Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Serverpolice001 t1_j6bzxzt wrote

But do you see how crazy that could sound? Despite a millennia of war, kleptocracy, and inequality the second-most, violent Central American country had no organized crime until after America exported gangs back to El Salvador? Gangs have exist everywhere, in every country far longer than america has been a country and there’s nothing unique about American gangs in spectrum of how they operate.

9

NeonHowler t1_j6c2pi8 wrote

MS-13 and Barrio 18 are the biggest gangs and they both originated in California. Their reputation for extreme violence predated their rise in El Salvador.

−2