A member of the "Mara Salvatrucha" gang [Getty Images]

San Salvador, EL SALVADOR: A member of the "Mara Salvatrucha" gang flashes the sign of his gang as he is presented to the press in San Salvador on September 7th, 2006, after his arrest last night. Some 130 gang members suspected of committing homicides were arrested last night during a police operation in different departments of the country. AFP PHOTO/Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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