MS-13

I'm watching CNN while playing/working/attempting to write my thesis on my computer. "Newsnight with Aaaron Brown" just aired an interesting segment on the gang, MS-13. MS-13 is apparently one of the fastest growing gangs in the United States. The level of violence is high; the gang apparently engages in killings without mercy, drug trafficing, arms trades and auto thefts. The gang is extraordinary tight-knit and the relationships are reministant of the old mafia ties. At the beginning of the segment, the gang was purported to have ties with El-Salvador. By the end, the gang was connected to all of South America. Every time the extraordinary level of violence was mentioned, Latin America was invoked. This shows how prevelent this racist attitude is in the American media.