Mapping the MS-13

A regularly updated visualization of the Mara Salvatrucha's (MS-13) illicit network.

The MS-13’s Western Hemisphere leadership network

The MS-13 profits from human, drug and sex trafficking, kidnapping, murder, racketeering, blackmail and extortion, all laundered through businesses such as motels, pharmacies, real estate and vehicle purchases.


Many of these businesses are managed by or registered in the name of frontmen to cover the tracks of the MS-13’s top leaders, leaving companies open to unknowingly doing business with the MS-13 and its contacts.

The MS-13 profits from human, drug and sex trafficking, kidnapping, murder, racketeering, blackmail and extortion, all laundered through businesses such as motels, pharmacies, real estate and vehicle purchases.


Many of these businesses are managed by or registered in the name of frontmen to cover the tracks of the MS-13’s top leaders, leaving companies open to unknowingly doing business with the MS-13 and its contacts.

The MS-13 profits from human, drug and sex trafficking, kidnapping, murder, racketeering, blackmail and extortion, all laundered through businesses such as motels, pharmacies, real estate and vehicle purchases.


Many of these businesses are managed by or registered in the name of frontmen to cover the tracks of the MS-13’s top leaders, leaving companies open to unknowingly doing business with the MS-13 and its contacts.

The MS-13 Illicit Network Index

Our map represents a unique dataset, specifically an Illicit Network Index of the MS-13. The Evidencity team maps relationships and then leverages this knowledge, through its TruthExplorer service, to discover and eliminate illicit networks from your customer and supplier relationships.

The MS-13 map is updated quarterly. This is a work in progress. Last update: 14 May 2024

Our map represents a unique dataset, specifically an Illicit Network Index of the MS-13. The Evidencity team maps relationships and then leverages this knowledge, through its TruthExplorer service, to discover and eliminate illicit networks from your customer and supplier relationships.

The MS-13 map is updated quarterly. This is a work in progress. Last update: 14 May 2024

A special thanks to Jun Wu, Layne Dittmann, Nathan P. Jones, and John Sullivan, authors of A Social Network Analysis of an MS-13 Network: Structure, Leadership Roles, and the Use of Confidential Informants.

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