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18th Street will use the symbols XV3, XVIII, X8, 666, 99, and 3-dots in their graffiti and tattoos. 18th Street colors are blue and black; blue is to represent and to pay tribute to The Mexican Mafia, and black is to represent the original color for the gang. The 18th Street Gang is occasionally referred to as the "Children's Army" because of ...
The blockade of Soyapango was a Salvadoran government operation to arrest criminal gang members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street gang in the city of Soyapango.The operation began on 3 December 2022 when Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that 10,000 members of the country's security forces surrounded the city.
Many of these deported Salvadorans were members of street gangs, most notably Mara Salvatrucha and the 18th Street gang (Barrio 18). Gang violence between MS-13 and Barrio 18 resulted in El Salvador having one of the highest intentional homicide rates in the world. Other crimes committed by Salvadoran street gangs included kidnapping, extortion ...
According to Delma Ordóñez, the president of an association for prisoners' families, a brawl broke out between members of rival gangs 18th Street and MS-13. [12] [13] An injured inmate stated that members of the 18th Street gang burst into a cell block and opened fire on other inmates or set them on fire. [14]
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From March 2012 to May 2014, the Salvadoran government, the Catholic Church, and the country's two largest criminal gangs — Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the 18th Street gang (Barrio 18) — came to a truce, known in El Salvador simply as the Gang Truce (Spanish: tregua entre pandillas), [1] to lower the country's rate of homicides and extortions in exchange for improved prison conditions and ...
A 19-year-old man was sentenced this week for his role in the 2022 fatal shooting of a Kansas City teenager.. Alexis Menjivar was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the shooting death of 17-year ...
Ovando is an immigrant to the United States and a former member of the powerful 18th Street gang. He is the recipient of the largest police misconduct settlement in Los Angeles history. [1] Officers Durden and Pérez entered then 19-year-old Ovando's apartment on October 12, 1996, and shot him, leaving him paralyzed.