U.S. President Donald Trump's administration created the FBI Joint Task Force Vulcan in 2019 to dismantle Latin American criminal organizations, and it was originally intended to target the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang.
January 01, 2019
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organizational
Describes the creation, purpose, and original target of a specialized FBI task force.
The Salvadoran government attributes about 200,000 deaths over three decades to the gangs Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).
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statistical
Long-term death toll attributed by a national government to two transnational gangs.
The Salvadoran government has attributed about 200,000 deaths over three decades to the gangs Barrio 18 and MS-13.
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Government attribution of cumulative fatalities linked to two major Central American gangs.