ecuting members of MS-13 and the aggressive effort by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to try to dismantle the gang. MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, is considered one of the top transnational organized crime threats in the United States." According to the AP, "The Justice Department's statistics

South America into the United States. In March, the Catholic Church in El Salvador arranged an accord between the country's two largest gangs, the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18. As the truce passed the 100-day mark, murders have dropped from fourteen a day in March to five a day in June. The gang leaders have