THE EXPORTATION OF LATINO CALIFORNIA STREET GANGS HAS PRODUCED
IMMEASURABLE BLOODSHED AND CONFLICT IN VIRTUALLY EVERY STATE IN
THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
 
THE "FIRST SHOTS" WERE FIRED INSIDE THE PRISON WALLS OF SAN QUENTIN
FOLLOWING A DISPUTE OVER A PAIR OF SHOES. THIS IS THE MEXICAN-
AMERICAN'S CONTEMPORARY VERSION OF THE HATFIELD'S AND McCox's.
 
THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE MEXICAN MAFIA AND NUESTRA FAMILIA
PRISON GANGS HAS MORPHED INTO A SEPARATION OF PRISON INMATES AND
THEIR CORRESPONDING STREET GANG COUNTERPARTS REPRESENTING THE
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN REGIONS OF THE STATE.
 
ENGAGED IN NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY CIVIL WAR, THE HISTORICAL
EVOLVEMENT OF SUREÑOS AND NORTEÑOS IS TOLD BY ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL ARCHITECTS.