MS13: A History Written in Tattoos (El Salvador 🇸🇻)

[@stonerguitarist4690]

They not all bad I know one that looked out for me when I was on drugs

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[@Mel-d1m9u]

Very educational history

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[@stonerguitarist4690]

Any tattoo above the shoulders means ya un alive some one and like it nothing but misery

[@ConsciousHistory_]

I did not know that, thank you for your comment 🌞

[@Mitch1977]

What do the letters stand for? Like MS means what?

[@xOTSx918x]

Mara Salvatrucha

[@Mitch1977]

@ hey! thank you! I don’t speak Spanish, but at least I know now.

[@jaimeacevedo503]

Mara =gang /click Salvatrucha = Street tough/wise Salvadorian national

[@Mitch1977]

@@jaimeacevedo503 thank you

[@ConsciousHistory_]

Yes, Mara Salvatrucha-'Mara' meaning 'group' and 'Salvatrucha' referring to 'Salvadorians'-when they originated as MSS!

[@stonerguitarist4690]

They got .pick on and then had the big homies say ya in the south ya need to be apart of the leta

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[@stonerguitarist4690]

13 for m got Mexican Mafia and they have to even 18 Street ya in the south ya will pay the dime to the leta

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