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Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization. MS-13 has a longtime rivalry with the 18th Street gang. Many MS-13 members were deported to El Salvador after the end of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992, or upon being arrested, facilitating the spread of the gang to Central America. The gang is currently active in many ...
Mara Salvatrucha, commonly abbreviated as "MS-13", is another Hispanic street gang operating in the United States. The "13" in the name is a way to pay allegiance to the Mexican Mafia, or La Eme. It originated in Los Angeles and has spread to Central America, other parts of the United States, and Canada.
"They've compressed into four years what MS-13 took 20 years to do in terms of reach across the country, still connected back to their home country and operating as an organized entity," he said.
MS 13 or MS-13 may refer to: Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), a criminal street gang in North, Central, and South America; Mississippi Highway 13, a state highway in Mississippi, United States; Minuscule 13, a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament; Soyuz MS-13, a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 20 July 2019 to the International Space Station
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. Leniz Escobar, 24, “willingly ...
Two senior members of the violent MS-13 gang are among more than a dozen indicted for a series of grisly machete murders across Long Island and Queens, according to prosecutors....
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 woman convicted of luring five young men into a Long Island park where they were attacked by MS-13 gang members was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday.