Vatos Locos


Vatos Locos graffiti in the Netherlands

Vatos Locos (in English, Crazy Dudes) is a widely used name for a Mexican street gang. Gangs using this name are active in several American states, but the real vatos locos originate from Florida, and the city that they originate from to be exact is Fort Pierce, Florida, which they are mainly active in and they are mainly in Fort Pierce's South 18th Street area by Delaware and around South 33rd Street and Orange Avenue. They use black bandanas to represent Vatos Locos, and often spray paint vatos locos graffiti. They often have "Vatos Locos", Lowrider logo, or Lil Rob tattoos. Vatos Locos are mainly Hispanics or Chicanos.

Their biggest rival are Sureños (or South 13) and they are often called by them as "sus ratas" (their rats). Trinitarios are also their rivals, along with MS-13, Aryan Brotherhood, Los Zetas, Sinaloa Cartel, etc. Their allies are Latin Kings, Bloods, Norteños, Ñetas, and Vice Lords.

So far, Vatos Locos has established itself in the Netherlands and some US sates (California, Colorado, Georgia, Texas, Arizona and Indiana). They are also present in Ontario, Canada[1][2] and South Africa.[3]

The film Blood In Blood Out (1993) about the life of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca in 1972, was based on the experiences of gang members of Vatos Locos.[4]

The video game Call of Juarez: The Cartel features a fictional Vatos Locos gang.

References

  1. ↑ "Yonkers cops hurt while arresting stab suspect". The Journal News. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-01. Vivanco violently resisted arrest and was eventually handcuffed with the assistance of other officers, police said. He is a suspected member of the Vatos Locos gang.
  2. ↑ "U.S. V. Hernandez-Mendez". Leagle.com. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-01. Officer Webster knew that the stabbing victim was a member of the Vatos Locos, a Latino gang. Additionally, witnesses told police that members of other Latino gangs, including the Little Vatos Locos ("LVL") and the Latin Locos, had been present at the altercation.
  3. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201212070969.html
  4. ↑ Blood in, Blood out at the Internet Movie Database

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