The most dangerous gang in America
- added April 5, 2008
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- jcwelker
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The suburbs of the US are no longer the same as those immortalised in 1950s movies, with white families living in big houses and the father driving off to work in his Buick, past manicured lawns.
These days, it is more likely that English will not even be the first language you hear on the streets.
MS-13 - or Mara Salvatrucha - is the biggest and fastest-growing of the Latin American street gangs.
In Maryland alone, MS-13 members are accused of being responsible for a long series of violent crimes including murder.
Favoured tactics include decapitation by machete.
MS-13 started life as a group of young immigrants on the streets of California in the 1980s.
After nearly a million Salvadorans fled their civil war for the US, many of them settled in Los Angeles where gang violence was rife.
In the 1990s, the "maras" spread to Central America after many of their leaders were deported from the United States.
These days, it is more likely that English will not even be the first language you hear on the streets.
MS-13 - or Mara Salvatrucha - is the biggest and fastest-growing of the Latin American street gangs.
In Maryland alone, MS-13 members are accused of being responsible for a long series of violent crimes including murder.
Favoured tactics include decapitation by machete.
MS-13 started life as a group of young immigrants on the streets of California in the 1980s.
After nearly a million Salvadorans fled their civil war for the US, many of them settled in Los Angeles where gang violence was rife.
In the 1990s, the "maras" spread to Central America after many of their leaders were deported from the United States.
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all true but cannont forget that the US supported the El Salvadorian government in killing many innocent people there. It does not validate the gang nor their crimes, but a little bit of history will shed some light as to why they are so brutal. Growing up and seeing people being cut to pieces on the daily will leave an impact on you. Maybe that's where they got their machete tactics from?
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- Bennyfical
- 6 months ago
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yeah and they are the most dangerous gang in El Salvador right now too. I have family and friends who live there and it is dangerous for them to even go grocery shopping without getting robbed and/or killed.
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Come further south to see danger.
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