Artist Detailed Info: Ms 13

Mara Salvatrucha refers to large gangs involved in criminal activities in Central America and the United States. The gang names are commonly abbreviated as MS[1], Mara, MS-13, and are composed mostly of Salvadorians, Guatemalans, Hondurans, and other Central Americans. The Mara Salvatrucha gangs have cliques, or factions, located throughout the United States and Latin America. The gang has moved from beyond its Salvadoran and American origins and now can be found in other nations, including Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Spain, England and Germany, according to international press on criminal activity. Membership in the U.S.A. are about 10,000 believed to have a total over 100,000 worldwide.[2] MS criminal activities include drug smuggling and sales, black market gun sales, human trafficking, assassinations for hire, theft, and assaults on law enforcement officials.[3] Their activities have caught the eye of the FBI, who in September 2005 initiated wide-scale raids against suspected gang members, netting 660 arrests across the country.[4] In the United States, the gang's strongholds have historically been in Washington, D.C., Miami, and Southern California and Northern Virginia.

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