Sureños

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

Sureños are controlled and influenced by the Mexican Mafia, who represent about half of the gang membership.^{[citation needed]} These gangs are found throughout the urban and rural areas of Southern California.

1 Symbols and culture
2 See also
3 References
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[edit] Symbols and culture

Sureños conduct moderate criminal activities including drug smuggling and sales, theft and human trafficking. They represent themselves with various names or tag symbols such as "Sur 13" and "Los Sureños". These identifications are generally accompanied by the color blue, the numeric code of number 13 and the Roman numeral of XIII.