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U.S. and C.A. Working Together to Fight Notorious MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs

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    September 15, 2015
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Transnational gangs are becoming more prevalent in US drug trafficking, prostitution, and pimping says the FBI.   Gangs from El Salvador, for example, are notoriously brazen and violent, responsible for 43  police assassinations since January.

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