The United States government’s designation of the MS-13 as a transnational criminal organization on a par with Mexico’s Zetas raises questions of whether the group really deserves this label — InSight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Police in El Salvador have arrested more than 400 gang members in one of the largest nation-wide ...

Hundreds of alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-A3) gang were tried at an El Salvador prison on Thursday, accused of collectively carrying out more than 29,000 murders. Mass trials are a ...

Trial opens against the leaders of MS-13, accused of rebellion and of ordering a massacre that triggered the country’s state of emergency ...

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The two most famous exports of El Salvador are rivals. Unfortunately, they are also ferocious gangs: Mara 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha. They have exported their gang culture — learned by expatriates ...

One of Latin America's largest and most powerful street gangs has come to be known by a simple moniker: Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. And the garish tattoos that adorn the faces and torsos of its ...