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In Boston, MA the shooting at Maverick station involved two rival gang members. The victim, Mauricio Ordaz was an affiliate of 18th Street. Police are investigation ongoing feuds between MS 13 and 18th Street in Boston and Boston area.
18th Street does not participate in any legal activities
15 suspected 18th Street members were arrested in Italy by police in Milan. The group was mostly made up of Salvadorans but two Italians were involved. They were accused of drug trafficking, attempted murder, and armed robbery.
The types of illegal activities that 18th Street is involved in include murder, robbery, human trafficking, racketeering, false ID sales, car theft, and the street-level distribution of drugs.
The purpose of the formation of 18th
Street was to provide unity to the
oppressed minorities.
Individuals found protection, community,
and family within the gang.
The rivalry between MS-13 and 18th Street supposedly started due to a night in 1990 where a fight had broken out after a party. An 18th Street member fired a shot at a MS-13 member.
Since then, MS-13 and 18th Street have started wars over territorial control, especially in Central America where each gang wants to have complete control over all Central American countries.
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They recruit mainly immigrants who are trying to find an identity for themselves. They target young individuals especially those who are children of immigrants because they believe that it is easier to bribe them with money and a sense of identity in exchange for their participation in the gang. If that didn't work they would use fear and intimidation. Since numbers were crucial to the success of the gang, if they offered you a position in the gang, you couldn’t refuse,
Individuals are recruited into the gang by an 18 second jump in. In El Salvador, they are either recruited by that method or they have to kill a member of MS-13.