Founded | 1930s |
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Founding location | Florence, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Years active | 1930s–present |
Territory | South Los Angeles Mexico Brazil Netherlands Canada Oregon Colorado Florida Hyde park Washington Utah |
Ethnicity | Mexican American |
Membership (est.) | 2,000-3,000+[1][2] |
Activities | Drug trafficking, assault, robbery, extortion, arms trafficking, theft, murder, racketeering, illegal gambling, and fraud |
Allies | Mexican Mafia[3] Sureños[4] Pueblo Bishop Bloods Mad Swan Bloods Harvard Park Brims East Coast Crips (Former rivals) |
Rivals | 18th Street gang[5] 38th Street gang[6] Grape Street Watts Crips[3] Watts Varrio Grape Street 13 Hat Gang Watts Crips Huntington Park Locos Playboys East Side 13 South Los 13 Bloods |
The Florencia 13, also known as South Side Florencia 13, Florence Gang, F13 is an American criminal street gang based in Los Angeles, California, composed mainly of Mexican-Americans. The gang is named after the Florence area of Los Angeles County, controlled by the Mexican Mafia.[7] They are involved in drug smuggling, murder, assault and robbery.