A look at the MS-13, a gang which began in Los Angeles but has emerged as a powerful force throughout Central America.

MS-13 is a gang formed by Salvadoran immigrants in the 1980s who came to the U.S. to escape a civil war, according to the ...

Alex Sanchez is a former high-ranking member of MS-13. He became involved in the gang in the 1980s in Los Angeles and participated in its expansion. Sanchez was deported to El Salvador in 1994 ...

Thirteen suspects were arrested during a large-scale operation targeting gang members in Los Angeles County. Detectives with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department were investigating an Antelope ...

Los Angeles County deputies ... related to members of an unnamed street gang, according to the LA County Sheriff's Department. Investigators arrested 13 people for numerous felony charges related ...