MS-13: Central America's Deadliest Drugs Gang | The War on Drugs

MS-13 is a gang so deadly and violent that the Trump administration tried to officially label them a terrorist group. But how does this gang really operate? How do they fit into the drug trade which is transforming Central American countries into narco-states? How have they virtually taken over entire cities? This is how America gets MS-13 totally wrong – totally misunderstanding what this gang is and how they actually work. We go inside El Salvador's deadliest street gang. Watch more from this series: The Opioid Crisis Sweeping Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4MZEkFu8PE&t=24s Why Mexican Cartels Use American Guns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388wlVWxGz0 The Female Cartel Bosses of Latin America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-g2_gBkGo 1:38 The Gangs' Origins 2:25 When the Problem Began 3:30 War on the Cartels 7:19 Crack Down on Migration Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICELAND: https://www.youtube.com/VICELANDTV Broadly: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC i-D: http://www.youtube.com/iDmagazine Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE #drugs #gang #vice