A gang is still a gang.
"Recently, al Qaeda lieutenant Adnan El Shukrijumah was seen in Honduras, meeting with leaders of a notorious Latin American gang known as Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13. The United States has placed a $5 million bounty upon the head of El Shukrijumah.
MS-13 which is notorious for smuggling illegal aliens, drugs, and weapons into the U.S., operates a large smuggling center in Matamoros, Mexico. From this center, they smuggle gang members from Central and South America into the U.S. over the Mexican border. It is becoming increasingly apparent that this gang has already began helping Muslim terrorists enter this country.
MS-13 also engages in the typical gang crimes such as robberies, rapes, killings, carjackings, etc. The Latin American gang earned an extremely violent reputation in Los Angeles during the 1980's. They now operate in at least 14 states and the District of Columbia. According to local law enforcement officials, there are more than 3,000 MS-13 members operating in the Washington D.C. area. Just outside D.C., a 16-year-old Alexandria boy was attacked by MS-13 members who used a machete to mutilate the boy's hands."
http://americandaily.com/article/5247
Google ms-13. Eye opening. Even law enforcement says 'they're different'.