The Americas’ Worst Nightmare: Mara Salvatrucha

Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), with more than 70,000 members worldwide, is the most dangerous gang in the world. MS-13 began to feel pain, that is why they are so dangerous. In the 1970s, like the El Salvador, many Central American countries civil war. Refugees ran away from the country and emigrated to cities like Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, a new race, mainly in El Salvador and Honduras, was persecuted by African Americans and Mexicans, minority ethnic groups.

Mara Salvatrucha in Guatemala is mainly protection, power and recognition, El Salvador's Mara Salvatrucha talks about protection, power, and brotherhood; Honduras Mara Salvatrucha expresses recognition, power, and expression Brotherhood. In the El Salvador, they mentioned brotherhood love, protection and power; in Honduras protection, power and brotherly love did not know whether most of the 18 members of Pandilla in Guatemala did not respond

Group management The reaction that occurs when they are asked that they have nothing to do with the most is a dichotomy of "nothing". Members of Mara Salvatrucha in El Salvador responded that they prefer "everything" to members of Pandilla 18 like Guatemala's Mara Salvatrucha. In Honduras there was a special case, and most of the two gangs replied that they do not like "everything" (Pandila 18: 43%; Mara Salvatorecha: 34%)

When Mara Salvatrucha was first established their goal was to protect themselves from other Los Angeles gangs. Many former members of Mara Salvatrucha are related to violent group gangsters from El Salvador called La Mara. Some others were formerly paramilitary groups. The Farabendmart National Liberation Front (FMNL) is an organization composed of Salvadoran trained in guerrilla warfare. Many of this group are familiar with the use of explosives, traps, and other guns (Valdez, 2000).

In El Salvador, there are an estimated 25,000 gang members and an additional 9,000 are in prison. The most famous gang, known as Maras in Salvador, Spain, is Mara Salvaturca of 18th Avenue and its competitor, Malas was hunted by the death row including Sombra Negra. Recent competitors include emerging Mala, The Rebels 13. Criminal Youth Gang dominates the life of Salvador and it is estimated that at least 60,000 young people belong to this gang. El Salvador is the most homicidal country in the world and it is also part of Central America's Gang Crisis Center and at the same time it is also considered as neighboring Guatemala and Honduras