[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

A Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a PoliceMag.com article: "AMERICA'S MOST DANGEROUS GANG Spreading from El Salvador to L.A. and across the United States, Mara Salvatucha 13 is increasingly well organized and deadly" by Shelly Feuer Domash (February 20, 2005) (Read More...)

Google News Search Term: "MARA SALVATRUCHA" (Read More...)

Google News Search Term: "MS-13" (Read More...)

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[XHogPilot]

This article does not even begin to describe to extent of MS13. Mara Salvatrucha, the MS-13 gang, a network of Marxist paramilitary guerillas from El Salvador, is one of the most dangerous Latino gangs in the United States. It is unique among gangs within the US in that it maintains active ties with members and factions in El Salvador. More than one million people fled from El Salvador civil war in the 80s and 90s. The Salvadorian refugees and immigrants initially settled California and Washington, D.C.. Some had ties with La Mara, a violent street gang from El Salvador. Others had been members of the Marxist paramilitary group Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMNL) during the war. FMNL was made up of Salvadorian peasants who were trained as Marxist guerilla fighters. Many were adept at using explosives, firearms, and booby traps. Most settled in the established Hispanic neighborhoods of the "Rampart" area of Los Angeles. In the late 1980s, members of La Mara and FMNL formed what is now known as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) street gang in Los Angeles. MS quickly developed a reputation for being organized and extremely violent. MS membership continues to be fed by refugees from groups like FMNL. Further reading:

• Google: "MS 13 gang" OR "MS-13 gang" OR "Mara Salvatrucha"
• More on Mara Salvatrucha and terrorist networks
• Gang References: MS13
• Nat'l Alliance of Gang Investigators Assoc
• Know Gangs: Mara Salvatrucha
• MS-13 Gang Took a Vote On Slaying, Court Told
• Gang linked to Honduras massacre of 28 (MS-13)
• El Salvador vote recalls cold-war power play (FMNL today)
• Google: Faribundo Marti National Liberation Front

[XHogPilot]

MS13 is no stranger to FreeRepublic:
Eastie gang linked to al-Qaeda, Jan 5, 2005. Excellent links and background included in discussion.

[pawdoggie]

Why don't these news-traitors just broadcast the address and phone number for MS-13 in Mexico? I don't believe that MS-13 (or the Federales, Rurales and Locales they bribe to stay in business) are stupid enough to bring in any Al-Qaeda types into the US. Disclosure of their involvement would not only result in the kind of border backlash a Michael Savage would love, but it would effectively seal MS-13's fate. They may be audacious risk takers, but even a coke-fueled maniac would avoid that kind of trouble.

[Cindy]

MichelleMalkin.com: "MS-13 WATCH: NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN" by Michelle Malkin (March 14, 2005) (Read More...)

[UCANSEE2]

I see organized crime is rolling out the big guns.