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Vatos Locos is a Chicano slang term that means "crazy Dudes". It is also used as the name of multiple small gangs around the USA, Canada and Mexico. Many "Vatos Locos" use the colors red, black, green or brown. [citation needed]
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continued list of Sureño gangs that pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia. The Sureño designation for southern California Chicano street gangs was established in the 1980s as a result of the continued conflict between the Mexican Mafia and Nuestra Familia prison gangs. Chicano street gangs started aligning themselves with either the Mexican Mafia or the Nuestra Familia. Most northern California Chicano gangs aligned with the Nuestra Familia and were designated as Norteños. All present day gangs in southern California and some in northern California aligned themselves with the Mexican Mafia. Most of these gangs identify as Sureño. Maravilla gangs from East Los Angeles do not identify as Sureño but they are still aligned with the Mexican Mafia. Sureño gangs in northern California are referred to as "Upstate Sureños." Some upstate Sureño gangs were established by relocated gang members from Southern California. Examples include: Vicky's Town (Stockton & San Jose), Varrio Mojado Sureño (Stockton & Lodi ),Angelino Heights (Santa Rosa & Sacramento), East Side Clanton (San Jose), La Primera (Petaluma & Rhernat Park), Brown Brotherhood (Vallejo), Little Town Rifa (Bay Point, West Pittsburg & Antioch), PlayBoys Sureños (Stockton & Lodi) 18th Street (Eureka & San Rafael) & MS.13 (San Francisco & Concord). Most Sureño gangs in Southern California feud with each other on the streets but members are required to set aside conflicts when they enter the prison system.
Sureño gangs use the number 13, which represents the thirteenth letter of the alphabet 'M,' to show allegiance to the Mexican Mafia. Aa a whole, Sureño gangs typically identify with the color blue. However, some individual gangs use other colors to represent themselves; including red, a color associated with Norteños. Culver City Boys, East Side Wilmas, Florencia 13, Harpys, and Shelltown Gamma Boys all identify with the color red. Sureño gangs that identify with the color red are known as "Red Rag Sureños." Their choice of 'red' as a representative color typically predates the Sureño/Norteño concept. Other examples include: Del Sol (yellow), East Side Clover (green), and Watts Varrio Grape Street (purple).
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: • Sureño Life Style 13 (SLS13) • Campo Loco 13 (CL13)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY South Los Angeles
•18th Street ( 18STX3 ), their territory stretches from 92nd Street to Manchester Avenue, between Harbor Freeway and Main Street. Other cliques are in Vermont Harbor and one clique's territory stretches from Jefferson Boulevard to Santa Monica Freeway between Hauser Boulevard Fairfax Avenue. •22nd Street ( 22STX3 ) •29th Street ( 29STX3 ) •35th Street ( 35STX3 ) •36th Street ( 36STX3 ) •38th Street ( 38STX3 •39th Street ( 39STX3 ) •41st Street ( 41STX3 ) •42nd Street Criminals ( 42STCX3 ) •42nd Street Locos ( 42STLX3 ) •46th Street Locos ( 46STLX3 ) •46th Street Tokers ( 46STTX3 ) •50th Street ( 50STX3 ) •55th Street Bunch ( 55STBX3 ) •58th Street ( 58STX3 ) •Alley Tiny Criminals ( ATCX3 ) •Bagos 13 •Barrio Evil 13 ( BEX3 ) •Barrio Mojados ( BMX3 ) •Brown Pride Sureños ( BPSX3 ) •Bonsallo Locos ( BLX3 ) •Cabrones 13 •Carnales 13 •Crazy Evil Winos ( CEWX3 ) •Clanton 14 Street ( C14STX3 ) •Drifters 13 (Jefferson Park) •DNA 73rd Street ( DNA73STX3 ) •Eastside 13ST ( ES13STX3 ) •Easy Riders ( ERX3 ) •Evil Klan ( EKX3 ) •Ghetto Boyz ( GBX3 ) •Hang Out Boys ( HOBX3 ) •Harpys 13, parts of their neighborhood also extends to Pico-Union. •ES Hoodlums Family 13( HFX3 -hdlmsx3 ) 50S GANG •Indo 13 •Inglewood 13, also operating in Inglewood, they claim most of the neighborhood of View Park–Windsor Hills. •Junior Mafia ( JMX3 ) •King Boulevard Stoners ( KBSX3 ) •Florencia 13, in Vermont Harbor. •Loco Park 13 ( LPX3 ) •Marijuanos Locos 13 ( MLX3 ) (Exposition Park) •Morton Town Stoners ( MTSX3 ) •Moonlight Cats ( MLCX3 ) •Night Crawlers ( NCX3 ) •Playboys 13, in South Park. ( PBSX3 ) •Primera Flats, originally from Boyle Heights. ( PFX3 ) •Seventh Manos ( SMX3 ) •S/C ROB ( SCROBX3 ) •S/C.LNO.LS 79st ( SCLNOLS79STX3 )(Affiliates of FLORENCIA 13) •S/S Barrio 13 ( SSBX3 ) •S/C.EBK( SCEBKX3 ) •Street Saints ( SSX3 ) •Street Villains ( SVX3 ) •Varrio Sur 13 (Vermont Vista) ( VSX3 ) •Vernon Hood Locos ( VHLX3 ) •Washington Boys ( WBX3 ) •West Side Locos ( WSLX3 ) •Wild Boyz ( WBX3 )
Culver City Boys
•Culver City Boys ( CCBX3 ), they control a big portion of both Culver City and Mar Vista neighborhoods and are known to sport the red color as their primary color making them one of the few Sureño gangs to sport the red color over the traditional blue gang color.
Santa Monica
•Santa Monica 13 ( SMX3 )
Minneapolis
•Varrio Logan Heights (originally from San Diego) •Southside Chicanos X3 (they operate in Corcoran, 86th Street) •Playboys 13 (orginally from Los Angeles) •Jackson Terrace •18th Street Gang •Eastside Brown Pride Locos x3 (ESBPLX3) •Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) •Compton Varrio 155 (CV155) •Sotel 13
Richfield
•Playboys 13 (PBS13)
Bloomington
•Florencia 13 (F13) •Barrio Pobre •18th Street Gang •Vatos locos 13 (VL13)
Las Vegas
•28th Street •Barrio Naked City •San Chucos •White Fence, originally from Los Angeles. •18st Palos Verdes clicka •MarylandPKWY BlueDevilMafia13
Brooklyn
•18th Street
•Aztlan 13
•CSC 13
•East Locos Gang 13 - Gravesend
•Easter Locos Gangsters 13
Eugene
•18th Street •Barrio Los Padrinos 13 •Brown Pride Chicanos 13 •Hang Out Boys (originally from Los Angeles) •Playboys 13 (originally from Los Angeles) •Raising Fucking Hell 13 (originally from Seattle)
Salem
•18th Street •Brown Pride Raza •Brown Pride Tokers 13 •Hang Out Boys (originally from Los Angeles) •Krew Taking Over 13 •Lost Soul 13 •Varrio Highland 13 •Vatos Locos 13
Portland and Washington County
•18th Street, they operate in various areas of Portland, and Washington County. •Barrio Sur 13 •Blue Devils 13 •The Blue Rag Kriminals 13 •The Boys Clicka 13 •The Brown Crowd Raza 13 •The Brown Magic Clique 13 •The Brown Nation 13 •The Brown Pride Chicanos 13 •The Brown Pride Locos 13 •The Brown Pride Marijuanos 13 •The Brown Pride Surenos 13 •The Brown Pride Tokers 13 •The Brown Side Click 13 •The Chavez Krew 13 •The Clarence Street Locos 13 •The Colonia Chiques 13 •The Compton Varrio 155, (see below) •The Compton Varrio Segundo, (see below) •The Compton Varrio Tortilla Flats, (see below) •The Varrio Corona Locos 13, originally from Corona, California. •The Crazy Fucking Mexicans 13 •The Crazy Vatos Krew 13 •The Cronik Smoking Marijuanos 13 •The Desmadrosos 13 •The East Side Criminals 13 •The East Side Locos 13 •The Playboys 13, also operating in other areas. •East San Diego 13, originally from San Diego, (see below) •The Fairview Tiny Locos 13 •The Family Kings 13 •The Florencia 13, also operating in other areas. •The Gresham Town Locos 13 •The Hang Out Boys 13, originally from Los Angeles. •The Harpys 13, also operating in other areas, originally from Los Angeles. •The Highland 13, the gang operates mainly in Washington County, (see below) •The Hillside 13, the gang operates mainly in Washington County, (see below) •The Krazy Ass Mexicans 13, originally from Los Angeles. •The Krazy Kali Boyz 13 •The Krew Taking Over 13 •The Latin Babies 13 •The Lil Pachuco Locos 13 •The Loco Mafia Varrio 13 •The Loco Sureno Clique 13 •The Loked Up Kriminals 13 •The Lost Boyz 13 •The Los Criminals 13 •The Longeros 13 •The Los Primos Mafia 13 •The Lost Soul 13 •The Mexican Crowd 13 •The Mara Salvatrucha 13 •The Marijuanos Loco Crystaleros 13 •The Mexican Pride 13 •The Mexican Vatos 13 •The Mi Vida Loca 13 •The Montavilla Locos 13 •The Night Owls 13 •The Oak Grove Boyz 13 •The Original Sureno Clicka 13 •The Paso Robles Boys 13 •The Pine Street Clique 13 •The Pocos Pero Locos 13 •The Portland Jueda 13 •The Puro Sureno Rifas 13 •The Ready And Willing 13 •The SE 16th Avenue Gang •The Solo Familia 13 •The Southern County 13 •The Southern Familia Criminales 13 •The Southern Youngster Locos 13 •The South Side 2nd Street Gang •The South Park 13 •The South Side 13 •The South Side Angelitos 13 •The South Side Criminals 13 •The South Side Locos 13 •The South Side Thugs 13 •The South Side Varrio Locos 13 •The Sureno Locos 13 •The Sur Trece Califas, they operate in various areas in Portland, and Washington County. •The Sur Trece Locos •The Sureno Por Vida 13 •The Surenos Taking Over 13 •The Surenos Un-Locked •The Straight Out Locos 13 •The Tepas 13, they operate in both Portland and Washington County, originally from Los Angeles. •The Tiny Boyz 13 •The Tiny Boys 13 •The Tiny Locos 13 •The Tokers 13 •The True Mexican Soldierz 13 •The True Sureno Youngsters 13 •The Union Park Lokotes 13 •The Vatos Locos 13 •The Vatos Locos Crew 13 •The West Side Thug Family 13 •The West Side Varrio Loma Locos 13 •The Yamhill Street 13 •The Yolano Park 13
Adams And Grant Counties
•The 18th Street Gang •The Columbus Street 13 •The Florencia 13 •The Little Valley Lokotes 13 •The Loc'd Out Sureños •The Locos Por Vida 13 •The Los Lokotes 13 •The Marijuanos 13 •The Mara Blacks Crew 13 •The One Serious Threat 13 •The Pocos Locos 13 •The South Mexican Locos 13 •The South Side Locos 13
Spokane County
•The Florencia 13 •The Little Valley Lokotes 13 •The Loco Boyz 13 •The Nine Deuce 13 •The Playboys 13
Tri-Cities
•The Bell Gardens Lokotes 13 •The Florencia 13 •The Little Valley Lokotes 13 •The Los Cholitos Chingones 13 •The Mexican Pride 13 •The Mexicans Stand Proud 13 •The Proud Lokotes 13 •The South Side Locos 13 •The Surenos Por Vida 13 •The Varrio Ratt Pack 13
Aug 16, 2023 · The Vatos Locos gang sign is a hand signal commonly associated with the Mexican-American street gang. It involves extending the thumb and pinky finger while keeping the remaining fingers curled, resembling the shape of a “V.”
Nov 7, 2013 · According to the article, Vatos Locos was one the gangs targeted by the operation (ibid.). The same source indicates that in the summer of 2007, 1,313 gang members and associates were arrested, and that between 2005 and October 2007, 7,655 gang members and associates were arrested (ibid.).
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'Blood in blood out' refers to the initiation ritual of having to kill someone to enter a gang and, on the reverse end, not being able to leave the gang unless killed. This is a common initiation in many gangs, including prison gangs, and is also the motto of La Onda in the film.
May 26, 2024 · After 30 years, it’s still Vatos Locos forever. Since its wide release in April 1993, the film “Blood In, Blood Out” aka “Bound By Honor” has achieved both cult crime movie status and distinction in the Chicano Cinema canon.
The Vatos Locos are a Hispanic street gang with a prison presence in California. They have expanded to several other states as well. While their presence is not particularly strong in the DMV area, there have been members identied in the area. The gang primarily identies with the color black.
