Ms 13 Human Rug

But many more people some 500 000 all told depend on the gangs for their livelihood.
Ms 13 human rug. Of genuine contemporary beast is a group of hyper real sculptures depicting mara salvatruchas as flayed animal skins turned into rugs. Ms 13 or mara salvatrucha is a notoriously violent gang that originated in los angeles in the 1980s. It is 4 00 a m and a dozen atf agents have poured out of an armored vehicle preparing to break open the front and back doors of an inconspicuous store just outside downtown los angeles. At first sight one may believe the bodies of real ms 13 and ms 18 gang members were skinned and used to create nightmarish rugs.
Police had yet to identify the victims or say how they were killed but this isn t the first time authorities have recovered human remains in the park. Two former ms 13 gang members were. Pedogate investigators have been focused on the d c. And another made out of an 18th street member.
Here s a bear rug made from a ms 13 gang member credit. Together these three organisations count around 65 000 members according to police records. Mara salvatrucha 13 or ms 13 is a notorious gang with roots in los angeles. Since it was founded it has spread to more than a half dozen countries and become a central.
On the streets of l a the police force has been at war with the brown people of the city for decades but it s hardly a chicken and egg situation. The ms 13 and ms 18 gangs originated in the 80 s in the. Dehumanization is a tool for those in power to do away with those they see as unfit to exist. Although ms 13 is increasingly involved in drug and human trafficking the group is unique among criminal organizations in that it prizes violence over profit barr said.
Artist creates rugs depicting ms 13 ms 18 gang members 1 12. The largest maras in el salvador are ms 13 and the two factions of barrio 18 the 18th street gang the revolutionaries and the southerners. Renato cevera art mur. Leave this field empty if you re human.
Ms 13 18th st skin rugs by renato garza cervera.