Operation Regional Shield: Combating the Transnational Drug Gang MS-13

摘要

"We're not talking about ordinary criminals here," a veteran detective told a writer. "MS-13 is a brutal, ruthless and murderous criminal gang with international tentacles." The detective explained that La Mara Salvtrucha, MS-13, was a transnational crime group that engages in drug and human trafficking, extortion of business owners, murder and other extreme violence. MS-13 members are primarily immigrants or the children and grandchildren of immigrants from El Salvador.