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MS-13

A young man is detained by the police, a suspect in a homicide near a market in San Salvador, El Salvador
Violence
El Salvador declares state of emergency amid killings
Hundreds of inmates are shown wearing only underware and sitting crammed together in rows.
Justice
El Salvador lines up semi-naked gang members for grim prison photos
A group of migrants cross a shallow river and met with border agents in green uniforms.
Immigration
Some Salvadoran migrants look to other nations for refuge as US tightens border
Police stand along barricades while protesters hold signs about the MS-13 gang.
Immigration
Trump threatens to cut aid to countries he claims send MS-13 members to US
Prisoners flash the MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha street gang hand sign from inside a jail cell at a police station in San Salvador.
Conflict
The ‘alien threat’ street gang MS-13 was actually made in the USA
Handwritten notations on a school resource officer's police report tagged Lemus as a member of the 18th Street gang.
Conflict
On Nantucket, a teenage migrant gets swept up in a crackdown on Salvadoran gangs
Man in baseball cap, close up, sitting at table with microphone and other panelists.
Justice
The US government is targeting MS-13, but a former gang member says arrests alone won’t solve the problem