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The Mexican Mafia (Spanish: Mafia Mexicana), also known as La eMe (Spanish for "the M"), is a predominantly Mexican American prison gang and criminal organization in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Despite its name, the Mexican Mafia has no origins in Mexico and is entirely a U.S. organization.
Mexican American street gangs originated in Los Angeles in the early 1900s as a result of various factors, including economic conditions and racial prejudice. In 1957, the Mexican Mafia (or La Eme), California's first prison gang, was established by Luis "Huerro Buff" Flores and other East Los Angeles gang members, at the Deuel Vocational Institution.
MS-13 is affiliated with the Sureño coalition of gangs which pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia. [135] The gang has colluded with the Mexican Mafia in drug trafficking. [14] [136] Mara Salvatrucha leaders in Mexico have brokered deals with the Zetas, Gulf, Jalisco New Generation, and Sinaloa cartels in order to obtain narcotics and firearms. [10]
Federal agents reported that Zavala is a member of the Surenos 13 gang, a prison and street gang affiliated with the Mexican Mafia. Many of its members have tattoos showing the number 13 or X3.
18th Street will use the symbols XV3, XVIII, X8, 666, 99, and 3-dots (Mi Vida Loca [My Crazy Life]) in their graffiti and tattoos. 18th Street colors are blue and black; blue is to represent and to pay tribute to The Mexican Mafia, and black is to represent the original color for the gang.
Mexican Mafia members held a 30-man conference call, dialing in from various state prisons on contraband cellphones, a witness testified. The consensus: Gonzales had to go.
The Mexican Mafia, otherwise known as La Eme, consists of senior members of Latino street gangs who've joined together to rule and profit from other California gangs, according to the DOJ. The ...
Although the Playboys are a Sureño gang and use the number 13 to show allegiance to the Mexican Mafia, [18] [19] they are rivals with most other Sureno gangs. The general thinking among Playboy gang members is that all other gangs are their enemy. [20] The most identifiable tattoo all Playboys gang members and cliques use is the playboy bunny.