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+SSCVSUR13 VCKPTE IS 1 OF TH3 BIGG3ST GANGS IN COMPTON. SSCVSUR13 STANDS 4 SUR.SID3.COMPTON.VARRIO.SUR.13 OR SUR.SID3.COMPTON.VARRIO.SURENOS.13 & TH3 VCKPTE STANDS 4 VARRIO.CRAZY.KRIMINALS.PULLIN.TRIGG3RS.EVERYWHERE OR IT MEANS VARRIO.COPMTON.KINGZ.TIRANDO.ENEMIGOS.SSCVSUR13 VCKPTE WAS CR3AT3D N COMPTON.TH3 Y3AR IT WAS CR3AT3D WAS ON 1990'S.SSCVSUR13 VCKPT3 ENEMI3S AR3 SSCVTxFLATS13,SSCVLOKOS13,SSCVALONDRA13BGRS,SSCVL36SUSPECT.SSCVSUR13 VCKPTE SYMBOLS ARE XIII,X3,13,AND 3 DOTS N TH3R3 TATTS N GRAFFITI WHICH MEANS MAH VIDA LOKA.
-{{Infobox Criminal organization
-| name = Sureños
-| image = Santa Monica 17 Street 13.jpg|thumb]]
-| caption = Gang's name tattooed on gang member's back.
-| founded on = 1980s present {{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
-| founding location = [[Los Angeles]], [[United States]]| territory = United States, Mexico, [[Southern California]], [[Northern California]], [[Central California]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]], [[Tijuana]] and Eastern [[Latvia]] (mostly [[Latgalia]] region). | membership = 100,000
-| years active = 1950–present{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
-| ethnic makeup = [[Latino]] (mainly Mexican-American)
-| criminal activities = [[Murder]], [[drug trafficking]], [[extortion]], [[assault]], [[auto theft]], [[robbery]]
-| allies = [[Mexican Mafia]], [[Sinaloa Cartel]], [[Tijuana Cartel]].
-| rivals = [[Norteños]], [[Asian Boyz]], [[Bloods]], [[Crips]],and [[Latin Kings (gang)|Latin Kings]].
-}}
-'''Sureños''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "Southerners") are a group of Mexican American street [[gangs]] with origins in the oldest [[barrio]]s of [[Southern California]]. There are hundreds of Sureño gangs in California, and each has its own identity on the streets.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}  Although they are based in Southern California, the influence of the Sureños has spread to many parts of the US and other countries as well.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} The gang's alleged roots came from a [[jail]] dispute between the [[Mexican Mafia]] (La Eme) and [[Nuestra Familia]] (NF).{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} Those that sided with the NF aligned themselves in Northern California (norteños=northerners). Norteños appear mostly in the northern areas of California, but are also present in numbers in western states like Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Utah. Besides [[Southern California]], Sureños can be found in more than 20 states (primarily in [[Southwestern United States|southwestern]], central states) and a small presence in [[Central California]], and [[Northern California]]. The largest population of Sureños can be found in Southern California, [[San Diego County]], [[San Bernardino County]], [[Riverside County]] [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[Inland Empire, California|Inland Empire]], but specifically in [[Los Angeles County]] where 53,000 members<ref>[http://www.policemag.com/Channel/Gangs/Articles/Print/Story/2006/02/Murder-Ink.aspx Police Magazine Murder Ink]</ref> have been documented in the city of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] alone. Norteños appear mostly in the northern areas of [[California]], and also in southwestern and central states.<ref name="isbn1-59884-125-4">{{cite book |author=Kinnear, Karen L. |title=Gangs: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, Calif |year=2008 |page= 192|isbn=1-59884-125-4 }}</ref>
-== History ==
-The term "Sureños” meaning Southerner in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. Sureño (male) Sureña (female) are the basics on what they are separated by. They originated from Southern California prison and made their way through "barrios"(hoods/neighborhoods). Throughout 1992-1993, the [[Mexican Mafia]] held meetings throughout Southern California with local gangs to unify them as Sureños, The Mexican Mafia also taxed the local gangs and banned drive by shootings. This required the Sureños to walk up and shoot their enemies and avoid shooting non-gang members. <ref name="isbn1-1594031959">{{cite book |author=Rafael, Tony. |title=The Mexican Mafia |publisher=Encounter Books |location= |year=2007 |page= 34|isbn=1594031959 }}</ref>The Sureños identify with the color blue which comes from days past when the prisons offered two standard colors of bandanas, blue and red. Their enemies are [[Norteños]] (Northerners) and have been at war since the beginning. The term was first used in the 1960s as a result of a California [[prison]] war between the Mexican Mafia (La Eme) and [[Nuestra Familia]] (NF). This war resulted in a territorial division between gang members from norteño (northern) California who aligned with NF, and those from southern California aligned with La Eme. As Eme members paroled to the streets, they were tasked with creating new cells to help facilitate more crime. With her connections to the original members of [[La Eme]], Anacleta "La Annie" Ramirez recruited young gang members on the streets to work as lackeys for La Eme. She created a structure so that members coming out of prison, along with her help, could teach the susceptible young gang members new criminal activities to create new streams of profit for the Mexican Mafia. In addition, paroled members explained the North versus South war occurring in prison to the young street gang members. The youngsters were told that when they did enter the prison system that they should align themselves with the other Surenos. The term Sureno was soon adopted by Hispanic street gang members throughout Southern California. <ref name="url Tracy Press">{{cite web |url=http://www.tracypress.com/view/full_story/7077119/article-Three-men-to-stand-trial-on-gang-charges?instance=home_news_bullets |title=Tracy Press - Three men to stand trial on gang charges |work= |accessdate=2010-04-20}}</ref>
-==Symbols and culture==
-Sureño gang members often identify themselves with the number 13;<ref name="url Sureno Gang Identifiers">{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sampsonsheriff.com%2Fotherforms%2F20051011_surenos.pdf&ei=U8hJTab6CISesQOCuYSsCg&usg=AFQjCNHfR6-anrsf20aV1B-ggE-kXTS75g |title=Sureño Gang Identifiers - Sampson Sheriff Department Gang Unit |work= |accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref> to represent the thirteenth letter of the alphabet, the letter M. This is used to pay homage to the Mexican Mafia. Surenos will use the symbols Sur, XIII, X3, 13, and 3-dots in their graffiti and tattoos. In many parts of the country they will identify themselves with the color blue, including sports teams such as the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], [[San Diego Padres]], and [[San Diego Chargers]], this also includes [[Oakland Raiders]] gear clothing. While in Southern California colors are much more universal among Sureños. Mexican Mafia members may have Sureno idenitifers as they were probably a Sureno gang member before being recruited into the Mexican Mafia.
-==Operation Groundhog==
-In May 2010, with help from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in California, forty-three<ref name="url Santa Cruz Sentinel">{{cite web |url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_15041707 |title=Santa Cruz Sentinel - 'Operation Groundhog' roots out 45 suspected sureno gang members in Watsonville |work= |accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref> suspected Sureño gang members were arrested and two others are wanted after a year-long investigation of the gang's activities in California. Police also recovered [[heroin]] and [[methamphetamine]] from suspected street-level drug dealers.
-The majority of the arrests were for trafficking and possessing guns, gang participation, drug charges and violating probation terms. Several men were arrested more than once over the course of the year, according to the Police Department.<ref name="url Santa Cruz Sentinel">{{cite web |url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_15041707 |title=Santa Cruz Sentinel - 'Operation Groundhog' roots out 45 suspected gang members in Watsonville |work= |accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref>
-== See also ==
-*[[18th Street gang]]
-*[[Mara Salvatrucha]]
-*[[Gang signs]]
-{{portal|Gangs}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
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-[[Category:Gangs in California]]
-[[Category:Gangs in Los Angeles, California]]
-[[Category:Modern street gangs]]
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