Thousands of tattooed inmates pictured in El Salvador mega-prison - BBC
Feb 25, 2023 · The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in El Salvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centrepiece of President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime.
Images capture the tattooed members of El Salvador's brutal MS-13 gang
Dec 13, 2016 · INCREDIBLE pictures show the tattooed faces of El Salvador’s most notorious gang. Photographer Adam Hinton has released a new book featuring intimate portraits of members of the dangerous...
El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang …
Oct 12, 2023 · TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — With tattoo-covered faces, and wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison.
MS-13 Tattoos: Understanding the Gang Tattoos Used by MS-13
Aug 31, 2024 · Prison Tattoos: In prisons across El Salvador and Honduras, where MS-13 has a significant presence, gang members often tattoo themselves using whatever materials they can find. This includes using ink from melted plastic or other substances mixed with soot.
Photos: Inside El Salvador's near 2-year crackdown on gang ... - NPR
Feb 6, 2024 · Salvadoran photographer Carlos Barrera takes a look at the nearly two years of human rights violations allegedly committed by the government of El Salvador during the country's state of...
MS-13 - Wikipedia
An MS-13 suspect bearing gang tattoos is handcuffed. On May 13, 2006, Ernesto "Smokey" Miranda, a former high-ranking soldier and one of the founders of Mara Salvatrucha, was murdered at his home in El Salvador a few hours after declining to attend a party for a gang member who had just been released from prison.
Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador
Nov 6, 2024 · Members of different gangs are deliberately housed together. In front of one cell, an officer orders the inmates to remove their shirts. They do so meekly and immediately, revealing tattoos for MS ...
Thousands of tattooed inmates brought to El Salvador ‘mega …
Feb 28, 2023 · Officials in El Salvador have released footage showing tattooed and shaven inmates being transferred to their new “mega-prison.” The new Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca is now...
El Salvador gangs: Mass arrests bring calm but at what price? - BBC
Some officers carry out search warrants at specific addresses while others randomly stop young men in the streets, checking them for gang tattoos and criminal records.
‘Trapped in this hell’: How one El Salvador town transformed …
Feb 2, 2024 · Gang members with tattooed faces and weapons have been replaced by men with uniforms and guns — and the authority to do as they please, Rosa said.