Maras

Maras, or gangs, are a very serious problem in Honduras and most of Central America. The Honduran gang scene is dominated by the two gangs by the names of 18 (dieceocho) and MS, or mara salvatrucha. In recent years these gangs have made strong in roads into the U.S. In Honduras, many of the gang leaders are former members of gangs in L.A and other major U.S. cities. They help with drug trafficking and our guilty of something as common as petty theft to decapitation of politicians.