MS-13

**Mara Salvatrucha**
Mara Salvatrucha
	Mara Salvatrucha gang member with gang's name tattooed on his back
Founded	1980s
In	Westlake, Los Angeles, California
Years active	1980s–present
Territory	El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; United States;
Ethnicity	Mostly Salvadorans, Hondurans, and Guatemalans
Membership	8,000–10,000 (US); 30,000–50,000 (worldwide)
Criminal activities	Drug trafficking, illegal immigration, robbery, larceny, human trafficking, extortion, murder, money laundering, prostitution, racketeering, battery, kidnapping, and arms trafficking
Allies	Other Sureños gangs; Mexican Mafia; Los Zetas
Rivals	18th Street gang (Barrio 18); Norteños and affiliated gangs

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Mara Salvatrucha (also known as MS-13) is one of the most dangerous gangs in the world.^[source?] They are mostly Salvadorian.^[source?]

References

↑ "National Gang Threat Assessment". fbi.gov. National Gang Intelligence Center. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
↑ Ronczkowski, Michael R. (2006). Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis and Investigations, Second Edition. CRC Press. pp. 102–103. ISBN 9780849378508. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Bryjak, George J.; Barkan, Steven E. (2011). Fundamentals of criminal justice : a sociological view (2nd. ed.). Sudbury, Massacheusetts: Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 115. ISBN 9780763754242. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
↑ "Zetas and MS-13 Join Forces in Guatemala". Fox News Latino. Fox News Network. Associated Press. April 7, 2012. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
↑ "MS13". 27 March 2017.

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[National_Gang_Threat_Assessment-1] "National Gang Threat Assessment". fbi.gov. National Gang Intelligence Center. Retrieved June 19, 2012.

[2] Ronczkowski, Michael R. (2006). Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis and Investigations, Second Edition. CRC Press. pp. 102–103. ISBN 9780849378508. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[bryjak-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Bryjak, George J.; Barkan, Steven E. (2011). Fundamentals of criminal justice : a sociological view (2nd. ed.). Sudbury, Massacheusetts: Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 115. ISBN 9780763754242. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[4] "Zetas and MS-13 Join Forces in Guatemala". Fox News Latino. Fox News Network. Associated Press. April 7, 2012. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.

[urlMS13-5] "MS13". 27 March 2017.

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