who sold out her cousin as a gay man to BX9, who they later beat and sodomized while Cesar helped)
- Marisol Pavel (Hernandez's girlfriend and mother of Cesar's son)
- Benny Barros (Papa's driver and Pinto cousin; deceased)
Known Victims[]
- 2012, New York City, New York:
- March 1, the Bronx: Barry Flaco (kidnapped, beaten, and sodomized)
- March 15, Chelsea, Manhattan: Alejandro Pavel (kidnapped, beaten, and sodomized)
- March 15, unknown location: Rick Simms (beaten and gang raped)
- Unknown date and location: Jesus Montero (shot to death by Hernandez)
- 2014, New York City, New York:
- Unknown dates and locations: Rosa Montero (mugged three times)
- February 2, unknown location: Avery Capshaw (gang-raped by Hernandez, Miguel, and Rigo)
- February 4, unknown location: John and Lydia Capshaw (Avery's parents; both beaten by Miguel and Rigo under Hernandez's orders)
- February 5, unknown location: Manny Montero (one of their own members; murdered under Hernandez's orders)
- Unknown dates and locations from 2015 to 2016: Rafael Barba (stalked and threatened by Felipe)
- Unknown date in 2022, Manhattan, New York City, New York: The Whitman family
- Nora Whitman (raped by Pinto, Santiago, Rodriguez, and Rivera)
- Robert Whitman (Nora's father; attacked with a machete by Pinto, Santiago, Rodriguez, and Rivera; survived, but later died in the hospital)
- Unknown dates in 2023, New York City, New York
- Several unnamed women (raped under Papa's orders)
- Monica Diaz (raped by Suarez under Papa's orders)
- Maria Garcia (raped under Papa's orders)
- Captain Olivia Benson (assaulted by Diaz and another member under Barros' and Papa's orders)
- Noah Porter-Benson (stalked by Papa and Barros)
- Benny Barros (poisoned by his mother under Papa's orders; died en route to the hospital)
- Albert Diaz (poisoned under Papa's orders; survived)
- Captain Mike Duarte (attacked with machetes by three members under Papa's orders; survived, but later died in the hospital)
Appearances[]
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (4 seasons, 13 episodes):
- Season 13: "Learning Curve"
- Season 15: "Betrayal's Climax" • "Beast's Obsession"
- Season 17: "Intersecting Lives" • "Heartfelt Passages"
- Season 24: "The One You Feed" • "And a Trauma in a Pear Tree" (graffiti only) • "Jumped In" • "Soldier Up" • "Blood Out" • "King of the Moon" • "Bad Things" • "All Pain Is One Malady"
- Law & Order: Organized Crime (1 season, 2 episodes):
- Season 3: "Pareto Principle" • "Shadowërk"