This primer provides policing, law enforcement, and homeland security professionals a general, yet comprehensive, overview concerning the transnational street and in some international localesprison gang mara salvatrucha ms or ms. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Revue conflits histoire, geopolitiquen relations internationales. Jul 01, 2009 okay, this is for the mara salvatrucha is the title of the book, but the subtitle is. Mara salvatrucha ms, international gang involved in drug and human smuggling, prostitution, murder, and extortion, among other illegal activities. Mss active members are laughing at trumps crackdown hbo. The transnational gang mara salvatrucha ms, the 18th street gang, and other drug trafficking organizations represent a challenge to a number of central and latin american governments reveron, 2010. The mara salvatrucha ms is a violent criminal gang operating both in the united states and abroadnamely central america. Mara salvatrucha, or ms, is a transnational, mainly hispanic, street gang notorious for its adherence to a methodology of extreme violence to enforce fear and establish street credibility. Pdf rising from humble beginnings as a street gang formed by salvadorian. Immigration and refugee board of canada 14 july 2014 slv104900. The imminent threat inside our borders and throughout the continent by mary kathryn katy barlean an honors thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from the western oregon university honors program dr.
Where does ms mara salvatrucha name come from business. The english translation of the spanish word salvatrucha means clever salvadorian. The presence and activities of mara salvatrucha ms or ms and of barrio 18 mara 18 or m. Thats where the gang came up with the nick name ms.
Mara salvatrucha international criminal gang britannica. Inside the ms, americas most violent gang, which led me to believe i was getting an insiders testimony, or at the very least, someone that was remotely associated with the mara salvatrucha, telling their all about the gang. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Insight crime and clals ms in the americas 6 this report is divided into five sections. The mara salvatrucha ms is one of the worlds largest and arguably most violent street. Les maras ou marabuntas sont des gangs armes principalement impliques dans des affaires.
Tracing the development of mara salvatrucha will help to demonstrate the impact globalization trends have made on this organization. Like any american teenager, brenda paz spent much of her time with her friends. The group is the byproduct of war, migration and policy, and it has a footprint in a half dozen nations. The in ms was adopted after ms aligned under the sureno meaning southern in spanish umbrella to demonstrate. This paper will describe some of the unique characteristics that mara salvatrucha exhibits as an organization. The mexican mafia uses the number thirteen m as the thirteenth letter of the alphabet, so as maras joined up, they became the mara salvatrucha. Jul 12, 2009 samuel logans this is for the mara salvatrucha is in essence the story of an ms gangster named brenda paz, a honduran immigrant who, at 15, became involved with ms and then, facing jail.
Mara salvatrucha ms and their violent world pageiii abstract. The ms is involved in numerous criminal enterprises including trafficking in. Ms in the united states and federal law enforcement efforts. Explaining the origins and history of how the mara salvatrucha became established will be the first step in understanding how the cycle of violence has begun.
Origins of ms mara salvatrucha name business insider. A second influx of salvadoran refugees formed the rival group, mara salvatrucha, in the late 1980s. To obtain a pdf copy of an rir attachment please email basesdedonnees. Insight crime and clals m in the erias 3 the mara salvatrucha ms is one of the worlds largest and arguably most violent street gangs. Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization. The mara salvatrucha and 18th street gangs represent a clear and present threat to the national security of many countries. Both globalization and ms are complex, but one must understand both if one hopes to stem the growth of this destabilizing organization.
The influx of illegal alien gang members crossing the border into texas in 2014, along with reports of extremely violent murders committed by its members. The most common belief is that the word mara refers to the spanish word for gang, and salvatrucha which is spanish slang for salvadoran army ant. We begin by chronicling the multinational history of the ms. Ms is from the word mara salvatrucha and the number is from the thirteenth letter of the alphabet which is m. Meconnus en france, les maras sont pourtant les gangs les plus prolifiques d amerique centrale. Find highquality mara salvatrucha stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. There is some dispute about the etymology of the name. Sep 22, 2017 mss active members are laughing at trumps crackdown hbo vice news. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us. Inside the ms, americas most violent gang logan, samuel on. We then turn to the gangs philosophy, its guiding principles and ideology. Ms is one of the largest gangs in the united states yet. Mara salvatrucha ms has emerged as a top tier gang threat in texas for 2015. This pdf is provided for individual research purposes only.
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