A short distance away is an area controlled by the rival Mara Salvatrucha.

Have you looked into whether he was connected to the Mara Salvatrucha gang?

The two largest gangs are Mara Salvatrucha and Calle 18.

Marvin is a senior figure in the Mara Salvatrucha, one of El Salvador's two biggest gangs.

"Like some kind of godfather of the Mara Salvatrucha?"

It was during a meeting with one of the Muslim charity workers that Tayyib learned of a group called Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13.

Entire city neighborhoods in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, are controlled by two powerful gangs - Barrio 18 and its rival Mara Salvatrucha.

Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, mostly due to a war between two violent gangs, Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha.

Survival necessitates drastic measures when the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, or its rival 18th Street gang want you murdered.

The two main street gangs active in the region are Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and Mara-18, or 18th Street Gang.

The Mara Salvatrucha, a notorious cross-border crime group also known as MS-13, was founded by Salvadorans in Los Angeles in the 1980s.

Two rival gangs -the Barrio 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13-were operating brazenly in the neighborhood.

As well as the 18th Street Gang, there is MS-13 ( Mara Salvatrucha), the biggest in Central America, which has ties to Mexican drug cartels.