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There are an estimated 25,000 gang members at large in El Salvador with another 9,000 in prison. [1] The most well-known gangs, called maras in colloquial Salvadoran Spanish, are Mara Salvatrucha and their rivals Calle 18; maras are hunted by death squads including Sombra Negra. New rivals also include the rising mara, The Rebels 13.[2] Criminal youth gangs run lives in El Salvador with an estimation of at least 60,000 young people belonging to gangs.[3] Today, El Salvador experiences some of the highest murder rates in the Latin America; it is also considered an epicenter of the gang crisis, along with Guatemala and Honduras.[4]
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