Out of the underworld

摘要

IN THE back courtyard of a deserted wreck of a house on the outskirts of San Salvador,El Salvador's capital,a group of young men is gathered.One sleeps on a couch without cushions,under a bare light bulb,as his friends talk.Many are covered with tattoos from their forearms to their faces,marking them to all eyes as gang members.Each tattoo contains a code and tells a story.A trinity of three dots,for example,means hospital,prison and the graveyard,the three possible ends for a gangster.