Our team's presentation focused on three Latino gangs, MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha), the Mexican Mafia and the Los Surenos Gang. My part of the presentation was to provide information on the type of crimes these three gangs are known to have committed. The crimes committed by the MS-13 gang are varied, violent, and take place across the country. The FBI even put together a task force called the MS-13 National Gang Task Force in December 2004 to try to put an end to this gang's activities. (www.fbi.gov). Los Surenos or Sur-13, originally based in Los Angeles, also branched out from turf wars with rival gangs to "for-profit" violent crimes across the country. The Mexican Mafia also has a similar story to tell when it comes to gang crimes, which once again range from crimes of respect, to retaliatory violence to crimes for profit. After reading several articles about all three gangs, it appears that all three of these gangs are involved in many of the same crimes. Crimes range from petty crimes like graffiti vandalism to violent crimes like rape and murder. Graffiti vandalism means disrespect ar...