Sureños

Sureños (Spanish for "Southerners") are a group of Mexican American (Chicano) street gangs with origins in the oldest barrios of Southern California. There are hundreds of Sureño gangs in California, and each has its own identity on the streets.

Sureños are very dangerous people who conduct criminal activities including drug smuggling, illegal firearm sales, theft, murder and human trafficking. They represent themselves with various names or tag symbols such as "Sur 13" and "Los Sureños" and "X3". These identifications are generally accompanied by the color blue, the numeric code of number 13 and the Roman numeral of XIII. Surenos are the only primarily Mexican street gang in California with sets throughout the entire state and are growing to dangerous numbers in both Southern and Northern California.

Sureños are controlled and influenced by the Mexican Mafia, who are the gang leaders, when ever a Sureño goes to jail they are then Mexican Mafia members, Sureños are the foot soliders of the Mexican Mafia on the streets.

Symbols and culture

Sureños conduct criminal activities including drug smuggling and sales, theft and human trafficking. These identifications are generally accompanied by the color blue and grey, the aztec numerals 13, the decimal numerals '13', or the Roman numeral of XIII. Members can be identified in every state prison system and numerous Central American countries.

Sureno street gang members often identify with the symbols XIII, X3, 13, and 3-dots (hand to the left). This refers to the 13th letter of the alphabet "M" which stands for Mexican Mafia. The gang identifies with the color blue and the words Sureno, Sur and Southerner. Other symbols include a black hand, La Eme (meaning 'the M' in Spanish) and MM (Mexican Mafia). Members of the Mexican Mafia align themselves with the Aryan Brotherhood and the Italian Mafia. The Mexican Mafia has been identified in nearly every federal and state institution in the United States. Sureno street gangs have been identified in every state Penitentiary in the country making them the largest prison gang not only in California but in the United States.

History

White prison gangs such as the Blue Bird Gang controlled all activities within the prison walls. The Mexican-American inmates created the gang to protect themselves from other inmates and to control illegal activity behind bars. The Mexican Mafia remained unmolested until 1968 when their rivals, La Nuestra Familia was official organized. According to FBI documentation, as a direct result of the growing control and threat of the Mexican Mafia, the Black Guerilla Family and the Aryan Brotherhood were formed.

Southern California street gangs banded together in prison, to combat the unified Northern California street gangs. Young street gang members began calling themselves Surenos, (Spanish word for Southerner). They were told that when they would be arrested, they would one day join the Mexican Mafia.

Salem Oregon in the new home for EME recruter's. New insight shows northeners or nortenos will be punish for any disrespect or even showing love for norte. This will take affect as soon as possible.

External links

• Sureños data sheet from the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association website