vincenzo4 said:
Do you even know where Mount Vernon and Commonwealth is located?
MS-13 started in Los Angeles and you can thank the left aka Democrats for handcuffing LAPD and the INS agents back then-and the proliferation of MS-13 to 30 states today.
Do you know what the term MS-13 represents?
Name and influences
The word
mara means gang in "Caliche", Salvadoran slang, and is taken from "marabunta", the name of a local type of ant known for its fierce behavior and defense of the colony. "Salvatrucha" is a portmanteau of Salvadoran and trucha (literally trout) a local Salvadoran-Spanish word for being alert, vigilant, at the ready (usually entailing preparedness for crime, or abuse from police): "El significado de salvatrucha es ponerse listo, trucha, abusado
" <SUP class=reference id=_ref-1>[2]</SUP>. "Mara Salvatrucha" is also commonly translated as "Salvadoran Gang," identifying the gang's roots in guerilla-trained partisans within El Salvador, Nicaragua,Guatemala, and Honduras. Members of this group control rails and roadways in these areas, transporting contraband, weapons, illegals, and other cargo throughout the Americas.
The gang's name is commonly abbreviated as
MS-13,
Mara,
MS, and is composed of mostly Salvadorans. At first the gang was called "MSS" (Mara Salvatrucha Stoners). When the gang first started, they were into heavy metal and punk rock but later adopted the "
cholo" way of dress. Though the gang is mostly made up of men and boys, some girls join the gang as well, although this is rare. The gang originated among Salvadoran immigrants living in
Los Angeles and
Orange County (primarily
Santa Ana and
Anaheim) but it has since spread to other parts of
North America. It has spread to 33 US states. Other locations of "MS-13" activity are
Philadelphia,
New York City,
Long Island, and
Tampa Bay. It emerged in El Savador in the
1980s during
El Salvador's violent civil war and is estimated
as of 2005 to have 50,000 members in Central America and between 8,000 and 10,000 members in the United States.
Although founded among immigrants in the United States, Mara Salvatrucha now has its largest presence in El Salvador. Much of this is due to the United States' policy of deporting convicted members back to their
country of origin. Back in El Salvador, these deportees have recruited more members, including new members who emigrate illegally to the United States. <SUP class=reference id=_ref-2>
[3]</SUP>
The gangs have moved from beyond their Salvadoran, Mexican and Los Angeles origins and can be found in
Belize, western
Honduras,
Guatemala,
Canada,
Mexico, and over 30
U.S. states, most significantly in
Washington, D.C. in the
Maryland and
Virginia suburbs,
Dallas, Texas,
Long Island, New York, the
New York City area, and in the
Boston, Massachusetts area. Some sets have even been found in
Spain,
Italy, and
Belgium. Not many of the founding members remain, and the original purpose of forming the MS-13 has become lost to the gang's membership. Many original members belonged to left-wing insurgent groups and right-wing death squads that disintegrated following the end of the war.
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You go girl.....