Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
But some... Could probably cut in half

Reasons Kids Join Gangs
Unstable/broken home.
Economic instability.
Low education attainment and expectations.
Family members in a gang.
Neglect by one or both parents.
Violence in the home or in the community, directed at the child.
Alcoholism and or drug abuse by one or both of the parents.

Read up on the history of gangs in El Salvador.
They were combatants in a civil war.
That was their skill set.
After the war they migrated to the Los Angeles, CA in numbers.
Bill Clinton threw them out of the country.
They went back to El Salvador and made the country unlivable.
Bukele suspended parts of the constitution built a huge prison and loaded them in. CECOT
Gang tatoos alone get em thrown in CECOT, no other considerations necessary.
EL Salvaor went from being the most dangerous country in the Western Hemisphere to the safest.

Poverty and unpleasant childhoods aside, all they know is killing and crime, you stop them or they dont stop.