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Mexican Mafia - Surenos (1018 words) |
 | The Mexican Mafia originated in the mid-1950s at the Duel Vocational Institute in Tracy, California. |
 | Mexican Mafia members may have Sureno idenitifers as they were probably a Sureno gang member before being recruited into the Mexican Mafia. |
 | The Mexican Mafia is also documented in the 1992 Edward James Olmos film, "American Me." There are other street gangs who have used the Mexican Mafia name, but have no connection to the gang and little knowledge of the actual gang. |
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Science Fair Projects - Mexican Mafia (537 words) |
 | Mexican Mafia members have to follow four rules: they cannot (1) be an informant; (2) be a homosexual; (3) be a coward; or (4) disrespect or politick against another member. |
 | Leadership of the Mexican Mafia is split between two rivals, one of whom comes from one of East L.A. 's Maravilla gangs while the other comes from the Inland Empire's South Ontario Black Angels gang. |
 | In prison, Mexican Mafia members communicate by having meetings in the exercise yard, sending messages through visitors or inmates who were transferred between prisons, and passing small notes known as "kites" or "wilas". |