Members of the 18th street gang gather together at the Cojutepeque Jail in El Salvador. The gang's war with the Mara Salvatrucha is the main reason why sexual violence against women has ...

Five months into a historic ceasefire between El Salvador’s street gangs, El Faro profiles the complex history of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). While the MS-13 is more commonly associated ...

President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on ...

Besides their role in keeping El Salvador’s homicide rates high, the gangs are also believed to be behind much of the extortion in the country. Extortion is thought to be the biggest earner for these ...

The current situation in El Salvador is one of the less-inspiring examples of the long-standing social and economic ties between the United States and Latin American countries, he argues.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP ... two prosecution officials who allegedly collaborated with members of "Mara" street gangs. Some of them were accused of helping expedite or fix judicial ...

Many who have crossed paths with him are reluctant to speak openly, saying even an offhand comment about gangs can get you killed in El Salvador. Mara Salvatrucha and the rival Barrio 18 gang ...

Las maras, as the gangs are known, brought El Salvador to its knees, robbing, raping and slaughtering with impunity. In one attack that made international headlines, gang members sprayed a bus ...

New rules passed by El Salvador’s congress Wednesday ... President Nayib Bukele’s war on the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gangs, which began last year when the leader declared ...

El Paso FBI leader talks of immigration enforcement, Tren de Aragua gang and more The reputed gang member was arrested on Friday, May 30, in the 16 de Septiembre neighborhood in western ...

Simultaneously, the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has also become ... go back to Venezuela instead of dealing with the Mara prisons in El Salvador,” Claver-Carone said. Claver-Carone spoke ...