Gang Statistics

1) As of 2009, approximately how many active gang members are there in the US?
- One Million gang members
2) What percentage of gang members are under the age of 18?
-40% are juveniles
Consider - why do you think this number is so high?
-It is so high because if you recruit juveniles then it would be easier to get them into gangs.
3) Out of the boys who have been in juvenille hall, what is the ratio of them that have some type of gang affiliation?
- 9 out of 10 boys
4) When female gang members are arrested, what are their crimes usually for?
- drug use, larceny, petty theft, status offenses or domestic issues
5) What percentage of female gang members have been sexually abused?
-70%

It’s a dead end in MS-13

* Beginning of article- MS-13 is a gang that was originated in Los Angeles and their main goal is to promote the idea of being in a gang and not making money.
*One way ride- A member of the MS-13 known by the name Lucky was shot by a fellow gang member because a fellow gang member Joker thought he was snitching.
* Life is cheap- MS-13 works during the day so they can work for the gang at night. They react with violence to every little reason but the ones that are most effected by the violence are the ones in the gang.
* A deadly dis- A rival gang member David Hernandez from Sur 13 was killed by MS-13 because when he was working at a shells with his brother two gang members flashed their gang signs and Hernandez got angerd because he was shot by MS-13 few months earlier. Few moments after the fight MS-13 gave a fellow gang member a gun and told him to shoot Hernandez.
* No way out- In order to leave the gang you have to prove yourself one last tie and kill an enemy gang member with fellow gang members to witness the killing.

Burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of crime

1. How many gang members are there in the US?
-1 million
2. In how many states is MS13 active?
-42
3. Summarize gang activity in Omaha, Nashville, and Maryland.
Omaha-last of 24 ms 13 were arrested with federal arms charges and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Nashville-during the last two years 14 ms 13 members pleaded guilty on charges ranging from murder to obstruction justice.
Maryland-federal authorites said that since 2005 they have apprehanded 42 ms13 members and over half were charged with racketeering conspiracy in which means the members were involved in robberies and beatings.

Mara Salvatrucha Background Information

1. In 1-2 sentences, describe the origins/history of Mara Salvatrucha.
-originated in Los Angeles, set up in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants in the city's Pico-Union neighborhood who immigrated to the United States after the Central American civil wars of the 1980s.
2. How has deportation of illegal immigrants contributed to the growing numbers of Mara
Salvatrucha?
-It makes the whole gang wide spread to different parts of the world where the ms13 members would recruit members and make their gang more populated and wide spread.

3. Discuss TWO of the publicized crimes. What happened? What was the effect?
-On July 13, 2003, Brenda Paz, a 17-year-old female, former MS member turned informant was found stabbed on the banks of the Shenandoah River in Virginia. Paz was killed for informing the FBI about Mara Salvatrucha's criminal activities. Two of her former friends were later convicted of the murder
-On May 13, 2006, Ernesto "Smokey" Miranda, an ex-high ranking soldier and one of the founders of Mara Salvatrucha, was murdered at his home in El Salvador a few hours after declining to attend a party for a gang member who had just been released from prison. He had begun studying law and working to keep children out of gangs.

Catadores

Suelem -She had lived in the Jardim Gramacho for 6 years. She worked there because she rather do that than be a prostitute or a drug dealer to get money.
-After the film she stopped working at Gramacho when she met someone and married him. She later had another boy and bought a house and never plans to return to Gramacho

Irma

-She was the cook in Gramacho.
-She left Gramacho and set up a food shop to sell in her neighborhood and met a 20 year man that she was with a while. But she later went back to Gramacho because she likes it there and everyone enjoys her there.

Magna
-She worked at the dump because her husbang had lost his job and thought it was an alright plan to go to Gramacho and work there to make money. And even though in the bus people may say something bad about her smell, she would tell them she is proud of the smell because she worked hard and thats all that matters.
-After the Film she did not go back to Gramacho and instead got a job and a pharamacy. She then divorced her husband and bought a house for her and her 11 year old son. Because of the film she then became best of friends with Isis.

Quarter Grade Review

*** What is your percentage?
-100%
*** How many assignments are you missing?
-0
*** Make up one blog assignments RIGHT NOW. Write in your blog post which assignment you're making up so I know to grade it.
-I dont need to make up any assignment

Why I recycle!

1. How much trash does one American produce each year?
-195 million tons
2. There are many reasons to reduce, reuse, and recycle. These reasons are:
**Saving Space
**Saving Natural Resources
**Saving Energy
**Reducing Pollution
Explain how the three R's help with each of these reasons in at least one sentence.
3. What does it mean to reduce? Explain in at least one sentence.
to cut down on the garbage or waste that we produce in the first place
4. What does it mean to reuse? Explain in at least one sentence.
to find ways that either you or someone else can use your unwanted items over again.
5. What does it mean to recycle? Explain in at least one sentence.
when you put discarded items through a process so they can be used again.
6. List one fact about each of the following:
**Garbage-In 1997, they produced 220 million tons of waste.
**Paper-they get rid of what would equal 500,000 trees every single week.
**Landfils-the amount of landfills in the U.S. is dropping
**Recycling-People have been using and recycling glass for almost 3,000 years
**Energy-Recycling can save energy.