Dave Foulk Internet Flyer

All the violence of a street gang plus the anti-American ideals of Al Quaeda.  It could happen.

Mara Salvatruchas, or MS-13 is the name of a Salvadoran Gang.  It’s also called MS-13.  Watch for MS-13 to appear more frequently in the news in the coming weeks and months.

I’ve done some research on MS-13 in the past few days. MS-13 started in Salvador, and Mara Salvatruchas is derived from the name of a street in El Salvador.  The gang apparently started as self defense for attacks against Salvadorans in gang territory within some of the larger cities in the southwestern U-S and California.

It’s evolved into a powerful orginization that is blamed for some particularly violent crimes. 

One of the latest is in Houston, Texas where a 19 month old baby was shot twice in the head when a man opened fire on a car load of family members coming home from a trip to a snow cone stand.  It apparently started over some kind of tailgating incident where the father pulled over to let another car pass. 

Instead of passing, the Nissan  pulled in front of the family car, blocked it, then a man from the Nissan opened fire. The child was instantly killed.  Nobody else was wounded. The shooter dropped a cell phone which led to the arrest.

There have been other especially violent crimes related to MS-13 in several other American cities. Apparently these people make the Crips, Bloods, and other gangs pale in comparison with other attacks.

But the most dangerous thing about MS-13 is the report that some of its members are talking with Al Quaeda.  You can check the reports for yourself by doing a Google Search on the name of the Gang.  It’s scary.