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Running head: MS-13 GANG 1

MS-13 Gang

Student’s Name

Institution of Affiliation

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MS-13 GANG 2

MS-13 GANG

(MARA SALVATRUCHA)

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The act of claiming control over a particular territory in a cooperative society by a

group or brand of associates or members who have a clear leadership either jointly or

independently based on a violent or prohibited behavior. Mainly Central Americans are

considered the victims of MS-13 where several are well-thought-out to be minors.

Several of suspects arrested for killings credited to MS-13 are made of minors. The

adamancy of most school districts getting migrants from Central America was not willing

to admit teenagers who were unaccompanied as they came from Central America, that

left them home on their own and at risk of being recruited by gangs which were

habitually through forcing. In El Salvador, the recruitment of children was usually done

as they were traveling to church, school, and work. Youths are believed to be notorious

for their viciousness including cultural and moral code grounding on the reason they are

arrested since they are usually overwhelmed into some gang during incarceration based

on merciless retribution (Watkins, 2007). A ritual branded as a "beat-in is adopted as an

initiation to join the gang where contenders are beaten for 13 seconds.

Mara Salvatrucha, commonly recognized and branded as MS-13, is identified as a

globally criminal gang which started during the period of the 1970s and 1980s in Los

Angeles, California. The term ‘mara’ adopted in Central America means gang, the word

‘salva’ referred to El Salvador and ‘trucha’ is jargoned for clever. Historically the term

Salvatrucha described the guerilla fighters who were a group of peasants. The gang

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Running head: MS-13 GANG 1 MS-13 Gang Student’s Name Institution of Affiliation MS-13 GANG 2 MS-13 GANG (MARA SALVATRUCHA) INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION The act of claiming control over a particular territory in a cooperative society by a group or brand of associates or members who have a clear leadership either jointly or independently based on a violent or prohibited behavior. Mainly Central Americans are considered the victims of MS-13 where several are well-thought-out to be minors. Several of suspects arrested for killings credited to MS-13 are made of minors. The adamancy of most school districts getting migrants from Central America was not willing to admit teenagers who were unaccompanied as they came from Central America, that left them home on their own and at risk of being recruited by gangs which were habitually through forcing. In El Salvador, the recruitment of children was usually done as they were traveling to church, school, and work. Youths are believed to be notorious for their viciousness including cultural and moral code grounding on the reason they are arrested since they are usually overwhelmed into some gang during incarceration based on merciless retribution (Watkins, 2007). A ritual branded as a "beat-in is adopted as an initiation to join the gang where contenders are beaten for 13 seconds. Mara Salvatrucha, commonly recognized and branded as MS-13, is identified as a globally criminal gang which started during the period of the 1970s ...
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