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Ms 13

World

The Promised Land

A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.

Alice Driver Longreads Jul 2020 15min Permalink

Best Article Crime World

‘Either They Kill Us or We Kill Them’

Inside the struggle to survive in a tiny Honduran neighborhood surrounded by competing gangs.

Azam Ahmed New York Times May 2019 25min Permalink

Crime World

The Coffin Business Is Booming in Central America Due to Gang Violence

In El Salvador, Jucuapa is home to dozens of small factories that churn out what some locals call the “wooden pajamas.”

Matthew Bremner Bloomberg Businessweek Mar 2019 15min Permalink

Best Article Politics

He Drew His School Mascot—and ICE Labeled Him a Gang Member

Alex drew his school’s mascot during class.Then he was suspended, arrested and deported. How high schools have embraced the Trump administration’s crackdown on MS-13 and destroyed immigrant students’ American dreams.

Hannah Dreier ProPublica Dec 2018 45min Permalink

Crime

The Disappeared

Police on Long Island wrote off missing immigrant teens as runaways. One mother knew better—and searched MS-13’s killing fields for answers.

Hannah Dreier ProPublica Sep 2018 35min Permalink

Crime

A Betrayal

The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.

Hannah Dreier ProPublica Apr 2018 30min Permalink