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Mara Salvatrucha Application
By: John_Coolison Date: February 17, 2012, 1:18 am
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Mara Salvatrucha (commonly abbreviated as MS, Mara, and MS-13)
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.[1] The majority of the gang is
ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and
suburban areas. In the U.S., the MS-13 specially has a heavy
presence in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area in
Northern California; the Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas of
Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and
Prince George's County, Maryland; Long Island, New York; the
Boston, Massachusetts area; Charlotte, North Carolina; and
Houston, Texas. There is also a sizable presence of MS-13 in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Members of MS distinguish themselves by tattoos covering the
body and also often the face, as well as the use of their own
sign language. They are notorious for their use of violence and
a subcultural moral code that predominantly consists of
merciless revenge and cruel retributions. This excessive cruelty
of the distinguished members of the "Maras" or "Mareros" earned
them a path to be recruited by the Sinaloa Cartel battling
against Los Zetas in an ongoing drug war south of the United
States border.[2][3][4] Their wide-ranging activities and
elevated status has even caught the eye of the FBI and
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who recently initiated
wide-scale raids against known and suspected gang members
netting hundreds of arrests across the country.
The Mara Salvatrucha gang originated in Los Angeles, set up in
the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants in the city's Pico-Union
neighborhood who immigrated to the United States after the
Central American civil wars of the 1980s.[5][6]
Originally, the gang's main purpose was to protect Salvadoran
immigrants from other, more established gangs of Los Angeles,
who were predominantly composed of Mexicans and
African-Americans.[7]
Many Mara Salvatrucha gang members from the Los Angeles area
have been deported after being arrested.[8] As a result of these
deportations, members of MS have recruited more members in their
home countries. The Los Angeles Times contends that deportation
policies have contributed to the size and influence of the gang
both in the United States and in Central America.[8] According
to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment, "The gang is
estimated to have 30,000 to 50,000 members and associate members
worldwide, 8,000 to 10,000 of whom reside in the United
States."[9]
In recent years the gang has expanded into the Washington, D.C.
area, in particular the areas of Langley Park and Takoma Park
near the Washington border have become centers of MS gang
activity.[10]
Sinaloa Cartel hierarchy in early 2008
MS-13 presence – darkness indicates strength
In 2004, the US FBI started the MS-13 National Gang Task Force.
The FBI also began teaming with law enforcement in El Salvador,
Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.[11]
In 2005, the office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
started Operation Community Shield. By 2011, this operation had
made over 20,000 arrests, including more than 3,000 arrests of
alleged MS-13 members.[12]
In 2010, convictions of several MS-13 members were made in the
Charlotte, NC area.[13]
Etymology
There is some dispute about the etymology of the name.
Some sources state the gang is named for La Mara, a street in
San Salvador, and the Salvatrucha guerrillas who fought in the
Salvadoran Civil War.[14] Additionally, the word mara means gang
in Caliche and is taken from marabunta, the name of a fierce
type of ant. "Salvatrucha" may be a combination of the words
Salvadoran and trucha, a Caliche word for being alert.
Illegal immigration and human smuggling
According to The Washington Times, MS "is thought to have
established a major smuggling center" in Mexico.[15] There were
reports by the Minuteman Project that MS members were ordered to
Arizona to target U.S. Border Patrol agents and Minuteman
Project volunteers.[16][17]
In 2005, Honduran Security Minister Oscar Alvarez and the
President of El Salvador raised alarm by claiming that Muslim
terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda was meeting with Mara
Salvatrucha and other Central American gangs to help them
infiltrate the United States. FBI agents said that the U.S.
intelligence community and governments of several Central
American countries found there is no basis to believe that MS is
connected to Al-Qaeda or other Islamic radicals, although
Alvarez did visit Central America to discuss the issue.[18]
Robert Morales, a prosecutor for Guatemala, indicated to The
Globe and Mail that some Central American gang members seek
refugee status in Canada. Superintendent of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police integrated gang task force, John Robin, said in
an interview that "I think [gang members] have a feeling that
police here won't treat them in the harsh manner they get down
there."[19] Robin noted that Canadian authorities "want to avoid
ending up like the U.S., which is dealing with the problem of
Central American gangsters on a much bigger scale".[19]
On the southern border of Mexico, the gang has unleashed
violence against migrants.[20]
Publicized crimes
On July 13, 2003, Brenda Paz, a 17-year-old female, former MS
member turned informant was found stabbed on the banks of the
Shenandoah River in Virginia. Paz was killed for informing the
FBI about Mara Salvatrucha's criminal activities. Two of her
former friends were later convicted of the murder.[21]
In 2004, the FBI created the MS National Gang Task Force. In
2005, the FBI helped create a National Gang Information Center
and outlined a National Gang Strategy for Congress.[22]
On December 23, 2004, one of the most widely publicized MS
crimes in Central America occurred in Chamelecón, Honduras when
an intercity bus was intercepted and sprayed with automatic
gunfire, killing 28 civilian passengers, most of whom were women
and children.[23] MS organized the massacre as a protest against
the Honduran government for proposing a restoration of the death
penalty in Honduras. Six gunmen raked the bus with gunfire. As
passengers screamed and ducked, another gunman climbed aboard
and methodically executed passengers.[24] In February 2007, Juan
Carlos Miranda Bueso and Darwin Alexis Ramírez were found guilty
of several crimes including murder and attempted murder. Ebert
Anibal Rivera was held over the attack and was arrested after
having fled to Texas.[25] Juan Bautista Jimenez, accused of
masterminding the massacre, was killed in prison. According to
the authorities, fellow MS-13 inmates hanged him.[26] There was
insufficient evidence to convict Óscar Fernando Mendoza and
Wilson Geovany Gómez.[25]
An MS suspect bearing gang tattoos is handcuffed.
On May 13, 2006, Ernesto "Smokey" Miranda, an ex-high ranking
soldier and one of the founders of Mara Salvatrucha, was
murdered at his home in El Salvador a few hours after declining
to attend a party for a gang member who had just been released
from prison. He had begun studying law and working to keep
children out of gangs.[27]
In 2007, Julio Chavez allegedly murdered a man because he was
wearing a red sweatshirt, and mistaken for a member of the
Bloods gang.[28]
On June 4, 2008, in Toronto, Ontario, police executed 22 search
warrants, made 17 arrests and laid 63 charges following a
five-month investigation.[29]
On June 22, 2008, in San Francisco, California, a 21-year old MS
gang member, Edwin Ramos, shot and killed a father, Anthony
Bologna, 48, and his two sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16,
after their car briefly blocked Ramos from completing a left
turn down a narrow street as they were returning home from a
family barbecue.[30]
On November 26, 2008, Jonathan Retana was convicted of the
murder of Miguel Angel Deras, which the authorities linked to an
MS initiation.[31]
In 2008, the MS task force coordinated a series of arrests and
crackdowns in the U.S. and Central America that involved more
than 6,000 police officers in five countries. Seventy-three
suspects were arrested in the U.S.; in all, more than 650 were
taken into custody.[32]
In February 2009, authorities in Colorado and California
arrested 20 members of MS and seized 10 pounds of
methamphetamine, 2.3 kilograms (5 pounds) of cocaine, a small
amount of heroin, 12 firearms and $3,300 in cash.[33]
In June 2009, Edwin Ortiz, Jose Gomez Amaya and Alexander
Aguilar were MS gang members from Long Island who had mistaken
bystanders for rival gang members. As a result, two innocent
civilians were shot. Edgar Villalobos, a laborer was killed.[34]
On November 4, 2009, El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang
allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible
for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has
learned. The brazen plot to assassinate the unidentified
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was revealed in an
arrest warrant for reputed gang member Walter (Duke) Torres.
Torres tipped authorities to the plan after he and four other
MS-13 members were stopped by NYPD detectives for hassling
passersby on Northern Blvd. in Queens last month. He told cops
he had information to pass on, and was debriefed Oct. 22 at
Rikers Island, where he was being held on a warrant issued in
Virginia, according to court papers. Torres said "the order for
the murder came from gang leadership in El Salvador," ICE agent
Sean Sweeney wrote in an affidavit for a new warrant charging
Torres with conspiracy. Torres, who belonged to an MS-13
"clique" in Virginia, said he was put in charge, and traveled to
New York in August "for the specific purpose of participating in
the planning and execution of the murder plot," Sweeney wrote.
Gang members were trying to get their hands on a high-powered
assault rifle, like an M-16 to penetrate the agent's bulletproof
vest. Another MS-13 informant told authorities the agent was
marked for death because the gang was "exceedingly angry" at him
for arresting many members in the past three years, the
affidavit states. The murder was supposed to be carried out by
the Flushing clique, according to the informant. Federal
prosecutors have indicted numerous MS-13 gang members on
racketeering, extortion, prostitution, kidnapping, illegal
immigration, money laundering, murder, people smuggling, arms
trafficking, human trafficking and drug trafficking charges. The
targeted special agent was the lead federal investigator on many
of the federal cases.[35]
In 2010, Rene Mejia allegedly murdered a 2 year old baby and his
mother.[28]
In August 2011, six San Francisco MS-13 members were convicted
of racketeering and conspiracy, including three murders, in what
at the time was the city's largest-scope gang trial in many
years. Another 18 defendants reported to have ties to the gang
plead guilty before trial.[36]
In 2011, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in New Haven, CT was
vandalized on multiple occasions with the "MS-13 tag" and "kill
whites" in orange spray paint.[37]
Charlotte, North Carolina cases
In the early 2000s, US authorities investigated MS-13 in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Eventually the work led to charges
against 26 MS-13 members, including 7 trial convictions in
January 2010, 18 guilty pleas, and 11 multi-year prison
sentences.[38]
This also included the alleged first federal death-penalty
conviction for an MS-13 member, Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umana,
aka "Wizard" (age 25).[38]
In 2005, in Los Angeles, according to a Jury in a later
sentencing phase, Umana murdered Jose Herrera and Gustavo Porras
(July 27) and participated and aided and abetted the killing of
Andy Abarca (September 28). He later came to Charlotte, North
Carolina, according to witnesses, as a veteran member of MS-13,
in order to reorganize the Charlotte cell of the gang.[38]
According to witnesses at his later trial, on December 8, 2007,
while in the Las Jarochitas, a family-run restaurant in
Greensboro, North Carolina, Umana shot Ruben Garcia Salinas
fatally in the chest and Manuel Garcia Salinas in the head.
Witnesses testified that the shootings took place after the
Garcia Salinas brothers had “disrespected” Umana’s gang signs by
calling them “fake.” Firing three more shots in the restaurant,
according to trial testimony, Umana injured another individual
with his gunfire. Trial testimony and evidence showed that Umana
later fled back to Charlotte with MS-13 assistance. Umana was
arrested five days later in possession of the murder weapon.
Additional evidence and testimony from the trial revealed that
while Umana was incarcerated while awaiting trial, he
coordinated attempts to kill witnesses and informants.[38]
Umana was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 23, 2008.
During trial, Umana attempted to bring a knife with him to the
courtroom, which was discovered by U.S. Marshals prior to Umana
being transported to the courthouse. Thousands of hours were
spent on the case over several years. International work was
also involved.[38]
The case was investigated by the Charlotte Safe Streets Task
Force. The case was prosecuted by Chief Criminal Assistant U.S.
Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose of the U.S. Attorney’s Office
for the Western District of North Carolina, and Trial Attorney
Sam Nazzaro from the Criminal Division’s Gang Unit. Assistant
U.S. Attorneys Don Gast and Adam Morris of the U.S. Attorney’s
Office for the Western District of North Carolina were also
members of the government’s trial team.[38]
Charges included:[38]
Murder in aid of the racketeering enterprise known as MS-13, two
counts
Murder resulting from the use of a gun in a violent crime, two
counts
Conspiracy to participate in racketeering
Witness tampering or intimidation, two counts
Possession of a firearm by an illegal alien
Extortion
The jury convicted him on April 19, 2010 of all charges, and
additionally found him responsible for the 2005 murders during
the sentencing phase. On April 28, a 12-person federal jury in
Charlotte voted unanimously to impose the death penalty. On July
27, 2010, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of
Charlotte, NC, formally imposed the federal death penalty
sentence. Also commenting on the decision in the government
press release were Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer,
of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the
Western District of North Carolina, Owen D Harris, Special Agent
in charge of the Charlotte Division of the FBI, and Rodney
Monreo, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief.[38]
The case was automatically appealed under Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure.[38]
Gang markings and hand signs
An MS gang sign and tattoos.
Many Mara Salvatrucha members cover themselves in tattoos.
Common markings include "MS", "Salvatrucha", the "Devil Horns",
the name of their clique, and other symbols.[39] A December 2007
CNN internet news article stated that the gang was moving away
from the tattoos in an attempt to commit crimes without being
noticed.[40]
Members of Mara Salvatrucha, like members of most modern
American gangs, utilize a system of hand signs for purposes of
identification and communication. One of the most commonly
displayed is the "devil's head" which forms an 'M' when
displayed upside down. This hand sign is similar to the same
symbol commonly seen displayed by heavy metal musicians and
their fans. Founders of Mara Salvatrucha borrowed the hand sign
after attending concerts of heavy metal bands.[41]
Gang Owner:John_Coolison
Co-Owner:Raymondo_Cortez
Gang Skin
Rank 6:292
Rank 5:273
Rank 4:116
Rank 3:47
Rank 2:48
Rank 1:30
Gang Vehicle
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Vehicle 4:Sabre
Vehicle 3:Savanna
Vehicle 2:Voddoo
Vehicle 1:Blade
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Re: Mara Salvatrucha Application
By: ShawnAce Date: February 17, 2012, 1:46 am
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Un-supported, the whole story and biography is coppied from
another succeesful server, delete this.
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Re: Mara Salvatrucha Application
By: Bert_Stroke Date: February 17, 2012, 7:10 am
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Unsupported...Make your Own Story...
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Re: Mara Salvatrucha Application
By: Mr Bolt Date: February 17, 2012, 8:26 am
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Auto denied due to plagiarism..
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