According to Jorge Luis. Gang is a very Colombian term to mean a very large group of family members who walk in group. This is because that was traditional in Colombia and especially in Antioquia and Caldas very large families. The word comes from how the leg, female duck, when walking, is always at the forefront of all calves that can reach 15 and always carries them in group. Herd consisting of leg and its stiff.
This word was used in Chile and the Cuyo region of Argentina as " pacota " , to the violent, attacking group. Possibly from " paco " or " 34 paca; which was the package of cheap products that sailors had land to sell; the comparison comes out because they were " low value " , the same as the pacoteros, cowards who only made the handsome if they were all together. The change to " 34 gang; It took place in Buenos Aires, where '' well 39 children; during the crisis of 1890 they went out in 40 groups; " Nota " ) to punish young people from the UCR. A little his way affected go duck, was them called " patoteros " instead of " pacoteros ".
