FRIDAY, JAN 20, 2012 12:00 PM PST
The roots of Bain Capital in El Salvador’s civil war
"Romney tapped El Salvador's wealthy families, including one linked to right-wing death squads..."
For some reason every time I see an article that mentions El Salvador I'm reminded not only of the social structure of Latin America which is notoriously plagued by vast inequality (possibly leftover from it's European colonial past) but I'm also reminded of one of the nastiest gangs in the Americas:
January 1st, 2008
El Salvador: Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)
"...Mara Salvatrucha, otherwise known as MS-13, formed in Los Angeles during the 1980s when refugees of El Salvador’s 12-year civil war settled in Southern California and fell into life on the streets...."
El Salvador Fears Ties Between Cartels, Street Gangs (part 3)
by JASON BEAUBIEN
Part 1 and Part 2
And even MS-13 are not as big as M18 or Mara-18 or 18th St
(different name, same shitheads)
"..The 18th Street gang grew by expanding its membership to other nationalities and races, and it was among the first multiracial, multiethnic gangs in Los Angeles. It's considered to be the largest transnational criminal street gang in Los Angeles, California. .."
Have I ever mentioned how much I loathe the gangs? They terrorize and intimidate people here, especially newer immigrants from nations whose justice systems are grossly corrupt (mordida).
and finally, unrelated, but I like this:
FRIDAY, JAN 20, 2012 1:19 PM PST
Reid bows to online protest
Protest against SOPA derails the Senate bill favored by the majority leader
BY NANCY SCOLA
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