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Sureños (Spanish for "Southerners") are a group of Mexican American (Chicano) street gangs with origins in Southern California.[1] There are about 500 Sureño gangs in Los Angeles County representing over 60% of the gang membership.[citation needed] They are more geographically distributed throughout the region and are found in significant numbers in the Northern California, California Central Valley, San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, the Beach communities, Long Beach, Compton and South Los Angeles.[citation needed] Sureños represent themselves with the color blue.

See also

  1. ^ "Mexican Mafia - Surenos". Know Gangs.
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