Narco-Fashion

With an article titled, "PGR fashion show: Tell me what brand you use and I'll tell you what you traffic", Excélsior reports on the fashion tastes of Mexico's drug traffickers: 

The stereotype of the drug trafficker of years past with the sombrero, point boots, wide belts, open button-down and with accessories of gold with diamonds on the chest and hands is extinct, although perhaps among the cartel founders there remain a few [with such tastes], but the capos detained in the last year by federal authorities prefer to seem like California boys and use the brands in fashion with American teenagers. 

The article says that the Hollister, Abercrombie, and Ed Hardy are the most popular brands for young narcos. It also says that one's position in a gang can be extrapolated from his clothing: the narco-juniors (or young, rising operators) dress like businessmen, the older lieutenants are flashier, while the hit men typically dress like denizens of poorer neighborhoods.