The Gangs of El Salvador

gangs ms-13 mara salvatrucha
Robert Nickelsberg for TIME

Loyalty
A member of MS-13 shows off his tattoos. MS-13 is slang for Mara Salvatrucha, which translates loosely as "street-tough Salvadorans."

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