MS-13

English Etymology en Mara Salvatrucha. The mul 13 stands for the letter mul M for Mexican Mafia. Proper noun MS-13 en organized _ crime Mara Salvatrucha, a criminal gang operating in some Salvadoran communities in Central and North America. en DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FACT SHEET ON MS-13 https://www.justice.gov/d9/speeches/attachments/2017/04/18/department_of_justice_fact_sheet_on_ms-13_0.pdf 2017-04-18 1 w:United States Department of Justice 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: https://web.archive.org/web/20251202044549/https://www.justice.gov/d9/speeches/attachments/2017/04/18/department_of_justice_fact_sheet_on_ms-13_0.pdf 2 December 2025 en Stefano Pozzebon Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador w:CNN 2025-01-31 https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/americas/tren-de-aragua-bukele-rubio-intl-latam/index.html 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260422085005/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/americas/tren-de-aragua-bukele-rubio-intl-latam/index.html 22 April 2026 Derived terms en MS-13er en Organizations Spanish es: Etymology es Mara Salvatrucha. The mul 13 stands for the letter mul M for Mexican Mafia (Mafia Mexicana). Pronunciation eme ese trece + Proper noun f MS-13 en MS-13 es ¿Quién es Kilmar Ábrego García, el hombre devuelto a EE.UU. tras ser deportado a El Salvador? w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/06/eeuu/quien-es-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportado-eeuu-orix 2025-06-06 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260115022124/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/06/eeuu/quien-es-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportado-eeuu-orix 15 January 2026 es Crime Organizations