Florencia 13
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Florencia 13 is the second largest Chicano street gang (sureño) in Los Angeles county, with thousands of active and inactive members (with generations of family members). Florencia 13, like most large gangs, is divided into dozens of cliques (subgroups of a bigger gang). Among them are The 64st locos, 85st, Bagos, Malditos,Malos, Locos, Tiny locos, Night owls, Gangsters, Holmes st, Midnites, The klan, denker boys, Neighborhood, Dukes, Dream Boys, Jokers, Tokers, Lil rascals, Asesinos, and Termites. The gang is sometimes mistakenly believed to be named after Florence Avenue, running east and west through south Los Angeles; in fact, the gang's namesake comes from the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County known as Florence-Graham. The gang's turf stretches from 110 Feeway on the west side to California Ave. in Bell and from 57th st to 90th Street. Florencia 13 is one the oldest gangs and has the most turf of all Los Angeles gangs.
Their main rivals are 18 street, 38 street, Mara Salvatrucha (MS 13) Grape St Watts (along with most sureño Watts gangs: Morton Town, SSWatts, etc.), The Bratz(TBZ 13)cyclones13 in Huntington park, East Coast Crips, Lynwood City based gangs, Street Villans (South Central Los Angeles) . They also feud with most black gangs and other smaller gangs.
People riding the Metro Blue Line can usually spot Florecia13 graffiti between Firestone Ave. and Slauson Ave.
Florencia 13 also has a presence in Mexico and other states Salt Lake County, Utah [1], as well as reported sets in Washington state, Chicago, and Kansas City.
