An expert with the libertarian Cato Institute sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to slash ...

Francisco Garcia joined the Colonia Bakers gang when he was 12. He’s been in a lot of fights, committed a couple robberies. He never leaves home without a ...

The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco has sought clarification from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

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But Tierney started to notice a shift in tattoos around 2018. “The gang began to realize that law enforcement was using it as a means of identifying members,” he said.

Immigration Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say. Several were skeptical of the claim that knuckle tattoos highlighted by President Trump suggest gang ...

U.S. President Donald Trump held up a photo supposedly showing that Kilmar Abrego Garcia's hand tattoos meant he was a member of the MS-13 gang.

Lawyers say tattoos were used by ICE to label clients like Andry Romero part of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and justify their deportation to El Salvador.

Marijuana leaves, crosses and skulls are widely used as tattoos by people who do not belong to gangs. Gang crime experts said they did not stand out to them as MS-13 markers.

Members of Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, have “MS” tattoos, for example; 98 Main Street Mafia Crips have “98 M” tattoos, he said. Even though some gangs, such as MS-13, have ...

Gang tattoos were once a vital currency in El Salvador, just a few years ago when it was known as the “murder capital of the world.” Some designs confirmed membership of MS-13 or 18th Street ...