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Nuestra Familia was organized at Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California in 1965. [1] In the late 1960s, Mexican-American inmates of the California state prison system began to separate into two rival groups, Nuestra Familia [7] and the 1957-formed Mexican Mafia, according to the locations of their hometowns (the north-south dividing line is Bakersfield, California).
Gangland is a television series that aired on the History Channel. Gangland explores the history of some of America's more notorious gangs . It premiered on November 1, 2007, with an episode about the Aryan Brotherhood .
Norteños, affiliated with Nuestra Familia, were prison enemies of the Southern Latinos, who are composed of members and affiliates of La eMè, better known as the Mexican Mafia. While La eMè had initially been created to protect Mexicans in prison, there was a perceived level of abuse by members of La eMe towards the imprisoned Latinos from ...
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Nuestra Familia is another mostly Hispanic prison gang that is constantly at war with La Eme. It was originally formed by Northern-California- or rural-based Hispanic prisoners with " Norteños " gangs of Northern California paying tribute to it, opposing domination by La Eme which was started by and associated with Los Angeles gang members.
However, in 1968 at San Quentin, a full-scale riot broke out after a Mexican Mafia soldier, or soldado, stole a pair of shoes from a Nuestra Familia sympathizer. Nineteen inmates were stabbed and one La eMe associate ended up dead. The battle became known as the "Shoe War" and it established Nuestra Familia as the major La eMe rival. [28] [33]
The Northerners then formed the Nuestra Familia (NF) prison gang for protection from the Mexican Mafia, the Southern gang. [1] To distinguish themselves from the agricultural workers from Northern California, Mexican Mafia (La Eme) members began to refer to the gang members who worked for them as Sureños, a Spanish term
Mexikanemi, also known as the Texas Mexican Mafia, is a Mexican-American prison and street gang established in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison system in 1984. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] It functions separately from the original California Mexican Mafia , and members consider themselves primarily tied to the area of Aztlán , formerly Mexican ...