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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.
Operation Devil Horns originated in 2004 with investigations by HSI into the presence and activities of an MS-13 clique known as “20th Street,” based in the Mission District of San Francisco, an area with a large population of Central American and Mexican immigrants. At the time, violent crime in the neighborhood was a major problem.
The Mexican Mafia has immense influence and control over every Hispanic street gang in Southern California, including the notoriously brutal MS-13 and 18th Street Gang, since in the prison system inmates are recruited into gangs based on race regardless of street gang affiliation. The U.S. Government considers the Mexican Mafia to be "among the ...
The MS-13 gang originated in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, but has dispersed and now has thousands of members – many of them in the US. MS-13 is categorized as the most violent ...
U.S. Attorney called the crime “preplanned, carefully orchestrated, driven by allegiance to MS-13.” MS-13 gang member who was part of ‘reign of terror’ in Fresno County city gets life sentence
The evil MS-13 member known as “Little Devil” was sentenced to 50 years in prison for her part in luring four men to be hacked to death in a Long Island park.
Bloods [13] Black P. Stones (Jungles) [ 14 ] The 18th Street Gang , also known as Eighteen St , Barrio 18 , Mara 18 , or simply 18 in North America , [ 1 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican ) transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in Los Angeles .
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 ...