Name: Christian Poveda
Born: January 12 of 1955 in Algeria
Job: Franco-spanish film director
His parents are refugees Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. In 1961, his family fled Algeria during the exodus of black feet, he then 6 years.
He began his journalism on the Polisario Front in Tindouf in Algeria (the gathering place of this small group). [...]
“Using all of the tools of a capable police investigation, Logan, a journalist based in Latin America, connects the fortunes of Brenda Paz, a Honduran-American teenager, with the ultraviolent Mara Salvatrucha gang. After family difficulties led Paz’s father to send her to Texas to live with her uncle, she witnessed a friend’s murder by her [...]
The number of bodies found since April in secret near Mexico, raise the number of death to the rank of persons. Gangs appear as the first culprits. The authorities think that murders were provoked by Zetas, a gang was supervised by former Mexican servicemen. This gang is very virulent and dangerous in this part of [...]
This interview has been done by a french TV. It’s one of the unsual that we can be found because Maras know that ther do illegals things. It’s in their interests that the TV have no proof but this time « Jester » accepr to talk :
« We approach someone we aim for and BAM he is dead »
He explains [...]
Pablo Escobar (1949-1993) is a Mexican drug lord.
Often referred to as the “World’s Greatest Outlaw”, he was indeed the most elusive cocaine trafficker ever to have lived. He is regarded as the richest and most successful criminal in world history. Some other sources state that he was the second richest criminal ever, after Amado [...]
Latin Kings are a street gang from Chicago, Illinois. It is said to be the largest and more organized Hispanic street gang in the United-States (158 cities, in 31 states).
It started in the 1940’s. It’s based on the idea of overcoming racial prejudice, individuals of any nationality are allowed to become members. The American police [...]
The television channel Canal 33 required on Tuesday, April 27th an investigation. The murder of the cameraman Alfredo Hurtado, by a gang from San Salvador is the main reason. He knew a lot of informations about the police, the army and the gangs. He knew about it.. apparently too much. He was murdered by several [...]
The Sombra Negra (Spanish for “Black Shadow”) are death squad groups based in El Salvador. They comprise mostly police and military personnel who target criminals and gang members for vigilante justice. Recent years have also seen increasing accusations targeting the Salvadoran political opposition and members of the political and social left. These vigilante groups are [...]
Author: Frederick FAUX Publisher:Autrement Published: 02/01/2006
Belong to a mara has become common in Central America. They were born in Los Angeles in the 19th century. Today, the maras are a threat to the American continent. Frederick Faux, journalist at ‘Le Figaro’, explores this new form of violence, considered as a ”social cancer” which distroy the foundations and [...]
Some actions against gangs.
For several years, Rio de Janeiro is more and more dangerous. In the 1980s. There are moregangs in this part of Brazil. In 1993, 21 persons were killed further to the intervention of the police. In June, 2007, a police operation against the traffic causes 44 deaths On November 25th, 2010, the [...]
Feature in Mexican, French, Spanish.
Type: Documentary
Time: 01h30min
Production Year: 2008
Distributor: Classic Film
This documentary chronicles the everyday life of members (male and female) of the Mara 18, near San Salvador. This life is full ofshootings, funerals, retaliation, police checks, jail sentences and “salad bowl”.
It also shows the action of the police, who acknowledges hisinability to halt [...]
The Bloods are a street gang localised on Los Angeles, California.
They are known to be the main rivals of the Crips : contrary to them who are represented by the blue color, the Bloods are wearing red.
They are now almost everywhere in the United-States.
Created in 1972 to concurrence the Crips, the Bloods can be easily [...]
Directed by Cary Fukunaga
Actors: Edgar Flores, Paulina Gaitan, Kristian Ferrer
U.S. and Mexican movie.
Time: 01h36min
Production year: 2009
Awards: Jury Prize at the Deauville festival (France) 2009
In Honduras, the young Sayra found her father after a long separation. Finally, she will realize her dream to emigrate with her father and her uncle in the United States. In [...]
We decided to post something about that guy just after reading a newspaper, his life is such a movie !
Joaquin Guzman Loera , aka “El Chapo” (the Spanish’s word for “shorty”) is the biggest Mexican drug lord alive. He’s also the most wanted by the United States, the government of Mexico and even INTERPOL, since he [...]
“Going into a gang is swearing never to leave or take the way of the cemetary. They will always want to kill me. “
At 12 years old, Alma was a Guatemalian girl who lived in the district of el Mezquital in the capital of the country. Her father died, his mother worked a lot. She decided to [...]
The success of the American south gangs across the Atlantic.
Big success in theaters during 23rd Meet cinemas of Latin America in March, 50 000 spectators.
Toulouse, in France, the festival of Latin America rewards movies of South America. Two movies won a big success about gangs and about violence in America. We can notice the success [...]
Learn more about symbolism of Mara’s tatoos
Tattoos on their faces are often a punishment because when the tattooed crosses the opposing gang members it’s impossible to pass unnoticed. Currently, some gang leaders misadvise their subordinates to tattoo themselves to work more quietly. It is also for this purpose they hire children.
Mad life: It is the [...]
This gang is mainly composed by African American. It has been founded in 1969 by Raymond Washington (he was thinking that fist fighting and hand-to-hand combat was the most effective way to solve problems) and Stanley Williams (he was executed by lethal injection in California in 2005).
This violent gang is estimated to be one of [...]
Gangs is something you can’t separate from the US. Their history is linked to the country’s one.
We saw gangs appeared at the beginning of the 20’s. They formed as a means of self-protection and as social clubs.
For instance, the city of Chicago is reported to have had over 1300 gangs in the city. [...]
Monday 7 mars 2011, eighteen people died in gunfight between rival groups in the State of Tamaulipas, next to the US border.
The regional government reminds the frequent violence due to drug trafficking. In an official statement, it declared “a confrontation took place between criminal groups in the municipality of Abasolo, which made eighteen died”. At the moment, [...]
The young people are particularly affected by the culture of the violence in South America. Most of the gangs are located in this part of the earth. There are poor places and poor people. These gangs are an expression of their identity. They want to belong to an entity and a community. They also want [...]
Today I’m gonna explain you what would have to do if you wanted to enter in this gangs. So it is between by a rite of initiation: beating, then flights and other minor crimes, then participation in collective rapes, kidnappings, murders. They are all link for life to death, by a Covenant of blood. Tattoos [...]
In 2003, the Ecuadorian president Flora announced the operation “Mano dura”. The goal of this law is to stop the maras to restore peace in the country. This law envisaged the immediate imprisonment of a “marero” on the basis of his tattoos or of a behavior which seems to indicate his membership in a mara. This [...]
Primeiro Comando da Capital
Primeiro Comando de Capital or PCC is a gang from Brazil created in 1993. It’s a criminal organzation. The name refers to the city of Sao Paulo. The Capital Comman came from prisonners. Indeed, When they move from Sao Paulo to The Prianhao bacause of their behaviors, they give as name to [...]
Mara Salvatrucha, commonly abbreviated MS-13, is a huge gang involved in criminal activities in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Central America.
The word “Mara” means a gang or a bang from El Salvador. “Salvatrucha” designates the young Salvadorian combatants. The number 13 corresponds with “la Eme”, the Mexican mafia which collaborates with MS-13.
The civil Salvadorian war (1980-1992) killed [...]
Mara Dieciocho or MS 18 is a criminal gang created in 1960 near Los Angeles by Mexicans who immigrated to the United States. They move to the Central American, Guatemala, Honduras and then Mexico in 1980. The gang is estimated to have nearly 70 000 members. The majority of members are between 19 and 40 [...]
It’s in 1927 that the American sociologist Frederic Trasher published his book The gang : a study of 1313 gangs in Chicago, a reference for specialists.
In that work, he describes street communities that he studied : he decides to use the word “gang” to portray them. Many definitions were proposed but every expert has something [...]
Hola todos!
Today I’m going to tell you about this new blog. You may know that there are a lot of gangs in USA but had you ever paid a closer attention to it? If you don’t, follow us in this fascinating universe. If you already had, you might read though because you will [...]