MS-13 is an American gang that originated in Los Angeles, California.
MS-13 - Wikipedia
from your link it sounds like illegal immigrants made up the gang
History
The Mara Salvatrucha gang originated in Los Angeles, set up in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants in the city's
Pico-Union neighborhood who immigrated to the United States after the Central American civil wars of the 1980s.
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Originally the gang's main purpose was to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other, more established gangs of Los Angeles, who were predominantly composed of Mexicans and African-Americans.
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Many Mara Salvatrucha gang members from the Los Angeles area have been deported after being arrested.
[25] For example, Jose Abrego, a high-ranking member, was deported four times.
[26] As a result of these deportations, members of MS-13 have recruited more members in their home countries.
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Los Angeles Times contends that deportation policies have contributed to the size and influence of the gang both in the United States and in Central America.
[25] According to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment, "The gang is estimated to have 30,000 to 50,000 members and associate members worldwide, 8,000 to 10,000 of whom reside in the United States.
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Since the first decade of the twenty-first century the gang has expanded into the Washington, D.C. area, in particular the areas of
Langley Park and
Takoma Park, Maryland.
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In 2004 the US FBI started the MS-13 National Gang Task Force. The FBI also began teaming with law enforcement in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.
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In 2005 the office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement started
Operation Community Shield. By 2011 this operation had made over 20,000 arrests, including more than 3,000 arrests of alleged MS-13 members.
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NYPD said that MS-13 were responsible for 17 murders between January 2016 and April 2016 in Long Island.
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On July 28, 2017, one day after 113 suspected MS-13 gang members were arrested by Salvadoran authorities,
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Donald Trump declared his goal of "eradicating" MS-13, calling them "animals" whose victims "die slowly because that way it's more painful."
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In an interview with
Bill Ritter in late 2017,
Nassau County, New York District Attorney
Madeline Singas, referring to crimes committed by MS-13 gang members, stated: "The crimes that we're talking about are brutal. Their weapon of choice is a machete. We end up seeing people with injuries that I've never seen before. You know, limbs hacked off. And that's what the bodies look like that we're recovering. So they're brutal. They're ruthless, and we're gonna be relentless in our attacks against them."
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