[1] Varrio Nuevo Estrada has expanded to other local communities such as East Los Angeles, Montebello, and Lancaster.
They are primarily a Los Angeles County gang and there is no validated evidence of subgroups outside of Southern California.
They have old ties to the Mexican Mafia and unite under the Sureño banner in the California Prison System despite rivalries.
Varrio Nuevo Estrada is so notorious that the Los Angeles City Attorney petitioned the court for a permanent gang injunction against them on November 15, 2004.
They are still involved in a variety of criminal activities from murder,[8] arms trafficking, drug sales to drive-by shootings, assaults and various other petty crimes.