Rhode Island Department of Corrections photo
Graffiti
Often a tattoo, MS-13's three dots represent jail, hospital and death. The gang’s local graffiti is Providence Salvatrucha Locos, Mara,
MS-13 XIII and X3.
Providence Police Dept. photos |
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Colors
MS-13 members wear blue Los Angeles Dodgers baseball caps, blue or tan Dickies with long-sleeve shirts with the top button clasped. |
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MS-13 is a violent Los Angeles-based gang with cells in Central America, Mexico and across the United States. “Mara” means gang; “Salva,” stands for Salvador; and “trucha” means beware. There are an estimated 100 gang members in the Providence area. Many of them live in the city’s North End in neighborhoods off Branch Avenue. They can also be found in Cranston, Pawtucket and Central Falls. Over the past three years, about 45 gang members, including leaders Jose Alvarado and Jairo “Bullet” Perez have been deported to Guatemala.
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