Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is a gang formed in Los Angeles, CA, by mostly Salvadoran inmates during the 1980s. Due to the high rate of violence inside the prisons where they were incarcerated, many were deported to their home country where they soon emerged as organized gangs without control from the State. Since then, this criminal organization has highly corroded the Salvadoran society and spread to other Central American countries, such as Honduras and Nicaragua. In recent decades, MS-13 has emerged in various other parts of the world like the US, the Middle East and Spain. An example of their criminal actions in the U.S. is the case of the gang member Brenda Paz, from Virginia, who tried to leave the gang. Despite being granted witness protection in exchange for her testimony against the gang, she was assassinated immediately after the gang members found out about her collaboration with police. Florida International University conducted a survey to 1200 prisoners in El Salvador. 58 percent responded that the church was the only place where the gang’s members could rehabilitate and then leave the organization; but they were strongly advised not to release any compromising information. The governments from the affected countries have been trying to find ways to eliminate these criminal organizations. Some have only partially succeeded; and others not at all. Considering the rapid growth of MS-13, will this criminal organization ever come to an end?