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The Florencia 13, also known as South Side Florencia 13, Florence Gang, F13 is an American criminal street gang based in Los Angeles, California, composed mainly of Mexican Americans. The gang is named after the Florence area of Los Angeles County, controlled by the Mexican Mafia. [7] They are involved in drug smuggling, murder, assault and ...
United States Atty. Martin Estrada stands next to photos of the 37 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia 13 street gang that were charged by a grand jury with federal ...
A Florencia-13 gang tag in the Florence–Firestone area of L.A. County. Authorities said Juan Garcia, a reputed Mexican Mafia member originally from the Florenica-13 gang, was shot Saturday in La ...
In time it absorbed smaller gangs, many of which became cliques, or subsets, of Florencia-13. The gang now has at least two dozen cliques across South Los Angeles, Huntington Park, South Gate and ...
38th Street gang; The Avenues; Azusa 13; Culver City Boys 13; El Monte Flores; Florencia 13; Logan Heights Gang; OVS; Playboys; Puente 13; Santa Monica 13; Río 13; Shelltown 38th St; Temple Street; Toonerville Rifa 13; Varrio Nuevo Estrada; Venice 13; Westside Locos 13; White Fence; Vineland Boys; Tiny Rascal Gang; Triad. 14K Triad; Bamboo ...
The gang's primary symbol, which is often used in tattoos by members, is the national symbol of Mexico (eagle and a snake) atop a flaming circle over crossed knives. Street gangs that are aligned with the Mexican Mafia often use the number 13 as a gang identifier, as the letter "M" is the 13th letter of the modern Latin-derived alphabet.
Federal prosecutors charged four people with killing Officer Fernando Arroyos as a violent crime in aid of racketeering for the Florencia 13 gang.
Barceleau and Estrada are members of the Dukes clique of the Florencia-13 gang, Howarth said. Barceleau is also charged with assaulting police and leading them on a high-speed chase 11 days after ...