Sureño

Sureños

Founded	1967
Founding location	Southern California
Years active	1967–present
Territory	35 States in The U.S. primarily in Southern California, Texas, North Carolina, Mexico, some parts of Central and South America.
Ethnicity	Mexican-American, plus multi-ethnic
Criminal activities	Murder, drug trafficking,extortion,assault, theft, robbery, fraud, human trafficking and arms trafficking.
Allies	Nazi Low Riders,Mexican MafiaAryan Brotherhood, Sinaloa Cartel, Gulf Cartel, Playboys 13, Toonerville Rifa 13, 38th Street gang, Mexikanemi, Florencia 13, Los Mexicles
Rivals	Norteños,Nuestra Familia, 18th Street Gang, MS-13, Crips, Bloods,Asian Boyz,

Sureños, Sur 13, or Sureños X3 are groups of loosely affiliated gangs that pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia while in U.S. state and federal correctional facilities. Many Sureño gangs have rivalries with one another and the only time this rivalry is set aside is when they enter the prison system. Thus, fighting is common among different Sureño gangs even though they share the same common identity. Sureños have emerged as a national gang in the United States.

The Sureños' main stronghold is in Southern California. They have heavy presence in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. They have a small presence in the Midwest, specifically in Chicago. They have spread as far east as North Carolina. Sureños have been documented in the U.S. military, found in both U.S. and overseas bases. They also can be found in some parts of Mexico. Sureños also maintain relationships with various Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO) based in Mexico. They have been confirmed in 35 different states in the U.S. They are with the Gulf Cartel.

The statewide north-south dividing line between Norteños and Sureños has roughly been accepted as the communities of Delano and Bakersfield, California. Sureños have been found in some parts of Central California. Sureños strongholds in Upstate California is usually in Santa Rosa and Modesto due to a high Mexican-American populations in the cities. Sureños in Los Angeles refer to their members in Central California as "Central Sureños" and Sureños refer to their members in Northern California as "Upstate Surenos".

The term "Sureño" means Southerner in Spanish. Even though Sureños were established in 1968, the term was not used until the 1970s as a result of the continued conflict between the Mexican Mafia and Nuestra Familia in California's prison system. As a result of these prison wars, all Hispanic California street gangs align themselves with the Sureño or Norteño movement with very few exceptions such as the Fresno Bulldogs and the Perris Maravilla gang of Perris California. When a Sureño is asked what being a Sureño means, members answer, "A Sureño is a foot soldier for the Mexican Mafia."

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