Although there is not an omniscient, single definition of transnational criminal organizations, many of the popular definitions share characteristics. The diction of transnational criminal organizations highlights the word transnational, meaning across country boundaries. Therefore, these organizations have to be active and operational across multiple countries. For example, a gang member commits a crime in one country from the orders of a leader in another. Upward mobility is essential for transnational criminal organizations and continuous growth is another attribute. An immense part of these organizations follows their transcendence across borders and how a singular country does not represent who they are. Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, is
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More so, the Reagan administration’s failed socio-political moves “throughout Central America led to the growing Mara Gangs in nations beyond El Salvador and Guatemala and extended to Nicaragua via the U.S.-Contra debacle” (222). Now, MS-13 is rampant across various nations and causing destruction in the United States, specifically a mass murder on Monday [4/17] on Long Island, where the bodies of four males, including three teenagers, were found mangled in the woods, according to police” (BBC) Gang Structure
The MS-13 is a loosely organized gang with the majority of their cells across the United States, Mexico, and Central America. In order to become a member, recruits have to attend a violation ceremony, “where several members of the gang beat the recruit to test hs/her ability to take a beating” (book). However, if they cannot withstand the beating, they are murdered for a lack of spirit and courage. The MS-13 accepts females as well, and they follow the same passage above. Since the unstructured MS-13 fails to have …show more content…
However, the United States also has a history of oppressing immigrants to the point where upward mobility is a distant objective. The 1980s saw little change to the oppression when El Salvadoran immigrants flooded the States to escape their civil war. With most settling in Los Angeles, they were afforded little help from the U.S. government and society. The refugees settled into poverty-stricken areas and were afforded little legitimate means of finding economic success. Living so close to the Crips and Bloods, the El Salvadorans learned how to enact illegitimate channels to make a living, such as illicit activities. As stated earlier, the U.S. government and Ronald Reagan loathed the mischievous immigrants and deported them back to El Salvador. When they returned to a conflict-rifed country, they used their skills and knowledge of illegitimate mediums to seize what little opportunities they had. Now, the MS-13 expanded from El Salvador into surround countries like Guatemala and Nicaragua, while still forming in the United States. If the refugees had been given sufficient institutional means to realize their goals, forming a gang would have been redundant because they did not need to discover illegitimate measures. In doing so, the chance of achieving the capitalist American society enforced economic goals would have greatly increased and they they would have been
More so, the Reagan administration’s failed socio-political moves “throughout Central America led to the growing Mara Gangs in nations beyond El Salvador and Guatemala and extended to Nicaragua via the U.S.-Contra debacle” (222). Now, MS-13 is rampant across various nations and causing destruction in the United States, specifically a mass murder on Monday [4/17] on Long Island, where the bodies of four males, including three teenagers, were found mangled in the woods, according to police” (BBC) Gang Structure
The MS-13 is a loosely organized gang with the majority of their cells across the United States, Mexico, and Central America. In order to become a member, recruits have to attend a violation ceremony, “where several members of the gang beat the recruit to test hs/her ability to take a beating” (book). However, if they cannot withstand the beating, they are murdered for a lack of spirit and courage. The MS-13 accepts females as well, and they follow the same passage above. Since the unstructured MS-13 fails to have …show more content…
However, the United States also has a history of oppressing immigrants to the point where upward mobility is a distant objective. The 1980s saw little change to the oppression when El Salvadoran immigrants flooded the States to escape their civil war. With most settling in Los Angeles, they were afforded little help from the U.S. government and society. The refugees settled into poverty-stricken areas and were afforded little legitimate means of finding economic success. Living so close to the Crips and Bloods, the El Salvadorans learned how to enact illegitimate channels to make a living, such as illicit activities. As stated earlier, the U.S. government and Ronald Reagan loathed the mischievous immigrants and deported them back to El Salvador. When they returned to a conflict-rifed country, they used their skills and knowledge of illegitimate mediums to seize what little opportunities they had. Now, the MS-13 expanded from El Salvador into surround countries like Guatemala and Nicaragua, while still forming in the United States. If the refugees had been given sufficient institutional means to realize their goals, forming a gang would have been redundant because they did not need to discover illegitimate measures. In doing so, the chance of achieving the capitalist American society enforced economic goals would have greatly increased and they they would have been