Barrio 18
Barrio 18 was one of the largest youth gangs in the Western Hemisphere, but it has been left weakened by El Salvador's gang crackdown.
READ FULL PROFILEConfidential police reports reveal that the three main gangs operating in El Salvador remain a real threat.
A close look at El Salvador's Police Information System, which is used to collect and analyze information on criminals in…
The PNFAS has been the scene of two massacres. For years, the tension between Barrio 18 and MS13 escalated.
Military crackdowns and mass trials show that there's no end in sight in El Salvador's anti-gang state of exception.
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