- MS-13's violent grip in Central America is one of the forces driving migrants to flee for the U.S. – which, ironically, is where the gang got its start.
- Over the years, members of the international gang MS-13 have been convicted of a number of crimes across the country, ranging from racketeering to murder.
- That's the motto for Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, a transnational criminal organization dubbed “the most dangerous gang in the world.”
- The depictions of MS-13 as animals are as simplistic as they are dehumanizing. And they obscure what spawned the violent gang in the first place: US imperialism.
- The MS 13 gang is known to follow a certain organization or hierarchy structure on the basis of which it functions.
- In May 2017, nearly two dozen people with ties to the MS-13 street gang were arrested in Los Angeles as part of a long federal investigation.
- She was four-month-pregnant when MS-13 members cut her throat. 5 /10 Versatile Roles. Women inside MS-13 play multiple roles.
- Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) , international gang involved in drug and human smuggling, prostitution , murder, and extortion , among other illegal activities.