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#REDIRECT [[18th Street gang]] |
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[[Image:18th street tagging.jpg|frame|right|Taggings of 18th street gang]]{{pp-semi-protected|expiry=May 13, 2008}} |
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{{Infobox Criminal Organization |
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| name = 18th street/Barrio 18 |
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| image =18th street tagging.jpg |
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| caption =Taggings of 18th street gang. |
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| founded =1959 |
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| years active =1960 - present |
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| territory = mostly in Los Angeles,the Western and Southern areas of the United States and some in the eastern (barrio 18),and Central America |
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| ethnic makeup =manly [[Hispanic]] |
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| membership est = 100,000+ |
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| criminal activities =[[Illegal drug trade|Drug trafficking]], [[robbery]], [[extortion]], gun traficking, [[murder]], [[contract killing]], etc. |
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| allies = none |
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| rivals = Every gang |
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}} |
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'''Mara 18''', '''M-18''','''Barrio 18''','''pandia 18''' or '''Diesiocho'''(in the U.S.A. they are known as the [[18th Street gang]]) is a grouping of young gang members, the majority of whom are from [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]] and [[Honduras]]. |
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[[Image:M18.jpg|frame|right|young Gang Member Associated with M-18]] |
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[[Image:462947_08485e930c.jpg|frame|right|taggings of M-18]] |
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==Background== |
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M-18, like their rivals [[Mara Salvatrucha]], they also started in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]. Fleeing from the conditions created by the bloody [[Salvadoran_Civil_War|civil war]] in El Salvador during the 1980s, people migrated north. The new Salvadorian [[immigrants]] who arrived in [[California]] felt isolated and were targeted by gangs. Some Salvadorian immigrants joined the [[18th_Street_gang|Mexican 18th street gang]], as it was already established. Salvadorians who committed crimes were deported to their home country, which then gave birth to M-18 a subset of the [[18th Street gang]] from Los Angeles. |
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==Geography== |
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Over the years, M-18 has extended to many cities within [[El Salvador]] and has been incorporated in other countries within [[Central America]], primarily [[Honduras]] and [[Guatemala]]. |
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M-18 developed the same criminal actions as [[MS-13]]. This violence incited the responsiveness of the authorities and [[immigration]] in the U.S.A., which chose to jail their members and deport them to their countries of origin. |
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A CNN internet news article stated the gang was moving away from tattoos because it would allow them to commit crimes without being noticed. <ref> Gang new tactics |
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==Etymology==[http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/16/gang.makeovers.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview]</ref> |
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The word ''mara'' in Central America is equivalent to the Spanish term ''colla'' or ''gang/group''. |
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==External links== |
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*Gang's New Tactics [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/16/gang.makeovers.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview] |
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*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8964074/ Ms-13 and M-18 Prison Gang War] |
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*[http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20040923-1546-mexico-shootout.html M-18 Gang Shootout] |
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*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148543,00.html El Salvador's Most Violent Gangs] |
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[[Category:Los Angeles area street gangs]] |
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[[Category:Gangs in Latin America]] |
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[[Category:Hispanic gangs]] |
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