MS-13's Active Members Are Laughing At Trump's Crackdown (HBO)

These are the latest deportees returning from the U.S. Many of them are young adult men with no criminal records, picked up directly from blue-collar jobs, once working for minimum wages, but some like José, 32, are gang

members

, So what do you think? Trump's policy now is to support Salvadorans, he is really going after MS-13. Karma is a and that's coming back, you know, we've made a ladder. I'm not going to say it personally, but a lot of people in general, you know, have done a lot. of hurtful shit with innocent people, you know, you think people got tired, you know, who joined the ms-13 in the USA.

At only 13 years old he was deported directly from the United States prison, but since it's not Wanted for crimes in El Salvador, he is being treated like any other deportee released to the streets, convinced that the police or rival gangs will kill him any day. He believes his best chance at protecting himself will come right back into the game once the police find out where I live, they come, kidnap me, and are going to kill me. My friend was sent back six months ago. They already killed him, so you I'm in a position there, I don't want to die for no reason, man, me, you, who do you think I don't go first?

Because I'm going to pull the trigger. You know that José has good reasons to worry because while we, one semester, it seems that he is gone. The Salvadoran government wants them dead inside neighborhoods like this. The police and army are intensifying their search for gang

members

. These patrol units search anyone they encounter for tattoos or evidence of gang activity. In what areas does he have? He also has MS-13 in rural areas. again in some MSA Beyonce and Tarleton locally even to locally of them an advantage in the absence of where there is a suitable little tear.

I'm going to put the place under cover of darkness. These joint operations involving hundreds of armed police and elite military units raid homes. of suspected gang members while saying to each other well this is the third suspect they arrested this afternoon it's just the beginning of the night the police have a list of over 100 names that's number three this investigation took two months to put together the local police was Struggling to contain the gang even before the new wave of MS-13 deportations began in El Salvador the gang was formed on the streets of Los Angeles in the 1980s by refugees fleeing the civil war in the 1990s Many of those gang members were deported back here, where they quickly exploited the power vacuum and took over entire cities and towns like these.

At local police headquarters, officers lined up suspected gang members at dawn. Law enforcement said they had arrested just over 40 suspects, seizing some weapons in a vehicle. and a couple thousand dollars in cash, what problems does it create for you when ms-13 members are sent back from the US to El Salvador? Non-seasonal complement purchased during the year. Morales II, a kiss of a hat, I mean a different Tanika sample, he really C representing the government is fighting back the only way he knows how: locking up suspected gang members in large numbers and putting them in a prison system that is already far above of its capacity, is outside the country. the capital has hundreds of ms-13 gang members why do you think Donald Trump is targeting ms-13 why is that happening because the San Tomas attack fighting Gelman my son wasn't like 80 enemas maybe or no he doesn't think look what I'm having news, look what I have, it was our second appearance on vacation, he also left the response industry, we're nervous, these guys say they're trying to quit the game, some even have an ex they got tattooed over their cards. show that you are serious, what happens when you go out, I mean if you go out in EMS, the guys see that you crossed out and left the gang, that's a problem, but it's indiscernible. many things in the parental way as much as family as one but For the consequences of Mahlum's work outside of prison, some former members of ms-13 are removing their tattoos completely.

This is ms-13 jr. He served 14 years inside the Zaka maximum security prison for trans people, between them he and his friend McCall were shot more than 13 times. Now they live in a rehabilitation center for former gang members and they say that the gang members are on the defensive here in El Salvador and back in the United States contacts toy with a cousin caper ten days yes la Pandya yes Unidos yellow kami diay de que el Tarek early Logan odd a porta Atari early they can do it nothing yes MIMO also because they say that already CNT a person to loop and Iran Tamura, yes, you know, government low hat inna doom blondie, the Sierra Superman community, who made that environment , they came when sur la against ya Aaron and be here jr. and Nicole now even go so far as to use concealer to hide the patterns on his face when they leave the house.

They hope it will help them avoid detection. Why is deportation or a solution to this problem? Because I understand the airport I II I want to say hello, you know. the regret of what is ready harmonizing dead the tone says it is located in Iran the disease has stabilized and Omaha now with ms-13 on the run they are hiding in rural areas outside the cities what would happen if I came in here alone these The guys are feeling the repression. They are on high alert for the police. Am I emphasizing that the Marina people address Miss Emily in these MS-13 gang members who are called Smiley in madness?

They may look young but they have no food. They will only open a new document about a movie until they say the White House rhetoric has had enough impact and warn that the death toll will rise. Donald Trump is going hard against MS-13 right now. Do you think this is going to work? I mean send. People returning here to El Salvador from the US is going to weaken the gang, there is no Kalevala American for a second, which is not real, our government could return the vehicle, pay my Jerusalem or 2% in Trenton because the world Five pareve has gained in support. from River, how he does more, he controls the neighborhood and you don't even see him, blond, attacks the police, keeps the viscosimeter Ganesa, the militant sister Morgan, his weapons and a drink, a consequence to intelligence, a Hotel Lubanga Davila Tar Heel ok Tennessee under faretta guarantee, why not Paco Paco Alabama gets backed by points on unemployment, that's a lot of talk from gang members who have apparently gone underground, but the fallout from the government's anti-gang

crackdown

has led to deadly results on the streets.

Scenes like these happen every night. Some of the victims are pleased some gang members are often civilians caught in the crossfire with ms-13 now hunted by the government and rival gangs there were few places to hide we met Hosea one of the only places where a cemetery feels safe local near the city where he now lives with his aunt so you have returned now what is your biggest fear at this moment the safety of my family what is going to happen to them a prowler and a fugitive you know imagine the gold and looking for me and they don't No They see nothing, they don't see me there, they will confront my family, my friends.

I destroyed a lot of people here. You know something, innocent people too, and you did it to have people in unison, but you kill people. I'm not going to tell you that, but not innocent people, you know he uses me or damn, you know it's like when you go to the army, you know, when you tell your commander that you don't want to be left there again, you know that already You've done it. enough wounds you know it's hard to get out of yourself