• Brenda Paz was a former member of the Mara Salvatrucha or the MS-13 street gang. In 2002, Paz testified against the gang, providing authorities with such information as: gang organization, key members of the gang, and gang signs used by MS-13. Jumped in at age 13, Paz was killed in retaliation in 2002 at age 16.
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Born: 1986
    2. Birthplace: Honduras
    3. Jumped into MS-13 at age 13
    4. Raised in Los Angeles
    5. Gang nickname: "Smiley"
    6. Had a gang tattoo of three dots, which represented the three places the gang will take you: jail, hospital or the cemetery
    7. Four months pregnant when she was killed
    8. Killed by her boyfriend, Oscar Grande and fellow gang member Ismael Cisneros
    9. Gang encompasses 42 states in the U.S.
    10. MS-13 rooted in the immigration of refugees from El Salvador in the 1980s
    11. Approximate members in the United States: 10,000
    12. Died: 2003

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