Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang and US-designated terrorist organization [17] that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in …

2017年4月19日 · A string of brutal murders in the US has thrown a national spotlight on MS-13, a street gang that was born in LA but has roots in El Salvador.

6 天之前 · Last night, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arrested in New York for his alleged role in a conspiracy responsible for 11 murders. Joel Vargas-Escobar, also known as Momia, was indicted the District of Nevada and charged with racketeering conspiracy that involved 11 murders. Vargas-Escobar is also charged ...

MS-13, which is short for La Mara Salvatrucha, is a gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from El Salvador. In the United States, MS-13 has been functioning since at least the 1980s. The name “Mara Salvatrucha” is a combination of several slang terms. The word “Mara” is the term used in El Salvador for “gang.”

2025年3月19日 · Earlier today, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arraigned on a four-count indictment charging him, along with a dozen other high-ranking MS-13 leaders, with directing the transnational criminal organization’s unlawful activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico, and elsewhere over the past two ...

3 天之前 · The presence of MS-13 in Mexico is not new. They have been present along the migrant route, primarily in Tapachula, since at least the early 2000s. For several years, they controlled a section of the train route known as La Bestia , on whose back thousands of migrants travel in their quest to reach the United States.

2024年11月5日 · NEW YORK — A 49-count superseding indictment filed on Nov. 4 includes new charges relating to murders allegedly ordered and committed by national leaders, members and associates of the violent transnational criminal organization La …

4 天之前 · Tres presuntos miembros de la pandilla MS-13 fueron acusados a nivel federal en relación con un asesinato ocurrido hace una década en Florida, anunció el viernes la fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Pam Bondi, buscando resaltar el impulso del gobierno del presidente Donald Trump para someter a juicio a las pandillas violentas.. Bondi, junto con varios funcionarios de las fuerzas del orden ...

6 天之前 · La MS-13 cuenta con más de 10,000 miembros que realizan actividades pandilleras regularmente en al menos 10 estados y Washington, D.C., y miles más realizan actividades pandilleras en ...

4 天之前 · Nueve personas presuntamente vinculadas con la pandilla MS-13 fueron acusadas por su participación en cuatro homicidios cometidos entre 2014 y 2015 en el sur de Florida, informó el Departamento ...