Why Sureños Gang Sign Is Taking Over Social Media - Artotel Creative Journal
The Sureños are the umbrella organization for Hispanic street and prison gangs united under the Mexican Mafia. The purpose of the alliance of gangs is primarily to make more money for the drug lords, who are mostly prisoners in state penitentiaries.
According to the indictment, the nine defendants were members of a racketeering enterprise referred to in the indictment as the Oakland Sureños, a criminal street gang whose members lived in and around Oakland, California.
Sureños, also known as Southern United Raza, 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.
Torrez-Lopez has admitted to joining the Sureños gang while incarcerated and has remained affiliated ever since. The U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Kansas is handling the prosecution.
Known Sureños gang member arrested by ICE Kansas City after repeated ...
Sureños (Spanish for “Southerners”), or Sureñas for females, are groups of loosely affiliated gangs that pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia while in US Federal and State correctional facilities.
Mario Torrez-Lopez, 34, is a self-admitted member of the Sureños gang who has been deported from the United States four times since 2016, according to ICE officials.
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 Sureños".
