Barrio 18
El Salvador Journalists Fear for Their Lives After Accusing Police of a Massacre
Three investigative reporters have received death threats after claiming that El Salvador’s National Civil Police shot eight people in an extrajudicial killing.
The 18th Street Gang Just Set Out to Prove It Runs El Salvador’s Transport System
Four people including a bus driver were killed on Wednesday in the latest attack against El Salvador's bus system after a country-wide stoppage ordered by the 18th Street gang.
In Video, El Salvador's Gangs Claim to be Ready for 'War' on Government
A masked gangster appears in the video condemning the government's anti-gang operation, while claiming the united coalition of rival gangs is ready for war if the authorities refuse.
'We're Still Not Practicing What He Preached': El Salvador Celebrates Oscar Romero’s Beatification as Gangs Wage War
Experiencing an explosion of criminal violence, many Salvadorans cling to the slain archbishop’s message of peace and reconciliation as a source of hope.
As El Salvador’s Police and Gangs Wage War, Mexico Blocks Escape of Fleeing Migrants
While El Salvador is on pace to supplant Honduras as the deadliest country that isn’t officially a war zone, Mexico has bowed to US pressure and tightened security on its southern border.
A Camera, Microphone, and Gun: At Night With a Crime Reporter in San Pedro Sula
The Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs kill with near total impunity in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the world's leading city for homicides. VICE News spent several nights with reporter Orlin Castro as he covered a seemingly endless stream of killings.
El Salvador's Rival Gang Members Might Soon Become Cellmates
El Salvador's government has said it can no longer provide “exclusive” prison facilities for the notorious MS 13 and Barrio 18 gangs.
El Salvador's Gang Truce Is Getting Fragile
Gangs gathered five journalists at a secret press conference last week to reinforce the importance of their detente.