The president has made the gang a focus of immigration reform,and modern research shows this may hand the group political capitalThe Trump administration’s decision to set the MS-13 street gang at the centre of its immigration enforcement has helped the organization bolster its fearsome reputation and risks handing it further political capital, according to a groundbreaking study on the crime group. La Mara Salvatrucha, and MS-13 – formed in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants on the US west coast and since spread through Central America and the US – has been the subject of intense focus by the administration. Related: One murder every hour: how El Salvador became the homicide capital of the world Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com