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Self-admitting. so they'll be all tattooed up, ms-13, self-admitted, do the signs. when they get arrested, they ask them are you gang affiliated, yeah, i'm ms-13. >> reporter: what is the gang's m.o.? >> kill, rape, control. >> reporter: ruling by fear, victims of their violence and recruitment are often young. local law enforcement says the gang first came on their radar in 2010, but they started to see an uptick in gang violence in 2015. according to intelligence, that's when leaders of ms-13 in el salvador made a concerted effort to grow and establish new branches of the gang. so-called pro...