Nestled between street borders and mired in permanent social oblivion Gangs impose their law on the streets of Central American cities with extreme violence. The new programs of the government of El Salvador known as “Yo Cambio” ( I Change) try to transform the violent attitudes of gang members into prisons through education or religion. Created in the 80s in the US by Salvadoran immigrants escaping the war. Forming groups called "Maras" with two slopes "Mara Salvatrucha" (13) and 18. "Mara" comes from the marabuntas ants by the way they expand, invading and devouring everything. Salvatrucha is formed by El Salvador and trout, cunning expression to escape from the police.
Las Maras emerge as neighborhood protection organizations. The Mara is an identity reference for all the youth in the neighborhoods whose future image is to live and die in defense of the territory.