Ms-13 Essay

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MS-13 History and Origins

The Mara Salvatrucha gang originated in Los Angeles, in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants in the neighborhood between Pico and Wilshire also know as the city's Pico-Union neighborhood. They immigrated to the United States Due to a 12-year civil war in El Salvador, which resulted in over 100,000 deaths and over a million refugees(www.ms13gang.com). The Salvadorian refugees and immigrants predominantly settled in southern California and Washington, D.C. Some of the refugees and immigrants had ties with La Mara, a violent street gang from El Salvador. Others had been members the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMNL) during the El Salvadorian civil war(Rimmer, 2009). FMNL was made up of …show more content…
When we asked him why he had so many tattoos he said it is “to imprint you, to honor who you are.” Many members of MS-13 along with our informant had a tattoo of 3 dots. The three-dot tattoo signifies the three places MS will lead you: jail, hospital or the Cemetery(Rimmer, 2009). Our informant told of this early in the interview when we asked him what the gang believed in. All symbols are displayed right side up. To have a symbol or a name upside down is to show disrespect to the other groups(Sims). Some other notable tattoos are: * Star patterns- Every point on the star is a year in prison served. * Open tear drop- A gang member has been killed. * Filled tear drop- A gang member killed, and the retaliation has been carried out. * 13 or XIII or X3- Sureno 13 gang or for the 13th letter in the alphabet (M) * Zip codes or area codes- Territory of a gang * M- La eme or the Mexican mafia * Black hand- Sureno 13 * Cross- Weapons supplier * 3 pronged pitch fork- Enforcer * 3 vertical lines- Robber * 3 vertical lines with a 5 point star underneath- Kidnapper * 3 vertical lines over 2 horizontal lines- Drug dealer * Heart over “madre” (mother)- Executioner (Sims) The most common hand sign used by MS members is the letter “M” formed

The MS-13 Gang

is the MS 13 gang? Well it stands for Mara Salvatrucha which is commonly abbreviated as MS-13. However, to go into more detail it is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas. The gang was initially composed of refugees from El Salvador in the Pico Union neighborhood. The MS-13 gang leaders…

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Mara Salvatrucha 13 Or MS-13?

Mara Salvatrucha 13, aka MS-13. Founded in 1980s by young Salvadorian immigrants who began to be tormented by other street gangs, they decided to retaliate. Mara is Salvadorian for “group” or “clique” while Salvatrucha is commonly known to mean “street smart”. Why 13? The founding members chose 13 when the Mara Salvatrucha aligned themselves with the Mexican mafia, they embraced “13” as part of their name out of respect, because “M” is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet. MS-13 members are almost…

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Dna Evidence Case Study

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The Immigrant In Americ An Analysis Of Moral Panic

The title is, “What is MS-13, the violent gang Trump vowed to target?”, the title essentially states that there is a villian, and a hero who has vowed to defeat them. Kaitlyn tells us that this violent gang was started by Central American immigrants, a majority of them from El…

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student behavioral observation Essay

Uriel was observed on 10/18/13 in his math class. At the start of the observation, Uriel seemed on task as the class worked independently at their desks on “warm up” problems. Uriel sat facing the far wall from the door while Ms. Anderson lectured from the overhead located to Uriel’s right. Once Ms. Anderson began to go over the “warm up” answers, Uriel sat quietly jotting on his paper and was not engaged in the class discussion. Then a student sitting behind Uriel interrupted the class when he discovered…

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Essay about M & M Project

Brown; H0: p=.13 claim, H1: p[pic] .13; Z= -1.0724; Fail to reject There is insufficient evidence to suggest the true proportion is not .13. Mean, H0: [pic] [pic]54, H1:[pic] [pic] 54 claim; P= .0000000014; reject There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that on average 1.69oz bags will contain more than 54 candies…

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Foster Care Case Summary

On 02/02/2016 Ms. Eileen Palmer came to the SSO to meet with CM Mr. Best for an assessment. HS De La Torre took this opportunity to speak to client and develop a Housing Plan to explore housing opportunities available for the family. The following was discussed during meeting with HS. Ms. Eileen Palmer informed HS that last permanent address was located at 230 Lott Ave. Brooklyn NY from 2008 to 2012. Family was evicted from this address; Ms. Palmer did not disclose the reason of eviction. At the…

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A Note On Sports

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Quadratic Equation and Ms. Manning Journal Essay

9/8/13 This was a pretty easy assignment. We started you out in class with the signin, so why not just do the easy paragraph? Let me know how your grades were in your other class. Which teacher did you have? Ms. Manning In my last class I didn’t really have many grades since I had switched into that class too, from Mrs. Blanco’s, but like I mentioned in class before, I had Mrs. Amoedo before finally switching into your class, because I really wanted to have Algebra II for 1st period instead of 3rd…

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300259328 Lim INFO 381 Asg1 Essay

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