Elmer De Jesus Alas Candray was promoted for his work killing suspected rivals and rebels within the Salvadoran group.

It comes after a harsh crackdown on the country’s gangs by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Bukele suspended key ...

Cortez, 25, of Silver Spring, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by the Circuit Court for ...

The crackdown has fueled human rights criticisms but has resulted in a sharp drop in violence in El Salvador, once plagued by the warring Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 gangs. Despite ...

Those threats, Bove wrote, are cartels and other transnational criminal organizations, such as Tren de Aragua (TdA) and La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), which "are a scourge on society resulting in an ...

Marvin Medrano, 'Sayco', has "MS" for Mara Salvatrucha tattooed on his torso… forever. He's serving 100 years in the mega-prison for gang members built... Honduras President Xiomara Castro summoned ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order saying the United States will designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a move that could push a militarized agenda for the border ...