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'''Mara Salvatrucha''' (or '''MS''', '''Mara''', and '''MS-13''') is a transnational [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_gang criminal gang] that originated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles Los Angeles] and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas. In the U.S., MS-13 has an especially heavy presence in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County Los Angeles County] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area San Francisco Bay Area] in Northern California; the Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas of Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County, Maryland; Long Island, New York; the Boston, Massachusetts area; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Houston, Texas. There is also a presence of MS-13 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Members of MS distinguish themselves by tattoos covering the body and also often the face, as well as the use of their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language sign language]. They are notorious for their use of grotesque violence and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture subcultural] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_code moral code] that predominantly consists of merciless revenge and cruel retributions. This cruelty of the distinguished members of the "Maras" or "Mareros" earned them a path to be recruited by the [[Sinaloa Cartel]] battling against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas Los Zetas] in an ongoing drug war south of the United States border. Their wide-ranging activities have drawn the attention of the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation FBI] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement Immigration and Customs Enforcement], who have initiated wide-scale raids against known and suspected gang members – netting hundreds of arrests across the country. They are rivals with the [[18th Street Gang]]. New members who join are brutally beaten and the primary weapon used by the gang are machete's and knife with blades that are about 60cm long.

Members of MS distinguish themselves by tattoos covering the body and also often the face, as well as the use of their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language sign language]. They are notorious for their use of grotesque violence and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture subcultural] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_code moral code] that predominantly consists of merciless revenge and cruel retributions. This cruelty of the distinguished members of the "Maras" or "Mareros" earned them a path to be recruited by the [[Sinaloa Cartel]] battling against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas Los Zetas] in an ongoing drug war south of the United States border. Their wide-ranging activities have drawn the attention of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation FBI] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement Immigration and Customs Enforcement], who have initiated wide-scale raids against known and suspected gang members – netting hundreds of arrests across the country. They are rivals with the [[18th Street Gang]]. New members who join are brutally beaten and the primary weapon used by the gang are machete's and knife with blades that are about 60cm long.

==Crimes==

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 '''Mara Salvatrucha''' (or '''MS''', '''Mara''', and '''MS-13''') is a transnational [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_gang criminal gang] that originated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles Los Angeles] and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas. In the U.S., MS-13 has an especially heavy presence in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County Los Angeles County] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area San Francisco Bay Area] in Northern California; the Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas of Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County, Maryland; Long Island, New York; the Boston, Massachusetts area; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Houston, Texas. There is also a presence of MS-13 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
-Members of MS distinguish themselves by tattoos covering the body and also often the face, as well as the use of their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language sign language]. They are notorious for their use of grotesque violence and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture subcultural] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_code moral code] that predominantly consists of merciless revenge and cruel retributions. This cruelty of the distinguished members of the "Maras" or "Mareros" earned them a path to be recruited by the [[Sinaloa Cartel]] battling against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas Los Zetas] in an ongoing drug war south of the United States border. Their wide-ranging activities have drawn the attention of the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation FBI] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement Immigration and Customs Enforcement], who have initiated wide-scale raids against known and suspected gang members – netting hundreds of arrests across the country. They are rivals with the [[18th Street Gang]]. New members who join are brutally beaten and the primary weapon used by the gang are machete's and knife with blades that are about 60cm long.
+Members of MS distinguish themselves by tattoos covering the body and also often the face, as well as the use of their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language sign language]. They are notorious for their use of grotesque violence and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture subcultural] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_code moral code] that predominantly consists of merciless revenge and cruel retributions. This cruelty of the distinguished members of the "Maras" or "Mareros" earned them a path to be recruited by the [[Sinaloa Cartel]] battling against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas Los Zetas] in an ongoing drug war south of the United States border. Their wide-ranging activities have drawn the attention of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation FBI] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement Immigration and Customs Enforcement], who have initiated wide-scale raids against known and suspected gang members – netting hundreds of arrests across the country. They are rivals with the [[18th Street Gang]]. New members who join are brutally beaten and the primary weapon used by the gang are machete's and knife with blades that are about 60cm long.
 ==Crimes==