
Maravilla gangs from East Los Angeles do not identify as Sureño but they are still aligned with the Mexican Mafia. All present day gangs in southern California and some in northern California aligned themselves with the Mexican Mafia. Most northern California Chicano gangs aligned with the Nuestra Familia and were designated as Norteños. Chicano street gangs started aligning themselves with either the Mexican Mafia or the Nuestra Familia. The Sureño designation for southern California Chicano street gangs was established in the 1980s as a result of the continued conflict between the Mexican Mafia and Nuestra Familia prison gangs. Continued list of Sureño gangs that pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia.
