This keyword refers to one of the most significant ethnographic studies of gang culture ever published: "Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha: It’s a Hard Life" by Samuel Logan.
Author info – The book is by Óscar Martínez and Juan José Martínez D’Aubuisson (though titles/authorship can vary; be sure you have the correct book). Some libraries may carry it.
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The narrator’s parents fled the Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992) for safety in the U.S., only to find themselves in the middle of street warfare in LA between Salvadoran immigrants and established gangs like
Death in the Mara Salvatrucha
