Nuestra+Familia

=Nuestra Familia=

Type of gang:
Prison

Origins/History:
Formed in Folsom State Prison around 1968, constructed as a force that could combat the existing oppression of the traditionally dominant Mexican Mafia.

Location/Turf:
Northern California; Sonoma County, Mendochino County, Santa Rosa, Windsor, and San Jose.

Characteristics:
Members are of Hispanic origin. There is a "blood-in, blood-out" requirement for membership. They may wear red rags. Tattoos may include a sombrero, a dagger or "NF". 14 is the identifying number.

Criminal Activities:
Blood-in, blood-out: The only way a person can join the gang is to shed the blood of someone else. According to gang rules, the only way to leave the gang is to die violently. More than 600 murders to their name. They control the intra-drug and sex trade, while communicating with their memebers on the outside, ordering hits and organizing smuggling rings.

Impact on Society:
Killing people. Organizing trades and hits.