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.

2017年4月19日 · MS-13 has been accused of recruiting poor and at-risk teenagers. Joining is said to require being "jumped in" - subjected to a vicious 13-second beating - and "getting wet" - carrying out a...

2025年1月6日 · SAN JOSE — Erick Escalante-Torres and Jose Noe Ramirez-Avelar, members of the La Mara Salvatrucha gang (better known as MS-13) based in Santa Cruz, were sentenced today to 27 years and 11 months in prison and 22 years in prison, respectively, for racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, and other crimes ...

2025年1月20日 · MS-13 in Central America. While MS-13 remains a significant threat in the U.S., its influence is even more pronounced in Central America. El Salvador, in particular, has been a major battleground for MS-13, with the gang exerting considerable power over the country's criminal economy.

MS-13 is one of the largest street gangs in the United States. Gang members actively recruit members, including juveniles, from communities with a large number of immigrants from El Salvador.

2025年1月17日 · Sosa-Guevara and Lopez-Morales also pleaded guilty to the murder of 15-year-old Soler. The MS-13 suspected Soler was an 18th Street gang member, and Sosa-Guevara ordered his murder. Lopez-Morales and other MS-13 members carried out the murder, luring Soler to wooded lot near Milburn Creek in Roosevelt to smoke marijuana.

2024年11月4日 · As alleged in court filings, MS-13 is an extraordinarily violent street gang operating through “cliques” or chapters in Queens, Long Island and communities across the United States, as well as El Salvador, Honduras and other countries in the Americas and Europe.

2025年1月18日 · Prosecutors say the three admitted to committing the killings to boost their status in the gang and to further its mission. MS-13 is also known as Mara Salvatrucha and is believed to have been founded as a neighborhood street gang in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s by people fleeing civil war in El Salvador. “These defendants carried out vicious and senseless …

2024年11月5日 · As alleged in court filings, MS-13 is an extraordinarily violent street gang operating through “cliques” or chapters in Queens, Long Island and communities across the United States, as well as El Salvador, Honduras and other countries in the Americas and Europe.

2024年10月7日 · NEW YORK — An HSI New York investigation, conducted in coordination with several law enforcement partners, resulted in a 17-count superseding indictment charging seven members of MS-13 with racketeering and firearms offenses.