In the course of El Salvador's Civil War, kids as young as 11 and 12 years old were trained
and used as soldiers. The war devastated the small nation and displaced approximately one …

This article presents an overview of the history, organizational structure, and membership
profile of the Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) gang. Abstract: Rising form humble beginnings …

Beginning in the 1980s, nearly a million Central-American youth and their families migrated
to the United States in order to escape the hardship and violence associated with …

Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), founded in 1980s Los Angeles by Salvadoran immigrant youth,
is today one of the largest street gangs in North and Central America. In recent years the …

Where does Mara Salvatrucha come from? How did the US-born Eighteenth Street Gang
become a powerhouse of the Salvadoran streets? The Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the …

El Salvador's gang landscape, dominated by Mara Salvatrucha (MS) and Calle Dieciocho
(the 18th Street Gang, or simply “18th Street”), has grown increasingly complex in recent …

MS-13 has followed the same migratory patterns as the Salvadoran immigrant community
that it preys upon, spreading across the United States from ethnic enclaves in California …

Youth gangs have become a tricky subject for sociologists and anthro-pologists now that we
define our research in terms of solidarity with the oppressed. Gang youth certainly are …

Summary The Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is a violent criminal gang operating both in the
United States and abroad—namely Central America. MS-13 was formed on the streets of …

FRIENdS OF THE dEAd GANG MEMbER FILEd PAST HIS body, some saying a few words,
others weeping. They knew it could be any of them next. There were flowers, candles in the …