The Hollywood Kid: The Violent Life and Violent Death of an Ms-13 Hitman

by Óscar Martínez, Juan José Martínez, Juan Martínez

Book Overview

The compelling story of the life and death of a Salvadoran gangster

As a boy, Miguel ngel Tobar's small town in El Salvador was torn apart by guerrillas and US- backed death squads. Still a preteen, he joined a different kind of death squad--the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha--a clique of the Mara Salvatruchas, better known as MS-13. This international criminal organization began on the streets of Los Angeles in the 1980s, as Salvadoran...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786634937
• ISBN13: 9781786634931
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"