He estimated that the number of gang members in Rivera Hernández dropped 25 percent in three years. Rivera Hernández leaders see this as a critical omission. About a thousand families left Rivera Hernández under threat. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe psychologist said, “I need you to be calm.”“They will see me” — terror in her voice. One afternoon several months ago, a Mara Salvatrucha gangster was caught by the police in Rivera Hernández with a hacked up body in the front basket of his bicycle, casually on his way to dispose of it.

Source: New York Times August 11, 2016 12:01 UTC