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Canonical ID: NK-DTsY5n5CASmFd4Kd8FE7Ho · Entity type: Organization (reference)
| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LegalEntity:notes | (also MS-13) | eng | us_sam_exclusions | usgsa-s4mrvspg3 | |||
LegalEntity:notes | (also MARA SALVATRUCHA) | eng | us_sam_exclusions | usgsa-s4mrvs4wy | |||
Organization:notes | La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is a transnational criminal organization primarily operating out of El Salvador, with a significant presence in Honduras, Guatemala, and the United States. In El Salvador, MS-13 has evolved from its origins as a street gang into a criminal-economic-military-political power. MS-13 has engaged in widespread, targeted killings of law enforcement and other state officials; the indiscriminate killings of civilians; have used violence to shut down or seize control of vital public services; have established military-style training camps for its members; and have obtained military weapons in order to instill terror and enforce their will on the state and populace. In 2019 in El Salvador, MS-13 put a fake body in an abandoned car to lure police officers into a car-bomb attack, wounding two officers. In March 2022, El Salvador declared a state of emergency after MS-13 and other entities went on a killing spree resulting in a total of 87 homicides in 72 hours. | ca_listed_terrorists | ca-lte-2025-02-20-6-la-mara-salvatrucha | ||||