TrashDispatch- The World’s Most Dangerous Street Gang

Trash Dispatch:

The World’s Most Dangerous Street Gang

The suburbs of the US are no longer the same as those immortalised in 1950s movies, with white families living in big houses and the father driving off to work in his Buick, past manicured lawns.

An alleged Mara Salvatrucha gang member in El Salvador
MS-13 gang members are often heavily tattooed

These days, it is more likely that English will not even be the first language you hear on the streets.Vicious street gangs, committed to violence, have spread throughout the Americas and are now a significant threat in the US. MS-13 - or Mara Salvatrucha - is the biggest and fastest-growing of the Latin American street gangs. In Maryland alone, MS-13 members are accused of being responsible for a long series of violent crimes including murder.

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