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Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Angeles area. Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization.
The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of European immigrants in the late 1800s. In 1910, Big Jim Colosimo founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the west side and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico.
A man who helped lead an MS-13 clique in New York pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal racketeering case involving seven murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls that focused ...
December 13, 2007 7 "Stone to the Bone" Almighty Black P. Stone Nation in Chicago, IL: December 20, 2007 8 "Hate Nation" White Aryan Resistance in Portland, OR and Hammerskins in Temecula, CA: December 27, 2007 9 "Gangster City" Gangster Disciples in Chicago, IL: January 3, 2008 10 "Blood In, Blood Out" Nuestra Familia and Norteños in Salinas ...
Three members of the MS-13 gang were found guilty Thursday of murdering a girl in 2001 on a hillside in Elysian Park. The jury’s verdict laid to rest questions of who was responsible for a crime ...
A federal judge said the 30-year-old man was a member of the MS-13, a notoriously violent transnational street gang with the creed, “kill, rob, rape, control.”
A known MS-13 gang member wanted for years for murder and terrorism in El Salvador has been busted living illegally in New Jersey. The arrest Friday of Johnathan Stanley Garcia-Vasquez in West New ...
MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, is an international criminal organization that was established in Los Angeles, California, during the 1980s. Initially created to provide protection for Salvadoran refugees in the city, the group later transformed into a violent criminal entity involved in illicit activities such as drug and human trafficking.