Social Integration/pg106: The degree to which members of a group or society are united by shared values and other social bonds; also known as social cohesion. In Mara Salvatrucha, the gang members share close bonds and sanctions that keep them close and hold them together as a group. Although having those bonds broken result in grave consequences for those who break them. However if one passes away, the bonds that those Mara Salvatrucha members had are still cherished and the memories they had are never forgotten. In the documentary, one of the MS13 members got shot and killed in a drive by. Because the bonds that those gang members had with him are so strong they even attended his funeral. They tossed flowers on top of his casket as one
