Article: Girl-gang princess ...at 18 months old; Baby Antonia may have the smile of an innocent toddler, but her fingers are already raised in the secret symbol of a vicious female group that terrorises the streets of New York.(M on Tuesday)

Byline: DIANE TAYLOR

Little Antonia is just 18 months old. She gazes at her mother, Myrna Bonano, who is teaching her how to do a special hand sign.

She tries to clasp her chubby fingers together to represent a "crown", the symbol of one of the most powerful gangs on America's East Coast, with a reputation for violence, drug dealing and extortion.

Antonia is one of a handful of babies in New York born into the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Her father, Antonio Fernandez, is King Tone, leader of the New York faction. Antonia's gang name is ...

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