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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mara Salvatrucha
		The word mara means gang in "Caliche", Salvadoran Slang, and is taken from "marabunta", the name of a local type of ant known for its fierce behavior and defense of the colony.
		Mara Salvatrucha members have tattoos on most of their upper body, including the arms and face, with lettering done in Gothic (Blackletter) style.
		Many Mara Salvatrucha members are former members of death squads set up by the Salvadoran government and the United States government in the 1970s and 1980s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mara-Salvatrucha (2391 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mara Salvatrucha is a predominantly Central American member gang started in Los Angeles, California with major centers of operation based in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and the United States, particularly California and Washington, D.C. The gang was founded by childhood friends Julio Cesar and Ernesto "Smokey" Miranda
		The word mara means gang in "Caliche", Salvadoran Slang, and is taken from "marabunta", the name of a local type of ant known for its fierce behavior and defense of the colony.
		Mara Salvatrucha members have tattoos on most of their upper body, including the arms and face, with lettering done in Gothic (Blackletter) style.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mara_Salvatrucha (1566 words)

	Gangs OR Us advisory - La Mara Salvatrucha - America's most dangerous gang
		Mara Salvatrucha is by far the dominant gang, not just in El Salvador, but throughout the region, which includes Guatemala and Honduras.
		Mara Salvatrucha 13 appears to be in control of much of the southern Mexican border, and in addition to its smuggling and contraband rackets, collects money from illegal immigrants that it helps secrete across the border into the United States.
		As a criminal element, Mara Salvatrucha is a force to be reckoned with, existing as both a nation-spanning gang and as a strictly local street-thug posse.
	www.gangsorus.com /MS13 (6401 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13 or M-18 or MS, are various Central American terrorist organizations that are also active in the United States.
		Many Mara Salvatrucha members are former members of death squads set up by the Salvadoran government and the United States government in the 1970s and 1980s.
		Mara Salvatrucha: A South American Import assessment by the National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations (NAGIA).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/a/r/Mara_Salvatrucha_e8d5.html (1213 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13, or MS, are various Central American gangs that are also active in the United States.
		Many Mara Salvatrucha members are former members of death squads set up by the Salvadoran government and supported by the United States government in the 1970s and 1980s.
		"Salvatrucha" is a portmanteau of salvadorean and trucha, the latter being spanish slang for being alert, vigilant, at the ready, (usually entailing preparedness for crime).
	voyager.in /Mara_Salvatrucha (1096 words)

	News (washingtonpost.com)
		But the Mara Salvatrucha gang has been linked to two killings in the past four months and is responsible for dozens of vicious attacks involving machetes and baseball bats, police said.
		Most recently, Mara Salvatrucha members allegedly were involved in a stabbing last week at a gas station on Columbia Pike in Arlington--an attack a witness said resulted from a clash of two large groups.
		Mara Salvatrucha has more than 600 members in Fairfax alone, and authorities say the number is growing.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/printedition/met/gangs20.htm (1602 words)

	CBC News: the fifth estate: Run for Your Life - The Journey
		Southern Mexico is the territory of the Mara Salvatrucha - the most feared gang in Latin American.
		The Mara Salvatrucha's core is former members of the Salvadoran army who had been deported from Los Angeles and other American cities.
		The Mara Salvatrucha in southern Mexico see the trains as their turf.
	www.cbc.ca /fifth/runforyourlife/journey4.html (558 words)

	Injunction Targets Hollywood Gang
		"The residents of this community have had their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness usurped by the Mara Salvatrucha gang, which is a marauding criminal street gang," Hahn said.
		There are 80 members of Mara Salvatrucha, 16 to 25 years old.
		Mara Salvatrucha has a reputation for extreme brutality and is second only to the 18th Street gang in terms of violent crimes, officials said.
	www.streetgangs.com /topics/1998/041498.html (264 words)

	¡Gringo Unleashed!: MS-13/Mara Salvatrucha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Along with increasing the police force, the government has agreed to talks with leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha and 18, two of the most violent and feared gangs in the world with a membership in that country estimated between 40,000 to 50,000 youths.
		It seems El Salvador is crying "uncle" against the threat of the Mara Salvatrucha (go here for a decent rundown, and here for a related GU post).
		Mara Salvatrucha, which was started by Salvadoran refugees in the Los Angeles area in the early 1980s and now reaches into 31 other states, has been the target of a federal crackdown that last month swept six U.S. cities, netting the arrests of 103 gang members.
	gringounleashed.typepad.com /gringo_unleashed/ms13mara_salvatrucha (2051 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha Street Gang (Al Queda's Friends)
		Mara Salvatrucha gang members have even placed a “tax” on prostitutes and non-gang member drug dealers who are working in MS "turf." Failure to pay up will most likely result in violence.
		Thus, it is important to identify specific tattoos used by the Mara Salvatrucha gang, which include “M” or “MS,” in addition to the 13 or SUR identification.
		Mara Salvaltrucha gang members have been responsible for the execution of three federal agents and numerous shootings of law enforcement officers across the country.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1263555/posts (1990 words)

	NPR : The International Reach of the Mara Salvatrucha
		Ernesto Miranda, AKA Smokey, was a co-founder of the Mara Salvatrucha in Los Angeles and a former soldier in El Salvador's civil war.
		More 100 members of the gang — known as Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13 — have been arrested in six U.S. cities, and it's believed there are more than 50,000 MS-13 members in the United States alone.
		And some of the worst of those "monsters" — members of the Mara Salvatrucha — were created in Los Angeles, Calif. Immigrants from El Salvador living in the city's Pico Union area created the gang.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4539688 (736 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha, Social War and the Decline of the Revolutionary Movements in Central America.
		Mara Salvatrucha, Social War and the Decline of the Revolutionary Movements in Central America.
		The infamous Mara Salvatrucha and associated street gangs had made their presence felt on the rough streets.
		Mara Salvatrucha began life in the 90s on the streets of Los Angeles amongst the Salvadoran refugee community as a self-defense outfit.
	anarchism.ws /writers/ramor/salvatrucha.html (9255 words)

	Hand & Eye: Fifteen Years of the Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize
		Luis Rodriguez and Donna DeCesare have documented the rise of street gangs, specifically the Salvadoran gangs Mara Salvatrucha and 18th Street in Los Angeles, and its impact on young people, culture, and politics in the United States and in El Salvador.
		Just how much Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, has grown since then was evident this month when the Department of Homeland Security announced the arrests of 103 gang members in New York State, Miami, Washington, the Baltimore area, and Los Angeles.
		Mara Salvatrucha is now reported to operate in 31 states and five countries, with 100,000 members across Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
	cds.aas.duke.edu /exhibits/hand&eyemara.html (1030 words)

	FBI task force Mara Salvatrucha gang born in Los Angeles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The crackdown on the Mara Salvatrucha gang, also known as MS-13, was ordered by FBI Director Robert Mueller after several high-profile murders blamed on the gang in the suburbs of Washington.
		Authorities estimate that Mara Salvatrucha has between 30,000 and 50,000 members in half a dozen countries, including up to 10,000 members in the United States.
		Mara Salvatrucha is believed responsible for a Christmastime bus massacre in Honduras that killed 28 people, including six children.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/15/state/n054309D17.DTL&type=printable (383 words)

	fuckfrance.com - Al Qaeda - Mara Salvatrucha Gang Link - This Is Cause For Concern (828081) - Read article:
		The CIA fears Adnan el Shukrijumah, 29, a Yemeni with a £3m bounty on his head, is negotiating a deal to infiltrate terrorist network members into American cities to stage attacks in the run-up to the presidential elections in November.
		El Shukrijumah was identified during surveillance of a meeting of Mara Salvatrucha gang leaders in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, where security forces are on alert for al Qaeda operations against British, Spanish and US embassies.
		Mara Salvatrucha, whose first name is taken after a breed of soldier-ants, runs a base in Matamoros, Mexico, just south of the Texas state line, and controls street gangs in Los Angeles, Washington and New York.
	www.fuckfrance.com /read.html?postid=828081 (580 words)

	MS-13 Gang - Mara Salvatrucha 13
		The MS-13 gang, aka Mara Salvatrucha 13, is one of the most violently dangerous gangs in the United States - and one of the most organized.
		The Mara Salvatrucha gang moved into the Los Angeles area in the late 1980's as immigrants from El Salvador began arriving in the city.
		Once profits were recognized, Mara Salvatrucha cliques began to spread across the United States at an alarming rate.
	www.altereddimensions.net /crime/MS13Gang.htm (1800 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha Gang - MS-13
		It is believed they got their name from combining the name of “La Mara”, a violent street gang in El Salvador with Salvatruchas, a term used to denote members of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front.
		Quickly and unexpectedly, Mara Salvatrucha flourished in the prison system and recruitment began on the streets in El Salvador, while the gang continued to grow in the United States as well.
		With little direction and opportunities, many Central American youth admired the Mara Salvatrucha deportees and wanted to learn more about their gang.
	www.knowgangs.com /gang_resources/profiles/ms13 (1723 words)

	Liberals Are Dumb: Mara Salvatrucha and Special Order 40
		The arrests of the alleged members of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, are part of an ongoing effort by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) against what has become one of the most violent gangs in the USA.
		MS-13, which stands for La Mara Salvatrucha, is an extremely violent organization with roots in El Salvador, and boasts more than 100 ``hardcore members'' in East Boston who are suspected of brutal machete attacks, rapes and home invasions.
		This liberal policy supported by the wacky left-leaning LA city council has allowed the Mara Salvatrucha gang to grow in LA and to spawn intself into other parts of the country.
	liberalsaredumb.blogspot.com /2005/03/mara-salvatrucha-and-special-order-40.html (860 words)

	Gang members: Prison weapons easy to get - Americas - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Herman Ivan Aguirra, 19, a two-year member of Mara 18 from Guatemala City, said he and other prisoners were exercising when Mara Salvatrucha members seemingly came out of nowhere wielding knives, guns and grenades.
		It was followed by coordinated attacks by Mara Salvatrucha members against Mara 18 at six other prisons, they said.
		Mara 18 members recovering at the Escuintla Hospital said the two gangs are always fighting each other and that guards help them by providing them with weapons in exchange for bribes.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8976418 (781 words)

	American Renaissance News: Mara Salvatruchas to Take on the Minutemen Vigilantes
		The Mara Salvatruchas are known to cut the “testicles” of their enemies and feed them to their vicious dogs.
		He ignores that the jailed leader of the Mara Salvatrucha is the man who directed an attack on a bus full of civilians in Honduras that resulted in 28 deaths, all poor people and unarmed, the majority women and six young children, all machine-gunned.
		The Mara Salvatruchas are infamous in El Salvador and Hondorus for raping nuns and chopping off the hands of their rivals with machettes.
	www.amren.com /mtnews/archives/2005/03/mara_salvatruch.php (16163 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha Street Gang demand tattoo truce before talks - Brown Pride Forums (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bishop Romulo Emiliani said both main youth gangs, or ‘maras,’ also wanted President Manuel Zelaya’s guarantee their leaders would be safe after two were killed during failed talks with the Central American nation’s last government.
		The scale of youth gang violence in Honduras has forced two successive governments to attempt negotiations with the MS-13 maras akin to the 1990s peace talks that ended bloody civil wars with leftist guerrillas in neighboring El Salvador and Guatemala.
		The Mara Salvatrucha and the Mara 18, with an estimated 30,000 members, challenged Zelaya’s predecessor, President Ricardo Maduro, with a series of beheadings and an attack on a bus in 2004 that killed 28 people.
	www.brownpride.us /forum/showthread.php?t=99 (415 words)

	America's Most Dangerous Gang
		The name “Mara Salvatrucha–13,” breaks down into: “Mara” which is equivalent to “barrio, or neighborhood as used by U.S. Hispanic gangs, “Salva” refers to El Salvador, and “trucha” translates into “beware of.” The “13,” only denotes their preference in claiming southern Hispanic, as opposed to 14, which denotes northern Hispanic allegiance.
		Authorities said Mara Salvatrucha gang members moved into the Los Angeles area in the 1980s and developed a reputation for being organized and extremely violent.
		Mara Salvatrucha, also commonly known as 'MS-13' due to its members' proclivity for sporting tattoos of the number 13, is involved in a smorgasbord of illegal activity, including the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people across the Mexican border.
	www.apfn.org /apfn/MS-13.htm (16646 words)

	Mara Salvatrucha 13 - America's Most Dangerous Gang
		Spreading from El Salvador to L.A. and across the United States, Mara Salvatrucha 13 is increasingly well organized and deadly.
		Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) is unfortunately becoming everybody’s problem.
		Named for La Mara, a street in San Salvador, and the Salvatrucha guerillas who fought in El Salvador’s bloody civil war, Mara Salvatrucha 13 was organized in Los Angeles in the late ’80s.
	www.apfn.net /messageboard/02-16-05/discussion.cgi.6.html (2343 words)

	Blade Runner Nation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This blog is based on the similarity of modern California life to the nightmarish scenes depicted in the movie Blade Runner.
		The operation's scope and collaborative effort "sent a message to MS-13 and other like gangs that their criminal enterprise and the violence they perpetrate will not be tolerated," Swecker said.
		The Mara Salvatrucha (MS) gang was first formed in Los Angeles by young men from El Salvador.
	vikingphoenix.com /blog/brn/2005/09/mara-salvatrucha-blade-runner-nation.html (600 words)

	VDARE.com: 04/08/05 - "I’m Gang-American"—Salvadoran Illegals Want To Stay Where They Can Get Away With Murder
		For those among the Mara Salvatruchas who are US citizens or legal immigrants, they can get further career counseling and financial assistance through the Los Angeles-based CalWorks office.
		The Mara Salvatrucha, largely ignored for years, is finally drawing the attention of the F.B.I. and the governments of Central America.
		The Mara Salvatruchas are human boomerangs with deeply entrenched violent habits.
	www.vdare.com /guzzardi/050408_gang.htm (1103 words)

	VZLNO’s BLOG » Blog Archive » Mara Salvatrucha: The New Face of Organized Crime? - Stratfor Terrorism ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The face of organized crime in the United States is indeed changing, but what is occurring now with the Mara Salvatrucha is not a new phenomenon but rather part of an identifiable cycle in the realm of criminal groups.
		Latin “maras” (the word “mara” is Spanish for “gang”;) are merely the latest in a long line of immigrant gangs —; including Irish, Chinese, Jewish, Italian and, more recently, Vietnamese and Russian — to spring up in American slums.
		It is important to understand that the widely discussed Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is a product of this American gang culture and not, as it is sometimes portrayed, a Central American export.
	www.vzlnosblog.com /?p=231 (2204 words)

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