Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang and terrorist organization [17] that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Angeles area.

MS-13 （全名為 Mara Salvatrucha，也簡稱為 MS 或 Mara）是一個發源於美國 洛杉磯 Pico-Union區 （英语：Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California） 的國際性 犯罪幫派，其勢力至今已遍佈 北美洲 及 中美洲 各地，估計2005年單美國境內會員數量已經超過50,000人。 1980年代由來自 薩爾瓦多 的美國移民成立MS-13以保護其同鄉，後來他們接受了 宏都拉斯 、 危地馬拉 及 尼加拉瓜 等中美洲國家的 拉丁裔 移民加入 [1]，其中幫會中的非法入境者被美國政府遣返回原居地後變 …

6 天之前 · Federal authorities arrested Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos – a 24-year-old alleged leader of MS-13, the Mara Salvatrucha gang – on a gun charge early Thursday morning in northern Virginia, the ...

2025年3月19日 · Earlier today, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arraigned on a four-count indictment charging him, along with a dozen other high-ranking MS-13 leaders, with directing the transnational criminal organization’s unlawful activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico and elsewhere over the past two decades.

2025年2月6日 · A federal jury convicted three La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, members yesterday of RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, and destruction of evidence.

2025年1月17日 · Earlier today and on January 16, 2025, in federal court in Central Islip, three members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including nine murders committed on Long Island and elsewhere between 2016 and 2017.

2021年12月29日 · The Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is one of the most prominent and dangerous gangs in Honduras today. [3] Political instability and increased poverty levels have almost certainly aided gangs, such as MS-13, to exploit vulnerable communities.

2018年2月16日 · The Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) is one of the world’s largest and arguably most violent street gangs. After relatively humble beginnings in Los Angeles in the 1980s, it has spread to more than a half-dozen countries and become a …

2024年11月5日 · NEW YORK — A 49-count superseding indictment filed on Nov. 4 includes new charges relating to murders allegedly ordered and committed by national leaders, members and associates of the violent transnational criminal organization La …

2024年2月28日 · The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its origins in the poor, refugee-laden neighborhoods of 1980s Los Angeles, the gang’s reach now spans from Central America to Europe. A predatory criminal organization, the MS13 lives mostly from extortion.