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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). [...]

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“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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]