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Mexico: Drug cartels are working with Central American gangs

By Take Two Staff
Published Jan 13, 2014
A member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), is pictured on Monday, March 4, 2013, in the Criminal Center of Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, 160 km east of San Salvador, one year after the cessation of the violence between the rivalry of two large gangs in El Salvador, MS13 and 18 st.
A member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), is pictured on Monday, March 4, 2013, in the Criminal Center of Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, 160 km east of San Salvador, one year after the cessation of the violence between the rivalry of two large gangs in El Salvador, MS13 and 18 st.
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Mexico: Drug cartels are working with Central American gangs

Mexico's justice department recently released a report about the growing links between Mexico's violent drug cartels and Central American gangs like Mara Salvatrucha. The two groups have historically had different territories and objectives, but according to the report, they're now working together.

Mexico City-based Global Post reporter Dudley Althaus joins the show with more.