So he had been convicted of over six homicides. At least six. And one of the things the justice minister said to me about Ms. 13, he said in the United States, To become an Ms. 13 member, you have to murder someone. That is the process of admission. You cannot be admitted to the gang if you don't kill somebody. What the justice minister told me is in El Salvador, to be a member of the gang, you had to commit 10 murders. (17:38–17:45)
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