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English
Etymology
Initialism of Mara Salvatrucha. The 13 stands for the letter M for Mexican Mafia.
Proper noun
- (organized crime) Mara Salvatrucha, a criminal gang operating in some Salvadoran communities in Central and North America.
- 2017 April 18, “DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FACT SHEET ON MS-13”, in United States Department of Justice, page 1:
- While MS-13 is not the only transnational gang this administration will target, we believe the following background information attributed as “information provided by the Justice Department” will be helpful:
- 2025 January 31, Stefano Pozzebon, “Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador”, in CNN:
- The executive order specifically named Tren de Aragua and the Salvadoran MS-13 gang, citing their “campaigns of violence and terror in the United States and internationally” as threats to “the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere.”
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Initialism of Mara Salvatrucha. The 13 stands for the letter M for Mexican Mafia (Mafia Mexicana).
Proper noun
- MS-13
- 2025 June 6, “¿Quién es Kilmar Ábrego García, el hombre devuelto a EE.UU. tras ser deportado a El Salvador?”, in CNN en Español:
- Una vez en el centro de detención, Ábrego García fue cuestionado sobre la MS-13 y además le preguntaron sobre una foto que tenían de él jugando baloncesto en una cancha pública y las visitas de su familia a un restaurante que servía comida mexicana y salvadoreña, según documentos judiciales.
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