This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha
Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang
By Samuel Logan
(Hyperion, Hardcover, 9781401323240, 256pp.)
Publication Date: July 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook
Categories: Criminals & Outlaws, Organized Crime
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Description
At age 12, Brenda Paz was affiliated with a powerful Los Angeles clique of the Mara Salvatrucha, a violent street gang. By 17, she was dead. Journalist Logan offers a gripping exploration of Paz's life within the group and sheds light on a criminal network that affects countless American cities.











