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In Central America, gangs like MS-13 are bad – but corrupt politicians may be worse

  • Written by Jose Miguel Cruz, Director of Research, Florida International University

Is Mara Salvatrucha, the Salvadoran youth gang menacing residents in some U.S. cities, really America’s public enemy number one?

After months of boasting that it would “destroy” MS-13, the Trump administration has now declared the group a top crime-fighting priority. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has instructed the...

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