• Norteños (. Spanish pronunciation: [noɾˈteɲos], lit. 'Northerners'; Norteñas for females) are the various affiliated gangs that pay tribute to Nuestra Familia while in California state...
  • nortenos14. Norteños (Spanish: for Northerners), or Norteñas for females, is a coalition of Mexican street gangs who pay tribute to Nuestra Familia (Our Family).
  • In fact, in many parts of California, the Norteños are known by police to be essentially a street-level faction of La Nuestra Familia.
  • The Nortenos are organized into smaller groups, known as cliques, which operate independently but are still under the umbrella of the larger gang.
  • Deputy Teso explained the letter “N” is the 14th letter in the alphabet and the number 14 is a symbol for Nortenos, Northern Structure, and Nuestra Familia.
  • The Norteños (Spanish: Northerners), also Norte, are affiliated with Nuestra Familia (Our Family), are a coalition of traditionally Latino gangs in Northern California.
  •  Norteños have trafficked drugs across the Mexican border. Their receiving members include other Norteños, and in a few cases Mexican narcs.
  • Norteños: In 1968, a predominantly Latino prison gang, Nuestra Familia, formed in the California State Prison System.