Gross. Guess I need to bone up on prison rituals.
Several things. While it is supposed that the tear tattoo is taken in memory of a victim I cannot imagine the tattooist insisting on proof so it is debatable just how “real” that is. Two: MS 13 was started when the civil war ended in El Salvador and a bunch of people with military training, skills, and discipline were out of a job so they turned to illegal activities. Many subsequently moved to LA. Every outfit gets competition, 18th Street gang in LA answered the call and reverse spread back to Salvador and Honduras. Their governments got tired of the crap and made it illegal to have those tatts. They filled prisons with these guys. Any we deport may well go straight from the plane to prison. So three: deportation equals prison in Salvador or Honda for these guys.