MS 13 Mara Salvatrucha Trece. MS-13. The letter “M” is the 13th letter in the alphabet. The number 13 is superstitiously known as a number to be feared. Pretty fitting, considering the MS-13 Gang is now the most feared gang in all of America. Its violence is wreaking havoc on a growing number of cities and small communities across the country – making the MS-13 Gang “a terrorist organization right in our own backyard,” according Detroit Police Sgt. Harold Rochon, an expert trainer on gangs and the author of a book titled, “Terrorists in Designer Jeans.” This one-hour training broadcast will cover everything you need to know about the MS-13 Gang, from its origin to its identifiers – such as graffiti, tattoos, gang hand-signs and gang colors, to its method of recruiting, drug dealing, and plotting violent crimes in our communities – with a goal to help you gain the knowledge that will give you the power to better arm your agency in getting a grip on the drugs and crime that the MS-13 Gang is infiltrating into your jurisdiction. Sponsor: FLETC; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Center for Mental Health Services; Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; Public domain video.

In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop’s infamous east-west rivalry. Nick Broomfield’s film introduces Russell Poole, an ex-cop with damning evidence that suggests the LAPD deliberately fumbled the case to conceal connections between the police, LA gangs and Death Row Records, the label run by feared rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.

Paid in Full star Cameron Giles steps behind the camera for an intense tale from the street concerning a rising hustler who decides to take his game to the next level after getting a taste of the big time. Flea was a basketball player and small time hustler with a natural skill for making money. Upon making the acquaintance of a noteworthy mover and shaker from the Dominican Republic, however, Flea soon finds that a little something extra is not nearly enough to satiate his growing hunger for power and respect. When everybody wants to be on top, it’s going to take a miracle for Flea to become number one and still maintain his honor.

Incorporating never before-seen archival footage, home movies and interviews with family members, journalists and law enforcement officials, PABLO ESCOBAR: KING OF COCAINE tells the story of the twisted Robin Hood who founded the Medellin cartel cocaine smuggling organization and became the first billionaire criminal in South America. This piece is part of The Learning Channel series “Legends,” hosted by Bryant Gumbel.

In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago – and it put the city on the map. “Cocaine Cowboys” is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.

A Documentary about Miami’s most notorious Haitian gang called the Zoe Pound Gang. This is a must see!

St. Louis is home to an estimated 10,000 gang members, including the notorious Boys of Destruction gang.

The Aryan Brotherhood were formed in 1967, in California’s San Quentin State Prison, grown from the Blue Bird Gang of the 1950s and 1960s.

The story of the Notorious Hidden Valley Kings of Charlotte, North Carolina.

A Documentary about the vicious Vice Lords gang out of Chicago. Notoriously known as not only the oldest gang in Chicago, but also the most vicious.