Onterio Varrio Sur

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Onterio Varrio Sur (OVS, Sur Onta or Onterio Sur) is a Chicano street gang from South Ontario, California. The gang claims 10,500 members, but Members of the Black Angels, the subclique of senior OVS members, have gained notoriety as prominent members of the Mexican Mafia and are estimated to have over 800+ members.[1]

[edit] Origin

The gang (OVS) originated in the 1940s as a car club and gradually split into two rival cliques, the Black Angels and the Earth Angels. As a result of the rivalry, the Black Angels became the most powerful faction. Sunkist Street is the main varrio of the B.A's. Most members wear the Chicago White Sox Hat for the "S" represents Sur and the "O" represents Ontario. The B.A's consist of three subcliques:

1. The Lil B.A's (10yrs- 23yrs)
2. The Jr B.A's (A.N's: 23yrs- 33yrs)
3. B.A's (33yrs +)

[edit] Notoriety

One of the most notorious crimes with which the gang is associated was the June 22, 1987 murder of Mary Lou Davila Salazar. Also murdered was a girl she rented a room to and her visiting boyfriend, who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. All killed at the hands of recently-paroled Ruben "Tupi" Hernandez, who blamed Salazar for the jail murder of Tito Marines, a fellow Black Angels member. Hernandez was tried and convicted of three counts of first-degree murder, and sentenced to three consecutive life terms at Pelican Bay State Prison, where he continued to orchestrate murders and became involved in a rivalry with Benjamin "Topo" Peters for control of the Mexican Mafia.