This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang by Samuel Logan (2009, Hardcover)

Synopsis
Journalist Samuel Logan provides a chilling account of the violence being perpetrated by the Mara Salvatrucha, aka MS-13, a Latin American gang. Logan centers his account on the tragic case of Brenda Paz, a Honduran-American teenager who began running with the gang when she was only 12 years old. After several years of seeing the robberies, beatings, rapes, and murders which the gang uses to fund itself, Paz informed the FBI about the crimes she had witnessed and identified key leaders of the gang. Despite being placed in the Witness Protection Program, Brenda was eventually tracked down and murdered by the MS-13 for her damaging testimony. Logan charts the history of the gang's development from its earliest days in 1980s Los Angeles, and shows how it became one of the most violent, and most feared, criminal organizations in the world.

Key Details
Author:	Samuel Logan
Language:	English
Publisher:	Hyperion Books
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	1401323243
ISBN-13:	9781401323240

Additional Details
Edition Number:	1

Size
Length:	245 pages
Height:	9.5 in
Width:	6.3 in
Thickness:	1 in
Weight:	16 oz

Publisher's Note
Traces the harrowing story of a teenager who became a government informant from within a formidable crime family, describing her entry into a street gang at the age of twelve, her relationship with a high-ranking criminal network leader, and her role in countless acts of violence before she switched sides, entered and left Witness Protection, and was murdered. 50,000 first printing.

Traces the story of a teenager who became a government informant from within a formidable crime family, describing her entry into a street gang at an early age and her role in countless acts of violence before she switched sides.