This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha ebook download Samuel Logan

This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha

Like any American teenager, Brenda Paz spent much of her time with her friends. They would go to parties, listen to music, and show off their cars late into the night. But Brenda and her friends belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha--the MS-13--the most violent gang in America, and in addition to enjoying the things that all teenagers do, her friends were thieves, drug dealers, human traffickers, and murderers. A street gang that began in Los Angeles in the 1980s, the Mara Salvatrucha has spread across the United States and Central America with startling speed, boasting tens of thousands of members. They deal ruthlessly with competing gangs and any members who display disloyalty, often leaving a trail of dismembered corpses in their wake. They are poised to surpass the Mafia as the country's most organized criminal network. And by operating within the insular Central American immigrant communities, the Mara Salvatrucha has been able to easily elude law enforcement. All that changed when Brenda Paz turned informant for the FBI, exposing the incredible scope of the gang's operations. But Brenda's cooperation with the FBI was only the beginning. What followed is an extraordinary story of strength, intelligence, and incredible courage.This is for the Mara Salvatrucha takes us into a dark and violent world that few people have seen, but is closer than you think.

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Title of ebook: This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha
ISBN: 9781401394486
parent-ISBN: 9781401323240
Publisher: Hyperion e-books
Pages: 256
Published: 07-2009
Released online for download: 07-07-2009
Author of eBook: Logan, Samuel

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