Clayton "Clay" Franklin Roueche (born May 31, 1975) is a Canadian gangster best known for founding the United Nations gang of Vancouver.
[4] He came to develop an Asian fetish as he was described as spending much of his time in Abbotsford's Vietnamtown where he loved: "...the fortunetellers he'd find there, grainy bootlegged kung-fu movies and Vietnamese girls".
[3] He was described as a rambunctious and adventuresome youth who loved camping by the Fraser River and underage drinking in local bars, which he entered with false identity cards.
[4] After Roueche graduated from high school in 1993, he chose not to go to university, and instead worked at a variety of sales jobs in the Fraser river valley.
[3] Roueche had connections through his Lao Canadian girlfriend with various Asian organized crime figures in Vancouver, and soon began to sell drugs to Coutler and his friends.
[4] Roueche came to be fascinated by the Japanese concept of kaizen (continual improvement), and under the influence of Buddhism believed he was a reincarnated samurai.
[5] The organized crime scene in the Lower Mainland was dominated by the Hells Angels, who had a whites only admission policy, and engaged in monopolistic practices that led to high prices for illegal drugs.
"[4] Roueche was greatly influenced by Eastern mysticism and chose as the slogan for his gang "Honor, Loyalty, Respect", which all members were expected to have tattooed on their bodies, usually in Chinese characters.
[11] As Kaawach could not return to Canada, Roueche send him to live in Guadalajara, where he served as his liaison with the Sinaloa Cartel, working out deals to exchange the prized B.C.
"[4] Roueche normally woke at about 5 pm, and spent his nights visiting various nightclubs and strip clubs all over the Lower Mainland.
[14] Shatto complained the debauchery at his neighbor's house as drinking, drug use and sex in the backyard were regular nocturnal occurrences at the Roueche household.
"[14] Roueche and all of his guests then lined up single file to start taking items out of the trailer, which led Shatto to call the police as he stated: "If you come right now, you can catch them in the act".
"[4] On trips to Hong Kong and Vietnam, Roueche visited ancient temples and Buddhist monasteries, looking for inspiration.
[4] Roueche opened up a new restaurant called the Millennium Cafe and purchased real estate all over the Fraser river valley.
"[4] Roueche came to be a surrogate father for his gang, recalling: "I had girls I didn't know calling me because their fucking boyfriends were abusive, all that kind of shit.
[4] Roueche was described by the American journalist Jesse Hyde as a muscular man with his body covered with elaborate Asian-themed tattoos who somewhat incongruously wore glasses.
"[4] Roueche was forced to tighten discipline, admitting that he ordered the beatings of errant members, through he claimed not to enjoy it.
[17] Plante also recorded Punko as saying that Roueche had hired David Giles, a "full patch" member of the Angels East End chapter, to work as a debt collector by beating up two drug dealers who were in arrears to him.
[19] Roueche also spoke about his wish to have Davis recruit some street level drug dealers in San Jose to work for the UN gang.
[21] Finally, he spoke about a new method of smuggling drugs into the United States, saying he envisioned "something a little different, a little cool" that was "flatter" and "deeper", by which he apparently meant a digging a tunnel under the border.
[21] Starting in 2006, Roueche often met Troy Tran, Billy Ly and Mark Kim of the Fresh Off The Boat Killers gang of Calgary.
At the time, we believed the FK were adopted by the UN and they were benefiting by getting better access to cocaine through the UN supply lines and the UN were bringing that sort of oversight and organization and the threat of a larger group that are looking after you.
[10] Sometime in late 2007 or early 2008, Roueche recruited Ly and Tran of the Fresh Off the Boat Killers to come to the Lower Mainland to kill the Bacon brothers.
"[22] Police wiretaps of Roueche's phone calls in 2007 and 2008 showed he lived by a set of rules, saying in a phone call that UN gang members must never have sex with another gang member's wife; must never eat "dog, cat or snake"; must never "let anyone touch your head"; and must never walk under a clothesline as he stated "All those things take away the power".
[23] The police in the United States started an investigation of Roueche code-named Project Frozen Timber.
[25] The RCMP performed a search of Roueche's house and found what they called "a kit for kidnapping or murder" that comprised handcuffs, masks, night-vision goggles, bulletproof vests and a handgun.