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The case is ongoing, and it remains to be seen whether the two Mara members in El Salvador will face legal consequences. The obvious collaboration between the DC-based Maras and their El Salvadoran ...
Una noche cualquiera, en El Salvador, al menos 10 personas morirán asesinadas. La culpa, dicen, la tiene la proliferación de las pandillas, conocidas aquí como “maras”, que operan con total impunidad.
Major update after Kilmar Armando Ábrego García was ‘accidentally’ deported from US to El Salvador and threatened with ...
El Salvador's street gangs have been ambushing police with military-grade weapons, leading to fears the gangs, for the first time, have police outgunned. Is the Salvadoran military the source of their ...
El Salvador native arrives in Baltimore for ICE check-in just days after being informed that the Trump administration intends ...
New rules passed by El Salvador’s congress will allow courts to try accused gang members in group trials, in an effort to expedite tens of thousands of criminal cases for those detained under ...
Violence has surged in El Salvador since a 2012 truce between the Barrio 18 network and its rival Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) broke down in 2014. The self-styled “revolutionaries” are an offshoot ...
A court in El Salvador held a virtual mass hearing on against 492 gang leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha for more than 37,000 crimes.
Salvadoran authorities captured 120 members and associates of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday, part of a broad offensive to curb the escalation of gang ...
The two most famous exports of El Salvador are rivals. Unfortunately, they are also ferocious gangs: Mara 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha. They have exported their gang culture — learned by ...
Este artículo aborda el caso de organizaciones juveniles conocidas como "maras" en El Salvador. Su propósito es mostrar estos grupos de jóvenes como problema de investigación para las ciencias ...