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or "gangs"—even if they move and do their business in the United States, particularly Los
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has sparked a revival of activity for these death squads. The
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members typically blindfolded and tied the hands and/or thumbs of their victims behind their backs. Several hours of torture would follow, often including the removal of the genitalia, hands, tongue, rectum and teeth. Finally, the victims were given
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members rounded up four MS-13 gang members and put them in the back of a pickup truck in the town of San
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stated that it killed people because the group believed that the police could not enforce laws of El
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claimed that all the murders were caused by gang activity. They claim that the common people are tired of the constant murders and mourning and label the gangs as terrorists.
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has arrived to ParaĂso de Osorio. MS rats your time has come). The second was in San Jorge,
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