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THE MOST DANGEROUS GANG IN AMERICA.
- Source :
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Newsweek . 3/28/2005, Vol. 145 Issue 13, p22-25. 4p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Profiles the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the efforts of law enforcement to combat their illegal activity. Details of several murders and violent acts attributed to the gang; Claim that the Mara Salvatrucha gang consists of nearly 10,000 members across 33 U.S. states; Report that the gang consists primarily of Central American immigrants in the U.S., with branches of the gang in Central America; Origins of the gang in Los Angeles, California among refugees from a civil war in El Salvador; Activities of the gang, including drug trafficking, theft, and violence; Efforts of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest and punish gang members.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00289604
- Volume :
- 145
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Newsweek
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 16479562