The Most Dangerous Gang in America. Arian Campo-Flores.
by Campo-Flores, Arian; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 67Institutions. Publisher: Newsweek, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Gang violence | Gangs | Law enforcement | Mara Salvatrucha (Gang)DDC classification: 050 Summary: This article provides a glimpse into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's efforts to combat the proliferation of the most violent and fastest-growing street gang in the United States. The gang, known as Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 is "composed of mostly Salvadorans and other Central Americans--many of them undocumented" (NEWSWEEK) and "has a uniquely international profile, with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 members in 33 states in the United States (out of more than 700,000 gang members overall), and tens of thousands more in Central America."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Most Dangerous Gang in America, March 28, 2005; pp. 22-25.
This article provides a glimpse into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's efforts to combat the proliferation of the most violent and fastest-growing street gang in the United States. The gang, known as Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 is "composed of mostly Salvadorans and other Central Americans--many of them undocumented" (NEWSWEEK) and "has a uniquely international profile, with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 members in 33 states in the United States (out of more than 700,000 gang members overall), and tens of thousands more in Central America."
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